by Burcin Gercek Agence France Presse Ankara, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey’s parliament on Thursday approved a tough pre-election law that could see reporters and social media users jailed for up to three years for spreading “fake news”. The new rules cement the government’s already-firm grip on the media eight months before a general election that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan enters trailing in the polls. The Council of Europe said the measure’s vague definition of “disinformation” […]





