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Ankara adopts stricter controls for foreign journalists

Friday, 11 December 2015 2:38 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 11 December 2015 3:59 AM ]

Turkey is under fire for deporting a team of Russian journalists.

Verenia Keet
Press TV, Istanbul

Turkey is under fire for deporting a team of Russian journalists for trying to make a film about the situation on the Turkish-Syrian border. Ankara says the journalists were not authorized to travel to that area of the country. The move is seen as yet another attempt to stifle media freedom in Turkey. Press TV’s Verenia Keet has the details in this report.

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