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Turkish journalists detained on charges their newspapers say are based on their work

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Summary
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68% Informative

Timur Soykan of BirGun and Cumhuriyet’s Murat Agirel were arrested at their homes.

They were arrested on charges of making threats and blackmail in an investigation.

Both papers have criticized the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan .

They have extensively covered events surrounding the March 19 arrest and imprisonment of Istanbul 's mayor.

VR Score

59

Informative language

50

Neutral language

65

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

64

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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