Turkish Digest Advertising Rates

Annual Advertising options

Friday, November 02, 2012

Turkey under fire over escalating media crackdown

Turkey under fire over escalating media crackdown
Friday, 02 November 2012 09:42
Posted by Shoaib-ur-Rehman Siddiqui

ANKARA: A record number of journalists are behind bars in Turkey as the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan wields draconian laws critics say are creating a climate of fear to silence dissenting voices and promote "pro-state" journalism.

More:Turkey under fire over escalating media crackdown