Turkey: Now That's Democracy!

Media Channel | Jul. 23, 2007 (Opinion)

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The trap for international journalists and commentators is that, if they do not know the details of Turkey's political and media life, they will end up with analyses that hardly reflect the reality of Turkish society. The result is the shallow analyses of the Turkish election beamed around the world on BBC or CNN, or published by the AP, the NY Times, or the LA Times. In other words, what is displayed on the TV screen does not necessarily ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Uenal Sakoglu - Jul 24, 2007 - 10:28 AM PDT
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 by Uenal Sakoglu - Jul. 24, 2007

This is good analysis, awesome knowledge of politics in Turkey by the author. All journalists and editors who reported on Turkey’s elections should read this column.

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