Turkey blocks VOA, Deutsche Welle in pre-election media clampdown

The ban came after the websites failed to apply for licenses that would allow government to oversee their content.
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A picture shows the logo of German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) on a wall at its head office in Bonn, Germany, on Feb. 8, 2022. - INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images
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Andrew Wilks
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ISTANBUL — The Turkish broadcasting authority has blocked two international news sites in a move condemned as another step to silence the independent press ahead of looming elections. 

The websites of German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) and the US state-run Voice of America (VOA), both of which publish news content in Turkish, went down on the night of June 30. 

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