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cord-031964-khbzbjuu	Coşkun, Gülçin Balamir	Media capture strategies in new authoritarian states: the case of Turkey	2020-09-16		.txt	text/plain	7946	431	53	This article aims to answer to the following question: How can we classify methods and strategies used by the AKP government to capture the media in Turkey? Although the Dogan group started to decrease its share in the media sector and reduced the level of anti-government criticism, it faced a tacit threat through a continuing criminal case "on charges of 'establishing an organization for the purpose of criminal activity', forging official documents and violating Turkey's anti-smuggling law" (IPI 2016, July 8). After the Ergenekon case, in 2011, 36 journalists working for pro-Kurdish media outlets, namely the Dicle news agency and the daily Özgür Gündem, were arrested and journalists were charged with membership of KCK (Koma Civaken Kurdistan-Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union) and the PKK, within the framework of police operations that continued for 6 months and targeted administrative staff from the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), then some academics, and then a large group of lawyers (cf.	./cache/cord-031964-khbzbjuu.txt	./txt/cord-031964-khbzbjuu.txt