Directions to newsrooms often come from officials in the government’s Directorate of Communications, which handles media relations, more than a dozen industry insiders told Reuters.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - When President Tayyip Erdogan's son-in-law suddenly quit as finance minister in late 2020, four staff in Turkey's leading newsrooms said they received a clear direction from their managers: don't report this until the government says so.
When President Tayyip Erdogan s son-in-law suddenly quit as finance minister in late 2020, four staff in Turkey s leading newsrooms said they received a clear direction from their managers: don t