May 3 is International Press Freedom Day. In an interview with DW, Turkish journalist Ragip Duran accuses his country’s government of imprisoning journalists without a sentence.
Deutsche Welle: The Turkish economy has grown considerably over the past few decades. Have the Turkish media and press freedom in the country seen a similarly positive development?Ragip Duran: It's a completely different picture. According to the Turkish government, we're ranked at 17 on the list of the world's biggest economies. But when it comes to journalists in prison, we're number one! There are more journalists in prison in Turkey than there are in China or in Iran, even though those countries have a far bigger population than us.
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