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Friday, March 04, 2011

Turkish media in uproar over journalists' detention

"Turkish media in uproar over journalists' detention
Friday, 04 March 2011 20:43 Mohideen Mifthah

ISTANBUL, March 4, 2011 (AFP) - Turkish journalists took to the streets Friday after the detention of more colleagues in a controversial coup probe, raising the issue of press freedom in the EU-aspirant country.
Hundreds marched in central Istanbul as activists, intellectuals and popular artists joined the members of the press, venting their anger at the ruling Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP)."

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