With the Freedom of Press dying, Democracy goes down as well
“42 independent journalists have been detained, over a dozen media and news portals have been banned without the necessary judicial decision – this is disposing of democracy in Turkey by despot Erdogan. The country is on its way towards a totalitarian dictatorship.” says Harald Petzold, spokesperson for media policy of the parliamentary group DIE LINKE. Petzold further:
“The speechlessness and inaction of European heads of states demonstrate either an unbelievable naivity or the complete loss of political morale because the often testified “European values” are sacrified on the altar of strategic interests.
The EU needs to immediately give up its submissive stance towards Erdogan and make it unmistakably clear to him that accession negotiations will be promptly stopped if there is no turn around in Turkish domestic policy.”