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Turkey arrests 13 journalists, including opposition editor

By Kelly Cohen
Published October 31, 2016 11:32am ET
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Turkey arrests 13 journalists, including opposition editor
Journalists and lawmakers hold copies of the latest Cumhuriyet newspaper outside its Istanbul headquarters after police detained chief editor Murat Sabuncu and two columnists of Turkey's opposition Cumhuriyet and had warrants to detain 10 other senior staff members, in Istanbul. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) | Emrah Gurel

The Turkish government early Monday morning arrested 13 journalists as part of its continued crackdown of opponents following the failed July coup attempt.

Among those arrested were Murat Sabuncu, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Cumhuriyet, an opposition publication. A dozen others were arrested in a raid, official news agency Anadolu reported.

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