Turkey's President Is 'Increasingly Against the Internet Every Day'

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Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is one who's not afraid to speak his mind — even if his words are incendiary. The former prime minister reiterated his disdain for the Internet on Thursday, ironically during a conference about press freedom.

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"I am increasingly against the Internet every day," he said during a meeting with the press freedom organizations the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the International Press Institute (IPI), according to multiple news reports Read more...

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