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Kerim Balci

How many journalists are behind bars in Turkey?

How many journalists are behind bars in Turkey?

Kerim Balci
18 February 20193 November 2020 by Kerim Balci

Speaking to BBC’s Hardtalk on 17 December 2018, Prof. Gulnur Aybet, a senior advisor to the President of Turkey, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, refuted Stephen Sackur’s question about Turkey being the worst jailer of journalists in the world, on the grounds that she has checked the numbers given by various organisations, including Amnesty … Read more →

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