With the “Erdowie, Erdowo, Erdogan” video clip and Erdoğan’s lawsuit against comedian Böhmermann, freedom of expression and oppression on press in Turkey came to the fore in German public agenda. Though EU countries, especially Chancellor Merkel, seemingly evaded the responsibility by signing the Readmission Agreement with Turkey, the German public opinion is divided over this issue.
While the ruling coalition and the right-wing support the agreement, liberals and the left-wing criticize it because it is done at the cost of the lives of refugees, while the EU connives at human rights violations in Turkey. In the midst of these discussions, Berlin-based national newspaper Die Tageszeitung issued a special supplement focusing on freedom of press in Turkey on World Press Freedom Day on May 3.
The issue included articles from Turkish journalists published in Turkish-German for the first time in German press history. This 16-paged supplement was published with the title “Uncensored” and on the day it was published, a panel discussion on freedom of press was held in Turkey. Two editors from Turkey, including me [Gözde Kazaz], were invited. Die Welt Turkey representative Deniz Yücel and the Vice President of the Bundestag Claudia Roth gave speeches at the session.
It is no coincidence that Claudia Roth attended this session. Working for Turkey’s EU membership since 1989, Roth was one of the Bundestag members who brought the grave human rights violations in Turkey during the ’90s to the parliamentary agenda. In 2013, during Gezi Park protests, she was subjected to police brutality.
During the recent years, she became the leading critics of Turkey’s governmental policies.......http://asbarez.com/150110/turkeys-warning-against-armenian-genocide-bill-is-unacceptable-german-legislator-says/
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