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1,863 TURKISH JOURNALISTS FIRED DURING AKP RULE, OPPOSITION REPORT SAYS
21:40 â~@¢ 27.10.14
Some 1,863 journalists have been fired in the 12 years of Justice and
Development Party (AKP) rule, main opposition Republican People's
Party (CHP) Deputy Chair Veli Agbaba said, while releasing a new
party report on the issue, the Hurriyet Daily News reports.
The report, titled "Journalists Whose Pens Are Broken," has been
printed as a book, and includes 42 media workers telling the story
of their dismissals, Agbaba told reporters on Oct. 27, adding that
20 of these individuals did not even want to be named, fearing the
consequences.
He also stressed that the number of unionized journalists had decreased
markedly in recent years, from 21 percent in 2009 to just 4.7 percent
in 2014, according to the report penned by the CHP.
The AKP has become the "biggest media boss" of Turkey, Agbaba said,
adding that theCHP would also be sending the report to President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The report includes three lists: Individually dismissed journalists,
collectively fired journalists, and currently imprisoned journalists.
It also includes the warnings of several international organizations
about the grave state of Turkish media freedom.
Agbaba said the report would be translated and sent on to international
organizations.
Prominent CHP deputy Ozgur Ozel, meanwhile, described the lack of an
"independent, real press union as the most important lesson to be
taken from the report."
Armenian News - Tert.am
21:40 â~@¢ 27.10.14
Some 1,863 journalists have been fired in the 12 years of Justice and
Development Party (AKP) rule, main opposition Republican People's
Party (CHP) Deputy Chair Veli Agbaba said, while releasing a new
party report on the issue, the Hurriyet Daily News reports.
The report, titled "Journalists Whose Pens Are Broken," has been
printed as a book, and includes 42 media workers telling the story
of their dismissals, Agbaba told reporters on Oct. 27, adding that
20 of these individuals did not even want to be named, fearing the
consequences.
He also stressed that the number of unionized journalists had decreased
markedly in recent years, from 21 percent in 2009 to just 4.7 percent
in 2014, according to the report penned by the CHP.
The AKP has become the "biggest media boss" of Turkey, Agbaba said,
adding that theCHP would also be sending the report to President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The report includes three lists: Individually dismissed journalists,
collectively fired journalists, and currently imprisoned journalists.
It also includes the warnings of several international organizations
about the grave state of Turkish media freedom.
Agbaba said the report would be translated and sent on to international
organizations.
Prominent CHP deputy Ozgur Ozel, meanwhile, described the lack of an
"independent, real press union as the most important lesson to be
taken from the report."
Armenian News - Tert.am