Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 November 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Media Freedom in Turkey: National Union of Journalists
11:40 am
Mr. Gerry Carson:
Certainly. It is fair to say that democracy no longer exists in Turkey. Despite this, on the Turkish Embassy's website in Dublin there is a great play on the commitment of the country to human rights and to democracy. Quite clearly, that is an inaccurate description of what Turkey is just now. I will ask my colleague, Mr. Barry White, to comment on the current situation there.