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Turkey 98th in Press Freedom Ranking

"Turkey 98th in Press Freedom Ranking

Reporters Without Borders has released the 2005 World Press Freedom Index report ranking 167 countries according to the level of freedom of the press. Turkey has been ranked 98th, fifteen places higher than last year.
BİA News Center
20/10/2005 Erol ONDEROGLU BİA (Paris) - The Paris-based international organization Reporters Without Borders has released its annual report ranking countries according to the level of freedom of the press.

Of the 167 countries ranked in the2005 World Press Freedom Index, Turkey has risen to 98th place, 15 places higher than its ranking last year of 113. In 2003, it ranked 116th. "

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