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Thursday, March 10, 2005

EUbusiness - Turkish PM accuses media over controversial demo clampdown

"Turkish PM accuses media over controversial demo clampdownDocument Actions 10/03/2005

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the country's media for their reporting on a heavy-handed police clampdown against a women's demonstration which caused tension with the European Union, the Anatolia news agency reported Thursday. 'All television channels heaped criticism on the police. Our media basically denounced Turkey to Europe and the world,' Erdogan said in an interview late Wednesday with the private TGRT television channel. 'Was that really Turkey? What happened there? We need to consider these questions, but no one seems to do that,' he added. "

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