Asharq al-Awsat: Turkey’s democracy on deathbed for two years

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Asharq al-Awsat: Turkey’s democracy on deathbed for two years
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The Saudi-sponsored Asharq al-Awsat daily conducted an interview with the head of the Cihan news agency and Today's Zaman columnist Abdülhamit Bilici. (Photo: Cihan)

December 23, 2014, Tuesday/ 17:04:25/ TODAY'S ZAMAN / ISTANBUL




Asharq al-Awsat, one of the most influential papers in the Arab world, has featured the Dec. 14 police operations against independent media in Turkey with the headline “Democracy in Turkey on its deathbed for two years.”

The Saudi-sponsored news outlet conducted an interview with the head of the Cihan news agency and Today's Zaman columnist Abdülhamit Bilici, in which he likened the status of Turkey's democracy to a sick person on a deathbed waiting to die.

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