More Turkish journalists are currently in jail than were in prison under junta rule in the 1980s, main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said, Hurryet reports.
"The number of jailed journalists has exceeded 150. It had never happened during the period of any coups," he said.
Kılıçdaroğlu also criticized the mass dismissal of public officers from their post with state of emergency decrees, especially the dismissal of academics.
"During the Sept. 12 [1980 coup d’état], the number of academics who were sacked from their posts was 127. The number of teachers who have been dismissed is 4,811 since the July 15 coup," Kılıçdaroğlu said.