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Monday, December 26, 2011

Turkey’s AK Party: ‘Democratization Package’ to Free Expression - Emerging Europe Real Time - WSJ

Turkey’s AK Party: ‘Democratization Package’ to Free Expression

By Ayla Albayrak

The year 2011 was “a black year” to freedom of expression in Turkey, as a Turkish journalist association put it recently.

But the Turkish government has promised amendments to laws which restrict freedom of expression in a so-called Democratization Package, to be launched after the New Year. The promise was made over the weekend by Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay.

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