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Press organizations slam Türksat TV platforms after removal of 7 TV channels
Press organizations have lambasted the decision by Teledünya and Kablo TV, digital satellite platforms using Turkish Satellite Communications Company's (Türksat) infrastructure, to halt on Monday the...
View ArticleThe bombing in Ankara and our national madness
Mustafa Akyol I was in the United States and busy on the road when I heard the horrible news from Ankara on Oct. 10: A bombing near the train station, right in the heart of the city, killed more than...
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ÖiB report: Free media more directly censored in Turkey
The Press for Freedom (ÖiB) platform has pointed to a more direct censorship of the free media in Turkey in its latest monthly report, mentioning the online TV streaming service Tivibu's removal of TV...
View ArticleBülent Keneş and ‘unlimited freedom’
Ömer Taşpınar Turkey has become a country where only foreign journalists are able to ask the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, critical questions. The handpicked local journalists attending presidential...
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Turkey’s media watchdog asks Digiturk to explain controversial ban on...
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has asked the Digiturk satellite network to explain why it stopped broadcasting seven stations thought to be critical of the government. In a decision...
View ArticleSuicide bombers have 'legal rights'!
Erhan Başyurt In a live interview on the NTV channel, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu commented on the suicide bombing attack in the heart of Ankara that killed around 100 people: “We have a list of...
View ArticleKimse Yok Mu to attend Global Consultation ahead of World Humanitarian Summit
Turkish charity Kimse Yok Mu (Is Anyone There?) has been invited to attend the Global Consultation, a meeting being held at the International Conference Centre (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland between...
View ArticleCall for respecting diversity to promote peace and harmony
Difference and diversity must be used to foster peace and harmony at all levels of existence, be it at the societal, individual or the family level. That was the consensus at the roundtable discussion...
View ArticleBorough President Adams Celebrates Eid with Food Donation
With the city recently following up on it’s secular image by declaring Islamic and Chinese religious holidays for school children, so too is the Brooklyn Borough President following suit by recognizing...
View Article‘Operations against 'parallel structure' just an attempt to silence opposition’
A report prepared under the leadership of constitutional law professor Mustafa Erdoğan details how an non-constitutional regime was established under the guise of fighting the so-called parallel...
View ArticleProsecutor drafts indictment using Erdoğan’s hate speech
A recent indictment of Turkey's largest-ever corruption investigation employs the usage of fantasy novel characters, conspiracy theories, age-old tales and, more alarmingly, rhetoric surprisingly...
View ArticleAs abnormalities become normal in Turkey…
Sevgi Akarçeşme In a country which has a head-spinning agenda mostly filled with depressing news, we were somewhat revealed when the editor-in-chief of Today's Zaman, Bülent Keneş was released from...
View ArticleJournalist Kaya says how his life is affected by gov’t pressure on free media
What is it like to work as a journalist in a country where intimidation, oppression and pressure on independent media outlets occur on a daily basis? What do journalists feel when their colleagues are...
View ArticleMedia freedoms still nonexistent in Turkey, despite Keneş’s release
Despite this week's release of Today's Zaman Editor-in-Chief Bülent Keneş from prison, the twin freedoms of speech and the press in Turkey still remains downtrodden as evidenced by the ongoing...
View ArticleWe must live with principles of peace and love
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” With Rumi’s words, a roundtable discussion began at the Marriott hotel on Wednesday. The theme of...
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Brazilian senator impressed by Hizmet investments in education
Respected Brazilian senator and Professor Cristovam Buarque, well known for his dedication to education, told Sunday's Zaman during a visit to İstanbul that he has been impressed by the investments of...
View ArticleGovernor’s office leads raid against Gülen inspired school based on annulled law
The Eskişehir Governor's Office has stated that an annulled law was mistakenly used in the inspection warrants for Samanyolu Primary School and its high school as well as for a FEM prep school in the...
View ArticleBusinessmen released following dubious operation against Gülen movement
Based on the government's much criticized “reasonable suspicion” law, a large number of businessmen in Uşak province were detained last week as part of an investigation into the so-called “parallel...
View ArticleHRW’s Sinclair-Webb: Will the EU soft-pedal on Turkey’s deteriorating human...
This week's guest for Monday Talk has said that European Union officials should not play Turkey's deteriorating human rights record down in order to bring the migrant exodus to Europe under control as...
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Press associations decry Türksat decision to drop critical TV channels
Press organizations have slammed a move by the state-owned Turkish Satellite Communications Company (Türksat) giving three TV channels notice that their contracts will not be renewed as of next month...
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