Turkey has banned access to two international public broadcasters, striking a blow to freedom of expression in the country and risking renewed tensions with the west.
The websites of Germany’s Deutsche Welle and the Turkish-language version of US public radio service Voice of America were blocked by an Ankara court on Thursday night after they refused to comply with a request to obtain a broadcast licence.
The two outlets had argued that being regulated by the country’s broadcast watchdog would lead to demands that would be tantamount to censorship.
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