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Monday, May 05, 2014

Turkish press certified 'not free' - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Turkish press certified 'not free'

On May 1, Freedom House published its 2014 rankings, in which Turkish press freedom regressed from the "partly free" to the "not free" category. With the release coming just two days before World Press Freedom Day, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) could not ignore the report's findings, which opened up a Pandora’s box of reaction from the government and its supporters.

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