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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Edogan has imprisoned several hundred journalists - not all of their cases are championed equally by the EU (Photo: akparti.org.tr)

Europe 'cherry-picks' which jailed Turkey journalists to help

It is getting increasingly clear that European institutions are 'cherry-picking' the imprisoned journalists in Turkey for whom they want to protest.

There are several groups of jailed journalists - and European reaction differs depending on which category you fall in.

If you are European or Turkish-origin European journalist, the reaction is of epic proportions, followed by open (or secret) meetings with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan to ensure their release.

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Edogan has imprisoned several hundred journalists - not all of their cases are championed equally by the EU (Photo: akparti.org.tr)

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

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