A Turkey-based American journalist says he was denied re-entry at Istanbul Ataturk Airport today (April 25, 2016), and is returning to the United States, according to the Business Insider website.
David Lepeska is one of several foreign journalists who have been recently imprisoned, denied entry, or expelled from Turkey as the government cracks down on critical media and dissenting voices -- in effect violating the freedom of the press in Turkey -- raising concerns in a country once seen as a model of Muslim democracy and which aspires to become a member of the EU (European Union).
"I've been given no reason for the entry ban, or confirmation that this status is lasting or permanent," Lepeska said.
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on Turkish authorities to allow Lepeska to enter Turkey without delay. The government should "stop obstructing him and other international journalists from reporting in the country," CPJ Europe and Central Asia Coordinator Nina Ognianova said.
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