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The Pen (or the Blank Page) May be Mightier than the Sword

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A Turkish newspaper protests government media crackdowns with blank columns.

This September, the Turkish daily newspaper Sozcu protested a government crackdown on the news media amid growing controversy over the military campaign against Kurdish separatists.

Columnists from the Sozcu daily submitted blank columns with empty op-ed pieces and published a headline criticizing the Turkish government's pressure on media — at the same time that the offices of a Turkish conglomerate and media group — Koza pek Holding — were raided by police in a government-orchestrated operation in Ankara — a few days after claims by whistleblower "Fuat Anvi" said that a crackdown on the media was imminent.

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"The Pen (or the Blank Page) May be Mightier than the Sword." The Internationalist. Number 75, 2015.

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