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TGC condemn simultaneous attacks on two Turkish newspapers

The Association for Journalists in Turkey calls on officials to arrest those responsible for attacks on Yeni Şafak and Yeni Akit

Ersin Çelik
13:47 - 11/02/2016 Perşembe
Update: 14:45 - 11/02/2016 Perşembe
Yeni Şafak

The

Association of Turkish Journalists
(TGC)
condemned the attacks that struck the main offices of the Yeni Şafak and Yeni Akit newspapers overnight, in a message it issued on Thursday.


“It is impossiple to talk about democracy in a society which is deprived of freedom of the press. Social peace can not be ensured in an environment which newspapers and journalists have been continuously singled out as targets, it said.



The Association has described the incidents as deliberate attacks targeting media, and said people have a right to learn and to be informed.



“Democracy is a system in which people have to tolerate different opinions. It is not a regime of same-type people, proto-type man and proto-type news reports," the Association said, calling on authorities to find the perpetrators as soon as possible.



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