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Turkey: The Struggle for the Internet(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Freedom House issued the following news release: Turkey is a battleground state for Internet regulation, according to a Freedom House report (http://freedomhouse.org/the-struggle-for-turkeys-internet#.U_zw_2POP1A) released today, in advance of the Internet Governance Forum. The report, The Struggle for Turkey's Internet (http://freedomhouse.org/the-struggle-for-turkeys-internet#.U_zw_2POP1A), shows how a young population, improving technology, and international connections could result in a free Internet the world might envy, or that government policies might provoke a model for muzzling a vibrant online sphere. Turkey is rated Partly Free in Freedom in the World 2014, Not Free in Freedom of the Press 2014, and Partly Free in Freedom on the Net 2013. TNS 24KuanRap-140829 30FurigayJof-4841493 30FurigayJof (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |