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Monday, April 03, 2006

Journalists condemn self-censorship as hindrance to free speech in Turkey - Turkish Daily News Apr 03, 2006

"Journalists condemn self-censorship as hindrance to free speech in Turkey
Monday, April 3, 2006

Thomas Grove

ISTANBUL - Turkish Daily News

Self-censorship is one of the biggest obstacles to press freedom in Turkey, said a panel of European and Turkish journalists assembled in Istanbul yesterday.

�From childhood we are told that we shouldn't wonder why, that we shouldn't ask about the past,� said Şirin Payzin of CNN-Turk. �We have reporters who don't even know how to ask a question,� she said."

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