Advocates for News Media to Meet Turkish Officials

An international delegation representing two leading press-freedom advocacy groups left for a weeklong visit to Turkey, where it plans to talk with Turkish officials, possibly including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, about harassment and persecution of foreign and domestic journalists whose reporting is deemed hostile or unfair by the government. The 20-member delegation is composed of representatives from the Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based organization, and the International Press Institute, based in Vienna. It has been promised a meeting with Erdogan, who is known for castigating journalists and their news organizations over articles that he considers a challenge to his authority.