Ironically. freedom of movement is a right many Turks cannot exercise. Since the military coup in 1980. as many as 300.000 Turkish citizens have been denied passports. and. according to Amnesty International. 250.000 political prisoners were detained and nearly all were tortured: 200 Turks died while in custody because of torture. Turkey gets far more coverage in Western European countries with large communities of Turkish immigrants and guest workers. Even so. one might think that US news organizations would show more interest when their own employees are brutalized by Turkish authorities. But the US media didnt publicize the case of Ismet Imset. a UPI reporter who was beaten and imprisoned on trumpedup charges in 1984. (Imset was fired by UPI after he criticized how it responded to the incident.) Nor have US media shown much concern for the 2000 reporters and editors whove been tried in Turkish courts since a civilian government was installed in 1983. or the 41 Journalists currently in jail.
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