Turkey’s crackdown on freedom of expression intensifies

Turkish authorities have stepped up their crackdown on freedom of expression in 2016. The arrest and detention of two leading Turkish artists over the New Year is the latest in a long line of clampdowns and censorship in the country.
Atalay Yeni and Pınar Ogrenci were among 24 people arrested during a peace march in the predominantly Kurdish district of Diyarbakır in southeastern Turkey on 31 December. The group was accused of throwing handmade explosives at police. But after examinin