Thousands Protest in Turkiye Over Arrests of Journalists
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Thousands of people have joined protests in Turkiye. They are angry about the arrests of journalists. A journalist is a person who writes or reports the news. The government has also closed some independent media companies. Independent means they are free from government control.
People say the government wants to stop free news. They say reporters cannot do their jobs. The protests happened in many cities across Turkiye. People walked in the streets and held signs.
The protesters want the journalists to be free again. They also want the media companies to open again. Many people say this is about press freedom. Press freedom means the right to share news without fear.
The government has not given many details about the arrests. It is not clear how many journalists are in jail. People continue to ask questions about why this happened.
Vocabulary15 words
- protest
- when people go out to show they are angry about something
- arrest
- when police take a person and do not let them go free
- journalist
- a person whose job is to find and write the news
- independent
- free; not controlled by another group
- media
- newspapers, TV, and websites that share news
- press freedom
- the right for journalists to write the truth without fear
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- restriction
- a rule that stops people from doing something
- crackdown
- strong action by a government to stop something
- sign
- a piece of paper or card with words, held up in a protest
- reporter
- another word for a journalist
- jail
- a place where police keep people who are arrested
- shutdown
- when something stops working or closes
- demand
- to ask strongly for something
- right
- something a person should be allowed to do or have
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1. Because journalists were arrested and media was closed 2. Media that is free from government control 3. True
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Thousands of people have joined _____ in Turkiye.
They are angry about the _____ of journalists.
The government has also closed some _____ media companies.
People say the government wants to stop free _____.
They say reporters cannot do their _____.
The protests happened in many _____ across Turkiye.
The protesters want the journalists to be _____ again.
Many people say this is about press _____.
The government has not given many _____ about the arrests.
People continue to ask _____ about why this happened.
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