The Turkish authorities hold an emergency meeting in connection with the explosion in Istanbul and prohibit the Turkish media to publish information about the terrorist attack.
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Just a couple of hours after the first reports about the terrorist attack in the Blue Mosque area and the fire in a large Istanbul hotel appeared in the Turkish media, these messages strangely began to disappear or be corrected in the direction of "reducing" the number of victims. Information Agency Anadolu clarified the situation by publishing a note stating that the Turkish authorities decided to ban the publication in the media of any materials on the terrorist act in the country's largest city. The official Ankara does not name the reasons for the ban on publishing data on the terrorist attack in the media. Freedom of speech…
Western media write that the largest number of victims of the terrorist attack are German citizens. According to the latest data, out of 10 who died at a public transport stop in the center of Istanbul, nine were citizens of Germany. Most of the injured are also German citizens.
At the moment, the Turkish government is holding an emergency meeting, during which issues of an “anti-terrorism nature” are being discussed. The meeting is attended by the country's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Minister of the Interior Efkan Ala and other representatives of the Cabinet. When it comes to the “anti-terrorism” agenda of the meeting of the Turkish Cabinet, they recall the flirtations that the Turkish authorities have tried and are still leading with terrorists of various stripes, hoping that such advances will benefit the country ...
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