Joint statement on the police raids and arrests of media representatives in Turkey

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Series Details 14.12.14
Publication Date 14/12/2014
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Turkish authorities arrested and detained thirty prominent journalists and broadcasters on the 14 December 2014.

Commentators saw the move as a further development in the dispute between the ruling AK Party and the US-based Muslim cleric Fetullah Gulen

The EU issued a statement on the 14 December 2014 saying the detentions were 'incompatible with the freedom of media, which is a core principle of democracy'.

On the 15 December 2014 Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the EU to 'mind its own business'.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.eeas.europa.eu/statements-eeas/2014/141214_01_en.htm
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