Country Quote by Recep Tayyip Erdogan

If some people keep saying that the press is still not free in Turkey, then I would like to say this: there has been…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I think that the growing government control of the press is very clear. Turkey is still not a dictatorship, there is still some freedom…

— Bernard Lewis

It is well known that Turkey has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but as a result of the chilling effect of these…

— Safak Pavey

It is tiring to be Turkish. The country is badly polarised, bitterly politicized. Every writer, journalist, poet knows that because of an article, a…

— Elif Safak

The West and its media have barely covered the recent wave of repression in Turkey. The reason is simple. They are paying billions to…

— Tariq Ali

Foreign journalists writing about Turkey like to focus on the most fundamental divide in Turkish society: the rift between religious conservatives and secularists.

— Mustafa Akyol

Turkey has, of course, the right to protect itself against terrorism, against attacks, but I expect it to be done in a way which…

— Jens Stoltenberg

The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.

— Grace Kelly

Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have to respect the Turkish Republic's laws

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society. Without criticism and reliable and intelligent reporting, the government…

— Walter Lippmann

There is no such thing as absolute freedom of the press, not even in the most advanced countries in the world. There are things…

— Mahathir Mohamad

“How the press, for example, loves to brag to its victims— its readers—about its freedom. Yes, the press may be free to lie and…

— Willis Carto