Turkish prime minister threatens the press for publishing negative comments about the government

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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lashed out at columnists and media owners during a speech Friday.

"We will not be provoked by the media," Erdoğan said in his speech to provincial chairs of his Justice and Development Party, or AKP, urging media bosses to control columnists who criticize the government and indicate that the events of the last week are negative developments.

"We held a trilateral summit chaired by the president yesterday. They [the press] have made absurd and strange comments about it," Erdoğan said. "Is it wrong for a president invite both the chief of General Staff and the prime minister to meet up?"

The prime minister threatened those publishing negative comments, saying: "I want to call the bosses of these newspapers. You cannot say, 'I cannot intervene in what the columnist writes.' Nobody has a right to increase tension in this country. I cannot let such articles upset financial balances. You pay the salary of that columnist and tomorrow you will have no right to complain."

Erdoğan also accused the media of fanning alarm among investors, who were unnerved by the detention Monday of some 50 officers suspected of participating in an alleged plot. "I am talking to the media bosses," he said during the televised speech. "No one has the right to turn a country's economy on its head. We won't allow it, because it's clear the state to which the economy has come."

"Please, everyone should be aware of their limits," the prime minister added. "At that point, I need to warn."

I do not understand how countries Governments are getting this big?

This is insane how much power the government can have over us. It is wrong and should be dealt with. I would think Governments would want to hear what their constituents think they are doing wrong because they could try to make them better.

You know, constructive criticism.

Any thoughts?

Pred...

You are absolutely correct. The smart thing for them to do is to make the people think that they are free, and that everything is hunky dory. Then they will work like a dog for years, and then that same govt can come in and steal away all their wealth. And THEN they can say they are just like America!