News of protests has been preserve of a few newspapers and channels outside well funded pro-government networks
At the same time as the sound of clanging pots and pans rang out through the streets of opposition strongholds in Istanbul on a recent evening, marking another mass anti-government demonstration, a different reality was being broadcast to viewers of Turkish pro-government channels.
Public television showed the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, speaking to a gilded conference room after an iftar dinner. He boasted of his government’s achievements, of hiring new teachers and attracting youth to an aerospace and technology conference.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/26/its-disinformation-turkish-state-tv-avoids-any-coverage-of-mass-street-protests
Author : Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul
Publish date : 2025-03-26 05:00:00
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