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Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/1226/Is-model-Turkey-sliding-into-authoritarianism
Is Turkey Sliding into Authoritarianism?
(Christian Science Monitor) Alexander Christie-Miller - A constitutional law professor, a prize-winning investigative journalist, and a noted free-speech activist are among the mounting number of Turkish lawyers, politicians, journalists, and academics put behind bars in recent months on dubious terror charges that are stoking fears that Turkey's courts and police are being used to crush political dissent. One case that has fueled fears of authoritarianism is that of two investigative reporters, Ahmet Sik and Nedim Sener, who are accused of conspiring to overthrow Turkey's government. Sener, who was named a World Press Freedom Hero by the International Press Institute last year, and Sik had begun investigating the activities of a powerful Islamic network with links to the government. During Sik's arrest a book he was writing was seized, in which he claimed Turkey's police had been infiltrated by Islamists.