ArmInfo. Ermeni Haber news agency reports on the withdrawal of Turkish state financial support for media outlets belonging to the Armenian national minority. Greek and Israeli media also lost their funding.
Bloomberg reported eariler that the once independent Sabah was sold under pressure from the authorities to a consortium of businessmen headed by Turkish President Recep Erdogan's son-in-law, making the daily newspaper a tacit government mouthpiece.
Also, under Turkish law, the state-run telecommunications agency (TiB) has the right to demand the blocking of any online publication without court authorization.