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Press freedom in Turkey
More arrests stoke fears that the government is intolerant of criticism
Mar 10th 2011 ISTANBUL from the print edition
RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkey’s mildly Islamist prime minister, likes to boast that his Justice and Development (AK) party has transformed the country into a “forward democracy”. But the detention and imprisonment of two investigative journalists on March 6th looks very much like a step backwards.
The arrests of Ahmet Sik and Nedim Sener came at a time of growing concern about pressure on the media. Scores of journalists, many of them Kurds, are in jail. The European Union and America say they are worried. Thousands of Turks took to the streets in protest after the arrests.
Mr Sik and Mr Sener have been accused of involvement with the so-called Ergenekon gang, an organisation of generals and like-minded accomplices alleged to have plotted to overthrow AK. The investigation into Ergenekon, which began in 2007, marks the first time that serving generals have been called to account by civilians (albeit in controversial special security courts), and has offered an unprecedented glimpse into the army’s murky past. ...more...
Mar 10th 2011 ISTANBUL from the print edition
RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkey’s mildly Islamist prime minister, likes to boast that his Justice and Development (AK) party has transformed the country into a “forward democracy”. But the detention and imprisonment of two investigative journalists on March 6th looks very much like a step backwards.
The arrests of Ahmet Sik and Nedim Sener came at a time of growing concern about pressure on the media. Scores of journalists, many of them Kurds, are in jail. The European Union and America say they are worried. Thousands of Turks took to the streets in protest after the arrests.
Mr Sik and Mr Sener have been accused of involvement with the so-called Ergenekon gang, an organisation of generals and like-minded accomplices alleged to have plotted to overthrow AK. The investigation into Ergenekon, which began in 2007, marks the first time that serving generals have been called to account by civilians (albeit in controversial special security courts), and has offered an unprecedented glimpse into the army’s murky past. ...more...
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