Is Turkey Becoming Authoritarian Enough To Work Outside EU Relations? Growing concern over Turkish atrocities is a matter of concern for EU nations Turkey is becoming the new arena of human rights violation. Reporting through an independent online feed, Deger Akal substantiates, “Threats, assault, or even armed attack at journalists in Turkey is becoming common practice. The frequency of such incidents is increasing. One of the most recent cases occurred at the end of August in the western Turkish city of Balikesir . Levent Uysal, editor of the news site Yenigun, had just left his house when two men wearing helmets opened fire on him from a motorbike: they fired six shots before speeding off. Apparently they had been waiting for him but he survived.” Such instances are becoming common threatening freedom of expression. Turkey has been troubling the Kurdish population as well. Recently, the largest opp...