Another Blow for Turkey's Press Freedom

Another Blow for Turkey's Press Freedom

In the early morning hours of March 3, Istanbul-based journalist and university lecturer Ahmet Sik awoke to the sound of his doorbell. Fifteen men in dark blue bulletproof vests and black wool caps were standing in front of his apartment -- agents from Turkey's TEM anti-terror unit. "You have half an hour," one of them snapped at Sik, who was still half asleep. "No telephone calls." Then the unit led him away, right through a tight knot of reporters.

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