Trying times
The president insists there is no freer press than Turkey's. Really?
Jan 7th 2015 | Europe
FREDERIKE GEERDINK (pictured), a Dutch journalist with a close interest in the Kurds, claims to be the only Western journalist in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir. On January 6th anti-terrorist police raided her apartment. “Terrorism police just searched my house. Team of 8 guys. They take me to the station now. Charge: ‘propaganda for terrorist organisation,’” Ms Geerdink tweeted as she was hauled off.
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