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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Hürriyet - Journalists Without Borders ranks Turkey 100th in "media freedom"

"Journalists Without Borders ranks Turkey 100th in 'media freedom'

According to the Paris-based media organization 'Journalists Without Borders,' Turkey ranks 100th in the world in the arena of 'freedom in the media.' A list published yesterday by Journalists Without Borders puts Finland, Iceland, Ireland, and the Netherlands in a tie for first place in this category. Other noteable placements on the list were Armenia, which ranked immediately before Turkey at 99, and Denmark, which gained notoriety for the caricature crisis earlier in the year: Danish media ranked 20th. The US was ranked at 56th, while North Korea came in last at 168.

Journalists Without Borders declared in May 2002 that Turkey, among other countries, was an 'enemy of the media.'"

Hürriyet - Journalists Without Borders ranks Turkey 100th in "media freedom"