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.
您已阅读20%（553字），剩余80%（2197字）包含更多重要信息，订阅以继续探索完整内容，并享受更多专属服务。