15-03-2016 19:45 via salon.com

Turkey redefines journalists as terrorists, while U.S. claims the ally fights terrorism — which it actually supports

NATO ally Turkey has violently clamped down on its citizens' basic democratic rights of late. The right-wing government has seized newspapers critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, including the major daily Zaman, and forced them to publish pro-regime propaganda.After a March 13 bombing in the Turkish capital Ankara killed 37 people, Erdoğan has taken the repression even further, calling for a new definition of terrorism — one that could effectively criminalize dissent.The T
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