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Why a children's TV channel in Turkey's Kurdish region was closed
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With Turkey under emergency rule since July’s failed coup attempt, numerous Kurdish TV and radio stations have been closed, accused of supporting the Kurdish separatist group the PKK.
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Another 15 media outlets were closed in late October including Zarok TV, a children’s cartoon channel.
Dorian Jones reports from Diyarbakir, the largest city in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish region and the town where the cartoon channel Zarok was based.
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