German parliamentarian protests treatment of media in Turkey to EC's Barroso

German parliamentarian Gunther Krichbaum, the chair of Bundestag's Committee on European Affairs, this week sent a letter to European Commission Head Jose Manuel Barroso calling on the commission to take action against oppression and censorship of the Turkish press. In related news, European Parliament rapporteur Alexander Graf Lambdorf said, "A country which wants to join the European Union should respect press freedom in a way that sweeps away all doubts. The oppression of critical media and journalism disturbs us deeply."