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no democracy without complete presss freedom (with certain legal limits,such as the protection of private life), and an economically healthy, independentmedia. Like in many other areas, the situation is contrasted.There is a plurality of journals, and public and private radio and televisionchannels, both national and local, which actively contribute to thedemocratic process, especially by disclosing numerous scandals concerningcorruption and criminalization of the public life.Hovvever, there are two majör problems in the privately owned mediasystem. One is that, with few exceptions, ali majör journals and privateradio/television channels are owned by big industrial groups. Theother is the limitations to the freedom of the press, because of antidemocraticlegislation, limiting the freedom of speech. Consequently,Turkey has both a dynamic, influential media and one of the vvorstrecords in the world of journalists in jail! A new democratic legislationon the media is a must, to protect the media freedom from infringementby the State, political parties (information of public television and radio isstili too offıcial) and the capital.5. Regulating the market economy and placing the social questionon top of the nation's agendaTurkey has a dynamic market economy. It needs, hovvever, a modernizedregulatory framevvork vvhich does not constrict the dynamism ofbusiness, but protects the consumers, collects taxes, secures a fair redistributionof the fruits of economic grovvth.A democratic regulation of the market is necessary, not only for reasonsof social equity, but for ethical reasons as well: like politicians andthe State, there is too much corruption and criminalization in business.The political parties, even at the left, seem to have forgotten not onlythe necessity of regulating the market but the social question as a whole,the problems of unemployment, grovving poverty and social exclusion,declining real wages, the plight of vvage-earners and salaried people underannual inflation rates of 100%. The only political force vvhich has anaudible discourse on social inequalities is the islamist one, vvhich partlyexplains its appeal amongst the popular classes, at the expense of socialdemocratic parties. Without the rediscovery of the social question by thepolitical parties, democratization vvill not progeress in Turkey.6. Removing constraints against civil societyThere is a vvhole anti-civil society legislation to be reformed. Democracycannot blossom vvithout full freedom of association, strong tradeunions and a vigorous associative sector, ali the more so that civil society248