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Turkey's Independent Media Under Severe Attack | Yavuz Baydar

Turkey's Independent Media Under Severe Attack
Posted: 10/24/2013 2:08 pm

When visiting Warsaw at the end of September for an OSCE conference to address the issue of media ownership and transparency in Turkey, I had a disturbing déjà vu.

Déjà vu started with a colleague, pointing me out that there was a Turkish official delegation there. I shrugged: it was very usual. But, rather soon, when I was met with their suspicious glances, and not casual, friendly salutes, I sensed something was wrong.

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