Wednesday, January 18, 2017

New York Times says Turkey denies entry to its correspondent

New York Times says Turkey denies entry to its correspondent
by Reuters
Wednesday, 18 January 2017 20:01 GMT

ISTANBUL, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Authorities in Turkey denied entry to a veteran New York Times correspondent and forced him to take a flight back to London, the newspaper said on Wednesday, in what its executive editor denounced as "an affront to freedom of the press".

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