EJ strongly condemns the Turkish’s government attack against “ZAMAN”
05/03/2016
The
European Journalists Association –The Communication Network (EJ)
strongly
condemns the Turkish’s government attack
against “ZAMAN”
The unbelievable decision by the Turkish government against the newspaper ”ZAMAN” needs to be strongly condemned. The threateningly attitude of the Turkish political leadership has overstepped all the limits. It has ben unfortunately already long time that freedom of the media in Turkey is under attack.
With the
pretext of “political terrorism” the Turkish president and his
men want to close
the mouth to everybody expressing opinions that they don’t
like, acting against
basic democratic principles and values.
EJ expresses
the deepest solidarity to the editor-in-chief and all his
journalists of the
free “ZAMAN” that was published until two days ago and feels
close to them and
to all the Turkish colleagues believing in freedom of the
press and fighting
for it.
EJ urges the
European commission, the European Parliament and the European
Council to take
severe position against the Turkish authorities suffocating
principles and
values which are at the basis of a democratic society,
stopping to “flirt” with
president Erdogan for keeping in his country migrants.
The head of
states and governments of the European Union that will be
meeting a few hours
to discuss with Turkey the migrants’ question can’t avoid to
taking serious
consideration what has happened in in Ankara against freedom
of expression.
Democracy and
freedom of expression are not
negotiable!
EJ strongly
support the Turkish Association of journalists in Ankara for
its commitments in
monitoring attack on the media in violation of freedom of the
media .
Paolo
Magagnotti
EJ
President