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Friday, June 10, 2011

Free speech Turkish style: PM rakes in £270,000 in libel damages | World news | guardian.co.uk

"Free speech Turkish style: PM rakes in £270,000 in libel damages

Recep Tayyip Erdogan's aide blames outdated laws as more than 50 journalists are held in Turkey's jails

Nobel-winning Turkish author Pamuk speaks during an interview with Reuters in Istanbul
Nobel prizewinning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk, who was fined for talking about the killing of Kurds and Armenians in Turkey. Photograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters

The Turkish government insists it tolerates '100%' freedom of speech, although the country ranks a miserable 138th on the Reporters Without Borders index of press freedom, below Egypt, Iraq and Ukraine."

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