ISTANBUL—Turkish prosecutors launched a criminal probe against 38 individuals, including economists and two Bloomberg reporters, for allegedly disseminating fake news and causing chaos in financial markets last summer, raising fresh concerns about free speech under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rule. Acting on a lawsuit filed by Turkey’s banking regulator, prosecutors said an August 2018 Bloomberg article and related social-media posts, which depicted how retail banks faced growing difficulties in coping with a currency...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 13, 2019 22:17 UTC