At the sitting of the ruling Justice and Development party Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated some journalists are pressuring them. He named the journalists on the air of Turkish TRT TV channel.

Erdogan had the following list: Yalcin Dogan (Milliyet), Oktay Eski, Tufan Turenc (both Hurriyet), Gungur Mengi (Vatan), Mehmet Ali Berand (Posta).

The media outlets form part of the Dogan media group recently fined $3.5bn by the Turkish authorities.

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