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Saturday, November 03, 2012

Erdogan’s Turkey greets journalists with crackdown:.

Erdogan’s Turkey greets journalists with crackdown

Critics lash out at Islamist-led government over escalating media crackdown to silence dissenting voices.

By Fulya OZERKAN - ANKARA

Turkey is now the leading jailer of journalists worldwide

A record number of journalists are behind bars in Turkey as the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan wields draconian laws critics say are creating a climate of fear to silence dissenting voices and promote "pro-state" journalism.

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