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  • Reporters in Turkey Punished for Visiting Karabakh

    Tert.am

    Reporters in Turkey Punished for Visiting Karabakh

    11:49 ¢ 03.10.09

    On one of Turkey's most widely publicized TV stations yesterday, NTV
    journalists weren't allowed to attend a press conference organized by
    Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As informed by Tert.am's
    correspondent in Istanbul, the reason for being denied access wasn't
    officially announced, but all knew what the real reason was. The issue
    is connected with NTV reporter Bilge Egemen who visited the Republic
    of Nagorno-Karabakh and had prepared a series of reports and broadcast
    them from Karabakh.

    A few days ago, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded
    curtly to this, after which Turkey's Foreign Affairs Ministry also
    made a decision not to allow NTV's reporters to cover Ministry of
    Foreign Affairs' events. Turkey's Foreign Affairs Ministry finally
    officially announced that it is prohibiting broadcasting of Turkish FM
    Ahmet Davutoglu's meetings in Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan.

    This step has instigated a serious complaint from Turkey's
    journalists, who are already referring to the decision as hindering
    freedom of speech, which they find to be unacceptable. Representatives
    from the TV station promised to state their position on the issue
    after Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially announces the
    reason for its decision.
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