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Well, if Britain can do it, why not Turkey? Sure, the details differ, but the story is the same essentially.

Uh, you don't think it is relevant when you compare that Turkey is the world champion in imprisoning journalists? (Just to take one data point.)

There are no absolute black/white situations, but that doesn't mean there aren't lots of very different gray levels...

Britain held journalist Glen Greenwald's partner on terrorism grounds, suspecting he was carrying Snowden files. http://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2013/11/03/british-go...

Britain detained someone for nine hours to question him over material he arguably shouldn't have had in his possession. He's now suing through the British courts for wrongful arrest, and he return of the allegedly infringing material.

Turkey is responsible for about 1/5 of known jailed journalists worldwide[1] and routinely jails them for many years. It deported a journalist for criticizing the Prime Minister - "a blunt assault on Erdogan's honor" - yesterday [1]https://www.cpj.org/imprisoned/2013.php#turkey

There is no reason to trust the government of Turkey with those kinds of powers. There is also no reason to trust the government of the UK with them.

True, there are many levels of gray. It's a shame this is happening, Turkey made great struggles towards democracy and "freedom" which is even more exceptional considering it's an "islamic" country. I hope the people will not let this go worse.

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