(Source: REUTERS)
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WASHINGTON (Hurriyet Daily News)—The United States continues to have concerns over the right to free media and free speech in Turkey, State Department spokesperson John Kirby has said in his answer to a question on the seizure of Koza Ipek, a corporation with links to the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) ally-turned-enemy Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen.
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“We continue to urge Turkish authorities to ensure their actions uphold universal democratic values, values that are enshrined in the Turkish government and constitution itself, including due process, freedom of expression and assembly, and of course access to media and information,â€
