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Turkey's Government Squeezes, Media Persists

"Turkey's Government Squeezes, Media Persists

Michael Hedges June 21, 2010 Follow on Twitter
The relationship between the Turkish government and the country's media has gone from sour to simply rotten. Using a variety of judicial and administrative rulings, the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has chased journalists, television channels, newspapers and their owners giving the appearance, at the very least, of a war over words. International condemnation has little effect on a country - and leaders - moving in their own direction."

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