Turkish prosecutors have begun investigating a leading media group for “terrorist propaganda” over its coverage of the fighting between Government forces and Kurdish militants, State-run Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday.
The investigation into the Dogan Media Group, which owns the independent Hurriyet daily and CNN Turk channel among other outlets, was triggered by its contrasting treatment of images of Turkish soldiers and members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Anatolia said.
While the images of Turkish soldiers killed in August were “uncensored”, meaning their features were distinguishable, those of PKK militants killed in another battle were blurred, the report added. The probe also covered an interview by CNN Turk with an activist charged over her participation in anti-Government protests in 2013, who is since reported to have joined the PKK, according to Anatolia.