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A muted controversy: freedom of speech in Turkey.
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Harvard International Review
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March 22, 2008
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- Fulton, Lauren
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In the past decade, Turkey has consistently imprisoned more journalists than any other country. Although Turkey's repression of free speech ought to be internationally newsworthy given its status as a democratic nation, the issue has been overshadowed by the country's more sensational human rights controversies involving Kurds, Greek Cypriots, and Armenians.
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Despite the international media's tendency to focus on ethnic tensions, freedom of speech is essential to Turkey's acceptance of liberal so cietal values as it contin ues its bid to become a member of the European Union. Since Turkey's 1987 application to become an EU member, the country has ...
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The Washington Times;
February 14, 2006 ;
787 words
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787 words
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December 28, 2005 ;
Gzedit;
377 words
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Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);
February 13, 2002 ;
670 words
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The Washington Times;
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443 words
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Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);
December 17, 2005 ;
ASSOCIATED PRESS;
390 words
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U. Oklahoma students exercise free speech as part of final project
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May 4, 2006 ;
Julianna Parker;
502 words
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July 29, 2006 ;
379 words
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Blair says Turkey has made progress on reform, hopes free speech issue...
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November 23, 2005 ;
306 words
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October 7, 2006 ;
Common Sense MIKE & GENIE RYAN For the Journal;
556 words
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Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);
December 17, 2005 ;
126 words
......JUDGE halted the trial of Turkey's best-known novelist, saying...that raises questions about Turkey's commitment to free speech. Judge Metin Aydin's insistence...national honour is forcing Turkey's politicians to grapple with...hearings were 'very bad for Turkey's image in Europe'. ...
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Is the right of free speech special?
Social Theory and Practice;
June 22, 1997 ;
Ladenson, Robert F.;
787 words
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Price can rise pretty high for free speech.
Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH);
February 19, 2006 ;
570 words
......a contradiction, but I think we use the term free speech too freely. Free speech isn't free -- if by free we mean without cost...published in a Danish newspaper. People who dislike free speech try to squelch it by raising the price. Hence...
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The taming of free speech on America's campuses.
Knight Ridder/Tribune;
January 5, 2004 ;
721 words
......erica's colleges and universities treasure free speech, I would like to introduce Texas Tech University's free speech gazebo. The gazebo is only 20 feet...campus where students could engage in free speech activities-such as demonstrations...
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EDITORIAL: Confined free speech not free speech
University Wire;
October 4, 2004 ;
Staff Editorial;
346 words
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