London newspaper forced to shut as Erdogan allies seek vengeance
President Erdogan’s Islamist administration has already jailed 35,000 people, including judges and journalists, in a clampdown on free speech
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Date posted: September 16, 2016
DOMINIC KENNEDY
A Turkish opposition newspaper in Britain has been forced to close and its journalists have gone into hiding as supporters of President Erdogan unleash a campaign of intimidation against exiles.
Turks in Britain are being urged on social media to spy on each other and report suspected political opponents to the authorities in their homeland.
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