Freedom of the press in Turkey: german interview confiscated because they didn't like the questions

[DetlefK]

http://www.dw.com/en/dw-footage-confiscated-by-turkish-officials-following-interview-with-minister-kilic/a-19529946

The german journalist Michel Friedman interviewed the sports-minister of Turkey, Kilic. The topic also came to the putsch.

After the interview, the german team alleges that the video-material was confiscated under threat of force (no actual force).
Kilic first said that Friedman asked questions that weren't scheduled in advance. Later he said that Friedman used the interview as a pretext for his own political commentary. Kilic said that the german journalists handed over their material freely after being told they cannot broadcast it.

The TV-channel is demanding that Turkey give them the material back.


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Oh, I absolutely believe that Michel Friedman made him uncomfortable. Friedman is an extremely smart, fast-talking political attack-dog. If you are up against him, you are in trouble. He once had a political late-night-show on a major german TV-channel but was fired after he was caught doing cocaine in his dressing room before doing a show.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

1. K&R, The OP is internationally volatile and typical of foreign media censorship