Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Lawsuits, politics test media freedom in Turkey

"Lawsuits, politics test media freedom in Turkey

25/05/2011

By Ozgur Ogret for Southeast European Times in Istanbul -- 25/05/11
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The nine year rule of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the ongoing Ergenekon and Balyoz (Sledgehammer) trials have divided the country into two camps -- one arguing Turkey is undergoing a democratic transformation and the other maintaining the country is sliding towards dictatorship. "

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