Erdoğan launches crackdown ahead of NATO summit

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BRUSSELS — Turkish authorities have carried out hundreds of arrests, banned protests and curbed media freedoms ahead of the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara, with campaigners accusing the government of using the gathering as a pretext for a clampdown on civil society. On Tuesday, Turkish police detained 225 people including academics, teachers and activists on suspicion of links to militant groups like the Islamic State — among them a 79-year-old environmental campaigner . The city of Ankara has

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