{"id":303,"date":"2011-02-18T10:36:44","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T06:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnews.harouta.sg-host.com\/2011\/02\/18\/turkey-warns-u-s-ambassador-over-comment-on-media-freedom\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T15:14:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T11:14:48","slug":"turkey-warns-u-s-ambassador-over-comment-on-media-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jff.am\/en\/2011\/02\/18\/turkey-warns-u-s-ambassador-over-comment-on-media-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Warns U.S. Ambassador over Comment on Media Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey on Thursday criticized the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Turkey over his comment about media freedom in Turkey following the detention of several journalists, local media reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe that it is not right for an ambassador to pass judgment over an ongoing criminal investigation,&#8221; Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was quoted by the semi-official Anatolia news agency as telling reporters during a visit to Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone questioned Turkey&#8217;s media freedom when speaking of a recent police raid on a news website in Turkey at a reception on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the one hand there is a stated policy of support for a free press. On the other hand, journalists are put under detention. We are trying to make sense of this,&#8221; Ricciardone was quoted of telling reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling Justice and Development Party&#8217;s spokesperson Huseyin Celik on Wednesday criticized Ricciardone for interfering in internal affairs of Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador said in a statement on Thursday he had not commented on the merits of a particular case, saying as a foreigner there were certain things &#8220;he was trying to understand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Turkey on Thursday criticized the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Turkey over his comment about media freedom in Turkey following the detention of several journalists, local media reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe that it is not right for an ambassador to pass judgment over an ongoing criminal investigation,&#8221; Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was quoted by the semi-official Anatolia news agency as telling reporters during a visit to Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone questioned Turkey&#8217;s media freedom when speaking of a recent police raid on a news website in Turkey at a reception on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the one hand there is a stated policy of support for a free press. On the other hand, journalists are put under detention. We are trying to make sense of this,&#8221; Ricciardone was quoted of telling reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling Justice and Development Party&#8217;s spokesperson Huseyin Celik on Wednesday criticized Ricciardone for interfering in internal affairs of Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador said in a statement on Thursday he had not commented on the merits of a particular case, saying as a foreigner there were certain things &#8220;he was trying to understand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Turkish police raided an allegedly anti-government news website in Istanbul on Monday and detained four Turkish journalists in a probe against Ergenekon, an alleged criminal network aiming to overthrow the ruling government.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/english.cri.cn\/6966\/2011\/02\/18\/2321s621422.htm\">http:\/\/english.cri.cn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey on Thursday criticized the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Turkey over his comment about media freedom in Turkey following the detention of several journalists, local media reported. &#8220;We believe that it is not right for an ambassador to pass judgment over an ongoing criminal investigation,&#8221; 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