Turkish prime minister rejects criticism on paper detentions

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  • Author(s): By:ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and NEYRAN ELDEN Associated Press
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    Associated Press: Worldstream, November 1, 2016 International, 3pp
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    • Abstract:
      ISTANBUL (AP) - Turkey's prime minister on Tuesday shrugged off the European Union's criticism on media freedoms, following the detentions of at least 13 senior staff members of an opposition newspaper. In a televised speech to his party's legislators, Binali Yildirim said Turkey will not be taught lessons by Europe, and the government will "protect press freedom until the end." Monday's detentions of the chief editor, columnists and a cartoonist at one of Turkey's oldest newspapers, Cumhuriyet, sparked an international outcry including from the U.S...