Debates about press freedom were flared up Thursday, as the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged his party members not to buy Doğan Media Group newspapers. Erdoğan argues that parts of news coverage of Ligthhouse e.V. case, which was concluded in Germany last week, aims at denigrating his name and the Justice and Development Party.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan heated up his accusations against the Doğan Media Group, that have rattled Turkey in previous weeks, by calling his ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, members “not to let these newspapers in their houses.”
“Media has lost its credibility in this country. I tell you to start your own campaign and not to let the media outlets that give false information and lies into your houses. I am clear about this,” Erdoğan said to his party members in Ankara Thursday, and accused the Doğan Group of conducting a campaign against the AKP.
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Such a call does not only sounds strange but also dangerous to me. Am I right thinking of losing (more) freedom of press when I read this?
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