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Erdogan: Turkey has the freest press in the world
Some comic relief.ANKARA: Turkey has the freest press in the world, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday, brushing off accusations that media freedoms were being eroded under his rule.
“Nowhere in the world is the press freer than it is in Turkey. I’m very sure of myself when I say this,” he said in a televised speech at a conference in Ankara.
“The press is so free in Turkey that one can make insults, slanders, defamation, racism and commit hate crimes that are not tolerated even in democratic countries.”
“I’ve personally experienced this, so has my family,” he added.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Dec-27/282315-erdogan-turkey-has-the-freest-press-in-the-world.ashx
