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8 year oldThe Turkish government shutdown three news agencies, 23 radio stations, 16 TV channels, 45 newspapers, 15 magazines, and 29 publishers and distributors in their crackdown on the media.
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The army saw 726 officers and 1,684 soldiers discharged, according to the government decree cited by CNN Turk.
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