The new U.S. envoy to Ankara queried Turkey’s main opposition about freedom of the press in the country during a Monday meeting, according to the party’s leader.
“[Ambassador Francis Ricciardone] asked for our opinion on the [freedom of the press] issue. We mentioned the pressure put on the media. We then presented him both our brochure and the report prepared by the Turkish Journalists Association [TGC] on the journalists in prison,” Republican People’s Party, or CHP, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu told reporters.
Speaking to the media after meeting, Kılıçdaroğlu said the ambassador told him that they were very sensitive about the situation of freedom of the press and that they saw freedom of the press as an critical part of democracy, daily Radikal reported Tuesday.
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