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Monday, October 29, 2012

BBC News - Turkey's press continues to feel pressure from the state

Turkey's press continues to feel pressure from the state
By Dorian Jones Istanbul
Friends of Hrant Dink on march in Istanbul in January 2012 The death of Hrant Dink, a Turkish-Armenian journalist killed in 2007, has been blamed by some on Turkish authorities, despite an arrest and conviction

Turkey has put more journalists in jail than any other country, thanks to strict laws which punish dissent against the state. Critics says the state is stifling free speech, while the government says it is curbing propaganda by Kurdish separatists. Is the treatment of reporters hurting Turkey's chances of joining the EU?

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