MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Turkey's crackdown on journalists and restrictions on freedom of speech have previously been criticized by the international community, including the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, Russia and the organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
"There virtually is a ban on the journalist profession in Turkey… And here, as I said yesterday, the position of not only international organizations which we shall be stirring, such as the OSCE, the Council of Europe, the United Nations and unfortunately their representatives do not always react in an adequate and timely fashion to such violations, demonstrating a selective approach, but also the position of human rights defenders, the position of human rights organizations is important, and the position of the journalist community is very important," Dolgov said.
Lately, administration of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrested reporters and seized control of newspapers and television networks that have produced reports critical of the government.
