Erol Önderoğlu
Turkey Condemned for Expelling Greek Journalist
Greek journalist Evangelos Areteos. Photo: Evangelos Areteos/Facebook
Gurkan Ozturan, coordinator of Media Freedom Rapid Response at the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, said that the decision should be reversed.
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