Turkey's Erdogan threatens media with reprisals over 'harmful' content

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers his speech IN the Albanian Parliament, in Tirana, Albania, January 17, 2022 REUTERS/Florion Goga//File Photo

ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday threatened Turkish media with reprisals if they disseminated content that damaged the country's core values, in a move that might be a prelude to further censorship in the sector.

In a notice published in the Official Gazette, he said measures were needed to protect Turkey's "national culture" and prevent its children's development "from being adversely affected as a result of exposure to harmful content on all written, verbal and visual media."