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You're a big cheese Turkish industrialist who admires the prime minister. Indeed, you made his son-in-law your CEO. And you also own a great Istanbul daily paper you want to be taken seriously, so you named one of the country's most respected journalists your ombudsman. He's your outward and visible guarantee of editorial freedom. But then, after too many disappointments, he writes an article for the New York Times that says "dirty alliances between governments and media companies and their handshakes behind closed doors damage journalists' role as public watchdogs and prevent them from scrutinising cronyism and abuses of power: one need only follow the money".You're a big cheese Turkish industrialist who admires the prime minister. Indeed, you made his son-in-law your CEO. And you also own a great Istanbul daily paper you want to be taken seriously, so you named one of the country's most respected journalists your ombudsman. He's your outward and visible guarantee of editorial freedom. But then, after too many disappointments, he writes an article for the New York Times that says "dirty alliances between governments and media companies and their handshakes behind closed doors damage journalists' role as public watchdogs and prevent them from scrutinising cronyism and abuses of power: one need only follow the money".
So what happens next? The editor of your paper, Sabah, calls in his ombudsman, Yavuz Baydar, and sacks him. So much for freedom. And any among us who thought that Turkish reporters and editors protesting about the hidden pressures PM Erdoğan can bring to bear were exaggerating has another indubitable think coming. Case proven. This isn't even second-class repression. Just stupidity.So what happens next? The editor of your paper, Sabah, calls in his ombudsman, Yavuz Baydar, and sacks him. So much for freedom. And any among us who thought that Turkish reporters and editors protesting about the hidden pressures PM Erdoğan can bring to bear were exaggerating has another indubitable think coming. Case proven. This isn't even second-class repression. Just stupidity.
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