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Turkish president Recep Erdogan has ordered that at least 131 media outlets suspected of inciting or sympathising with this month’s failed military coup be permanently shut down. [x] [x]

That includes three news agencies, 16 TV channels, 23 radio stations, 45 daily newspapers, 15 magazines, and 29 publishing houses.

Erdogan’s post-coup purges have targeted at least 55,000 people, including soldiers, police, civil servants, and academics, suspected of inciting or sympathising with the military uprising. At least 16,000 have been detained so far.

Journalists (a long time favourite target of Erdogan’s) have also been hastily targeted in the post-coup crackdown. As of Thursday, 42 journalists have been detained, according to Turkish analyst and journalist Mahir Zeynalov (89 warrants have presently been issued).

Zeynalov has been sharing photos on Twitter of the journalists as they are hauled away by Turkish police. [Part 1 of 3]