06/05/2012
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"President Erdogan's party has used the levers of power to limit dissent and to crack down on free journalism."
"These kind of steps have taken Turkey further away from the shared values at the heart of our American-Turkish alliance."
"I will be submitting a Sense of the House resolution expressing concern about the direction of various societal trends and governmental trends in Turkey."
"We will note that. And I think that it is always important for us when we are dealing with a country that has been so close to us, and such a friend, that whenever there are some very noticeable areas..."