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.