在土耳其新闻自由受到威胁

AS IT IS 2015-10-29 Press Freedom Under Threat in Turkey 在土耳其新闻自由受到威胁

A coalition¹ of media rights groups says freedom of the press is under attack in Turkey.

The coalition’s representatives recently completed a visit to the country. They studied the government’s treatment of reporters and the press. The findings were released a month before Turkey’s general elections.

A crowd of supporters of the ruling AK party demonstrated near the offices of the Hurriyet newspaper last month. They were angry about an article in the newspaper.

The protestors claimed the story contained lies about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Days later, one of the newspaper’s columnists² was attacked outside his home.

Steven Ellis is with the International Press Institute. The group organized the coalition’s fact-finding trip to Turkey. Mr. Ellis says there has been a series of moves against press freedom.

“There has been a spiraling increase in defamation³ lawsuits⁴, or insult criminal cases, by the president in the last year and especially in recent months. Those compounded with firings, with raids on news outlets⁵.”

Last month, reporters the Dicle news agency protested against the arrest of several media workers under anti-terror legislation. They say the law is used to suppress reporting of the government’s offensive against Kurdish separatists.

Mohammed Rasool was detained with two British journalists from the international news channel Vice⁶ News. The three were reporting on clashes between Kurds and Turkish police.

The two Britons have since been expelled from the country.

Melody Patry is with the group Index On Censorship. She was part of the delegation⁷ in Turkey. She says the three were not the only reporters detained.

“But Mohammed Rasool is just one example of the many other journalists and media workers who are being imprisoned⁸ and detained for simply doing their job, which is reporting the news, and that is not a crime.”

Mehmet Solmaz is the news editor of the Daily Sabah newspaper. The publication is considered pro-government. He says Turkey’s critics do not understand the complexity⁹ of the country’s media.

“We do see sort of pressure, but that’s due to mostly media moguls having different sort of agendas.”

He says Turkish journalists often like to write or talk about political issues when they should be reporting news and information.

“Most of the journalists in Turkey are acting¹⁰ like an activist¹¹, instead of doing what they’re supposed to do, like reporting.”

The Turkish government did not accept an invitation to meet the International Press Institute delegation. VOA requests for an official reaction to the claims were unanswered.

Words in This Story

compound – v. to combine two more things

defamation – n. saying false things in order to make people have a bad opinion of someone or something

moguls – n. a term referring to a powerful or important person

journalists – n. people who collect, write or report on current events

1 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

2 columnists   

n.专栏作家( columnist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This story will be more fodder for the gossip columnists. 这个传闻会是闲谈专栏作家的又一素材。
• The columnists coined the phrase \"to broderick\", meaning to rough up. 专栏作家们杜撰出一个新词“布罗德里克”意思是“动武”、“打架”。 来自辞典例句

3 defamation   

n.诽谤；中伤

参考例句：

• Character defamation can be either oral or written.人格诽谤既可以是口头的也可以是书面的。
• The company sued for defamation.这个公司因受到诽谤而提起诉讼。

4 lawsuits   

n.诉讼( lawsuit的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Lawsuits involving property rights and farming and grazing rights increased markedly. 涉及财产权，耕作与放牧权的诉讼案件显著地增加。 来自辞典例句
• I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. 全英国的人算我官司打得最多，赢的也多，输的也多。 来自辞典例句

5 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

8 imprisoned   

下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
• They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。

9 complexity   

n.复杂(性)，复杂的事物

参考例句：

• Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem.直到现在他才明白这一问题的全部复杂性。
• The complexity of the road map puzzled me.错综复杂的公路图把我搞糊涂了。

10 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

11 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。