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Sunday, May 26, 2013

MURAT YETKİN - What does Erdoğan want from the Turkish media?

What does Erdoğan want from the Turkish media?

“Freedom of Press and Expression in Turkey” was the title of a detailed report released by the Center for American Progress on May 14, just two days before Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House. In the report, which mentioned the problem of journalists in prison and “subtle censorship” despite constitutional protection over the media, Obama and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry were invited to raise the importance of the issue during their meetings with Erdoğan and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.

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