Can Dündar

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an personally expresses the need to open up to foreign countries. He has said, "The aim of the terror attacks is to make Turkey withdraw inward." 

To become introverted is negative because it would block Turkey and stop it from reaching its 2023 targets. The 2023 targets are at stake. 

Press freedom is non-negotiable for Germany in its talks with Turkey, a German Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on March 30, responding to questions after Turkey summoned Germany's ambassador over a satirical video broadcast in Germany. 

This is from an editorial in The Guardian's March 19, 1927 issue, titled "Turkish newspaper editors jailed over cartoon":

An EU spokesperson has defended diplomats who attended the first hearing of the controversial trial of two prominent journalists in Turkey, stressing that such monitoring is part of their regular work in the country.

U.S. representatives will continue to monitor judicial proceedings like the controversial trial of daily Cumhuriyet editor-in-chief Can Dündar and Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gül despite harsh criticisms from Ankara, U.S. State Department spokesperson John Kirby has said.

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozda? has lashed out at opposition party deputies and foreign diplomats for "interfering" with the legal processes regarding the case of daily Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dündar and Erdum Gül, who are on trial on spying charges.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has severely criticized a group of Western diplomats who attended the trial of two daily Cumhuriyet journalists on March 25. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has severely criticized a group of Western diplomats who attended the trial of two daily Cumhuriyet journalists on March 25. 

On March 22, the International Press Institute (IPI) called on the Turkish authorities to "obey their oaths to uphold the country's Constitution and to respect decisions by the Constitutional Court upholding human rights." This call also included the recent decision to release the controversially charged Cumhuriyet editors.

An Istanbul court ruled on March 25 for the whole trial to be held in secret, in the controversial case of Cumhuriyet editor-in-chief Can Dündar and Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gül.

The hearing was adjourned until April 1, as MPs in attendance refused to leave the courtroom after their request to follow the hearings was rejected by the judges.