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Is Turkey's President Erdogan a democrat or a dictator?

Today's Matthew Price reports from Turkey.

Is Turkey's President Erdogan a democrat or a dictator? Jeran Bayash was a correspondent at IMC TV, which was recently shut down by the government, he says there is a war being waged on the free press.

Veysi Kaynak is one of Turkey's three Deputy Prime Ministers, he denies the claims and says the country is in a state of emergency following a number of terrorist attacks.

Matthew also explores the refugee crisis and the effect it has had on the country. Turkey has taken in at least 2.7 million Syrian refugees and is the country with the most child refugees in the world.

(Image: Turkey refugee camp, credit: TBC)

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