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Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Is Turkey's Erdoğan in Decline?

Is Turkey's Erdoğan in Decline?

by Veli Sirin
March 4, 2015 at 4:00 am

Fréderike Geerdink, a Dutch journalist, was indicted by a Turkish prosecutor for "terrorist propaganda" because of her writing on Kurdish affairs. The raid at her home took place on January 6, the very day that the Netherlands' Foreign Minister, Bert Koenders, was in Ankara. She faces a possible sentence of five years in prison.

Erdoğan has sought to dampen criticism of his behavior by accusing Western Europe of persecuting Muslims.

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