Iftikhar Khan Army cavalry unit. Iftikhar Khan is a younger brother of Pakistan's first General (PA-1) Muhammed Akbar Khan. After attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Iftikhar Khan was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on the Unattached List for the Indian Army on 29 August 1929. He then spent a year on attachment to the 2nd battalion of the Manchester Regiment. He reentered the Indian Army on 16 October 1930 and was posted to the 7th Light Cavalry. He was promoted Lieutenant on 29 November 1931. He then transferred to the 3rd Cavalry on 1 October 1932, a regiment which was then
Media censorship and disinformation during the Gezi Park protests Media censorship and disinformation during the Gezi Park protests The 2013 Gezi Park protests in Turkey saw massive amounts of censorship and disinformation by the mainstream media, especially by those supporting Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP). A poll done by Istanbul Bilgi University in the first week of the protests showed that 84% of the demonstrators cited the lack of media coverage as a reason to join the protests, higher than the 56% of protesters who referred to the destruction of Gezi Park. Censorship is a common issue in Turkey. Since 2011, the