EP Greens co-chair expresses shock over Turkish attempt to silence media...
The co-chair of the Greens Group in the European Parliament, Rebecca Harms, has expressed shock over a Turkish prosecutor asking the Ministry of Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications to...
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Albanian parliament speaker visits Turkish school after Erdoğan calls for its...
Albania's Parliament Speaker Ilir Meta visited a Turkish school in the capital Tirana on Friday to send a message to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who called for the closure of Turkish schools in...
View ArticleThe frenzy of the ruling party
Bülent Keneş The government circles that were caught red-handed in huge graft and bribery operations on Dec. 17 and 25, 2013 have raised some ungrounded and extreme allegations and accusations against...
View ArticleErdoğan turns into a national security issue!
Adem Yavuz Arslan To put it succinctly, without dancing around the issue, the situation is just as implied by the title. Unfortunately, Erdoğan gradually becomes a ‘national security issue’ for Turkey....
View ArticleÇavuşoğlu: No member of judiciary can order silencing of critical media
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Monday that no member of the judiciary, prosecutor or judge can order the silencing of media critical of the government after a Turkish prosecutor...
View ArticleReactions mount against prosecutor’s request to mute dissident media outlets
Representatives of various media organizations and political parties have criticized an Ankara prosecutor's controversial request to the Ministry of Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications...
View ArticleBlackmailing opposition politicians only benefits AK Party, GYV head says
Mustafa Yeşil, the president of the Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV), has said blackmailing people who do not share the government's outlook as a method in politics has only benefited the...
View ArticleSomeone came yesterday and asked us to close schools
Selçuk Gültaşlı There is no limit in disgrace and a disgraceful person may work hard to find that limit until the end, but would certainly fail. African authorities had given the response due, but it...
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Albania: Erdoğan given appropriate response for ‘political’ request on...
Albanian Interior Minister Saimir Tahiri has said his country's relevant authorities gave Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan necessary responses for his recent request for closure of Turkish...
View ArticleLaotian minister: I feel lucky my son studies at Turkish school
Dr. Bosengkham Vongdara, Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of Laos said during a science festival organized by the Turkish Eastern Star Bilingual School held recently that he feels lucky his...
View ArticleEuropean liberal alliance leader says silencing free media could prove fatal...
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) President Sir Graham Watson has cautioned that a Turkish prosecutor's attempt to silence media critical of the government by asking a ministry...
View ArticleErdoğan deflects attention on palace with Gülen compound claims
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made a major push to paint a picture of the compound where Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen lives as a spacious camp in an attempt to contain attacks over his...
View ArticleLaw is over
Oğuzhan Tekin Turkey has become a typical Middle Eastern authoritarian regime for the last year-and-a-half. After entering into President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's presidency in early August 2014, Turkey...
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Albanian president to Erdoğan: Turkish schools pose no threat
In the latest round of a debate surrounding the Turkish schools in Albania, President Bujar Nishani dismissed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's request to shut schools down because of their...
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Gulen’s peace award: Upswing in Islam’s global image?
Maryam Mustapha For centuries, the relationship between western and Islamic civilization has been edgy, due largely to the misconceptions that each of the two civilizations have for each other. Series...
View ArticleBank Asya posts TRY 13 million net profits in the first quarter
Publicly-traded Bank Asya has posted a TRY 12.99 million in net profits as the political siege from regulators enters 106th day. Bank Asya has been under the control of state regulators after a...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament rapporteur concerned over attempt to silence media in Turkey
The European Parliament's (EP) Turkey rapporteur Kati Piri has expressed concern over recent allegations that the Turkish government is planning to cancel broadcast of TV stations, radio stations,...
View ArticleGerman Greens’ Özdemir: Any initiative to silence media will turn Turkey into...
Several German politicians, including the co-chair of the German Greens Party, have harshly criticized a Turkish prosecutor's recent request to prohibit critical media outlets from using the state's...
View Article'Nigerians and their leaders won't fall for Erdogan's harebrained gambit'
Mohammed Haruna…since at least 1998 Turkey has established its presence in Nigeria as one of the biggest outside forces for development in our education and health sectors. Today its 16...
View ArticleTCRP report: Violations of human rights on rise in Turkey
A human rights report recently released by the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP), one of the most prominent civil society organizations in the US, has said violations of human rights and democracy in...
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