Thursday, January 26, 2012

For Turkish Journalists, Arrest Is A Real Danger : NPR

For Turkish Journalists, Arrest Is A Real Danger

by Peter Kenyon

January 26, 2012

In the wake of the Arab Spring, some Muslims in North Africa are looking across the Mediterranean to Turkey as a potential model of a state that can be modern, Islamic and democratic.

But some analysts in the region say that model is flawed, and they are questioning Turkey's human-rights record and its dealings with the press.

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