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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Yavuz Baydar: Is Turkey's Crippled Media Freedom on Table When Obama Meets Erdoğan?

Is Turkey's Crippled Media Freedom on Table When Obama Meets Erdoğan?
Posted: 05/14/2013 5:46 pm

Journalism -- but 'good' journalism -- in Turkey, comes with a tough ticket that urges a fight against far too many windmills.

Two days ago I was called by one of those colleagues who, in a baffled tone asked me: 'Can you please enlighten me what this ban is all about?'

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