51% of Turks think media not free in their country
Median of nearly two-thirds of adults (65%) across 133 countries and areas Gallup surveyed in 2011 say the media in their countries have a lot of freedom, essentially unchanged from the median of 67% found in 2010, gallup.com reported.
These views still vary worldwide, ranging from a low of 23% in Belarus to a high of 97% in Finland.
Turkish Milliyet daily, referring to Gallup, says 40% of Turks think there is freedom of media in their country, while 51% consider Turkey a not-free country for media. Among 133 countries Turkey ranked the 13th.
The top five country, where citizens think there is freedom of media are:
1. Finland (97 %)
2. The Netherlands (96 %)
3. Australia (94 %)
4. Ghana (93 %)
5. Germany (92 %)