"Foreign press interest in Turkey sky rockets
Ahead of October 3 – the date given for Turkey to start EU accession talks – the world media have become obsessed with Turkey and are scrambling to talk to the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. According to the Directorate General of Press and Information (BYEGM), 468 foreign journalists and intellectuals from 24 different countries visited Turkey in the frame of orientation tours organized by BYEGM . The Prime Minister's Office Press Counselor Salih Melek said, 'They are constantly demanding meetings with the Turkish Prime minister while he is disclosing the interest of French media towards Turkey."
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