A previous post referred to the increasing number of Turkish journalists facing legal pressures and the recent Reporters Without Borders "press freedom" index, which saw Turkey go down several notches from the previous year.
Aengus Collins of the "Istanbul Notes" blog has an interesting post that takes another view on the subject. Looking at Freedom House's "Freedom of the Press" index over the last 16 years, it appears that Turkey has made significant strides on the issue, especially during the period between 2002 and 2005, when the current government's European Union-oriented reform program was at its height. Still, Collins also provides Freedom House's more detailed comments on Turkey for the post-2005 period, which contain a load of worrying material The post can be found here.
Bianet, meanwhile, has a disturbing report about a Turkish news broadcaster that has been find by Turkish government's media watchdog for basically broadcasting the news. The report is here.
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