Turkey may release criminals during pandemic, jails journalists
A journalist named Nurcan Baysal became the latest to face Turkey’s investigations this week for her coverage of the government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the minority Kurdish region.
A member of police special forces walks during a security operation in Diyarbakir, Turkey, November 3, 2017(photo credit: REUTERS/SERTAC KAYAR)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN