Is President Erdogan's media face-off jeopardising rule of law in Turkey? Plus, the challenges of reporting on the EU.
Turkey: The media crackdown and the legal breakdown
The government in Ankara isn't mincing its words about the media. Journalists and news outlets within Turkey are fighting losing battles in the courts and outside the country and media personalities in Germany are facing lawsuits directly from President Erdogan's office.
Talking us through the story are: Andrew Finkel, journalist; Alper Kaliber, associate professor of international relations at Istanbul Kemerburgaz University; Kadri Gursel, reporter at Cumhuriyet; and Halime Kokce, reporter at the Star newspaper.
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