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| http://doyle.house.gov/press-release/doyle-statement-mass-arrest-journalists-turkey | Doyle Statement on the Mass Arrest of Journalists in Turkey | 2014-12-17 | 2014 | 2014-12 | Democrat | House | PA | Mike Doyle | D000482 | doyle.house.gov | legacy | Pittsburgh, PA – U.S. Representative Mike Doyle (D-PA-14) issued the following statement today about human rights violations by the Turkish government: On Sunday, December 14, Turkish police arrested nearly 30 journalists whose only offenses appear to be their association with an opposition movement and their allegations of corruption in the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The arrests included the general editor of the largest daily newspaper in the country. The senior expert on Turkey at Human Rights Watch concluded that “The timing and the limited evidence made public suggests these arrests are politically motivated, not based on reasonable suspicion of a criminal offense.” These arrests appear to be just the latest actions in a long series of attempts to maintain the ruling AKP party’s hold on power in the face of corruption allegations and mass protests. Turkey will cease to be a democracy and a partner with the free countries in NATO if it continues to jail journalists and opposition politicians and shuts down its free press. I deplore the suppression of free speech in Turkey. I condemn the politicization of the judiciary and the subversion of the legal system by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the AKP. The United States must insist that President Erdogan release the journalists and others his government has arrested for political reasons. I have sent a letter to Secretary of State Kerry expressing my great concern about these human rights abuses in Turkey and urging the U.S. State Department to take immediate action to convince the Erdogan regime to release its political prisoners and respect human rights, freedom of the press, and the other essential foundations of democracy. Click here to read a copy of the letter. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |