Kati Piri: Turkey coup attempt cannot be used to silence dissent

Source: K.P. (Kati) Piri i, published on Wednesday, October 26 2016, 2:40.

Kati Piri has expressed serious concerns about freedom of expression and pluralism in Turkey and called on the authorities not to use the failed military coup d’état as an excuse for attacking the media, journalists and writers.

Please see her contribution to the debate in the European Parliament below.