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Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Press freedom in Turkey: Don't cross Erdogan | The Economist

"Don't cross Erdogan
How tolerant of criticism is Turkey’s prime minister?

AT A recent meeting with Turkey’s top newspaper editors, the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, declared that “we don’t expect the press to take our side.” Yet ever since his Justice and Development (AK) party shot to power in 2002, Mr Erdogan has been accused of seeking to quash dissident voices."

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