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EFD Rights Watch: Increase in homophobic murders… Pressure on media…

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Turkish newspaper watchdog punished for baring teeth The sacking of Yavuz Baydar from his role as ombudsman of Sabah demonstrates the extent of the PM’s influence Milliyet appoints Ankara representative Fikret Bila as new editor-in-chief One of Turkey?s most prominent mainstream newspapers, Milliyet, has appointed its veteran Ankara representative, Fikret Bila, as the new editor-in-chief, … Read more

Yavuz Baydar, the veteran journalist, another victim of pressure on media as Turkey now 154th in world press freedom index…

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Turkish paper fires readers’ editor after refusing to publish his columns The veteran Turkish journalist Yavuz Baydar has been fired from the daily newspaper Sabah, where he was its readers’ editor, after two of his columns were rejected for publication. On the first occasion on 24 June, Baydar wrote a column that criticised the government’s handling … Read more