Can Erzincan TV opens doors to Bugün TV, Kanaltürk in show of solidarity
Can Erzincan TV, a small local TV station, has been breathing new life into the otherwise suffocating institution of free media by allowing the Bugün and Kanaltürk daily's recently fired journalists to...
View ArticleThai minister thanks to Turkish schools for contribution to education
Panadda Diskul who is State Minister and Undersecretary of Thai Prime Ministry expressed his thanks to Turkish schools for theit contribution to education during his visit one of the schools. Diskul...
View ArticleTUSKON: Our members being threatened to leave union
Businesspeople from the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) are being threatened by high-ranking state officials to end their membership in the union, a written statement...
View ArticlePress Council president: Main problem is reluctance to adhere to rule of law
Pınar Türenç, the president of the Press Council, has said the biggest problem facing Turkey is the unwillingness of the government and its supporters to adhere to the rule of law, stating that the...
View ArticleAKP’s Jewish lawyer
Ihsan Yilmaz I have been informed that the website Jewish Political News & Updates has published a news story titled “Gülenist Supporters Target Jewish Lawyer In Anti-Semitic Attack,” citing my...
View ArticleObama supporting press freedoms at G-20 worries Turkey
US President Barack Obama is reportedly expected to deliver strong messages about the importance of press freedom in Turkey during his visit to Antalya to attend the G-20 Summit on Nov. 15-16. Many...
View ArticleFirm says it has left Turkish business union targeted by gov’t
A Turkish holding announced that it withdrew its membership of a leading business confederation which was recently targeted in a police raid, the Turkish media reported late on Monday. Cahit Nakıboğlu,...
View ArticleUnion heads condemn dismissal of 82 İpek Media journalists
Workers' unions have decried the recent firing of 82 journalists from the Bugün and Millet dailies after the takeover of Koza İpek Holding by trustees, with many labeling the dismissals as unlawful and...
View Article‘Erdoğan threatens people who place ads with Samanyolu TV’
In an exclusive interview with the Cumhuriyet daily, Samanyolu TV Program Coordinator Murat Kesgin has accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of placing intense pressure on media outlets that are...
View ArticleThe fate of trustees
Ekrem Dumanlı The details of the intervention into Koza İpek Holding via trustees have become clear. The strategy is obvious. First, let us remember the developments. The police raided the offices of...
View ArticleWill the media resist?
Mümtazer Türköne The media's resistance to the ruling party so far has been stronger than most people's expectations. Journalists have lost their jobs and have been imprisoned, but they haven't stopped...
View ArticleEx-ECtHR judge: Turkey to face heavy penalties from ECtHR over takeover of...
Rıza Türmen, a former judge of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), has said Turkey will have to pay large amounts of compensation imposed by the ECtHR over the appointment of pro-government...
View ArticleCambodian education minister: I’m proud of Turkish school students
Hosting students from a Turkish high school who won a total of four medals in an international environmental project Olympiad called the “ASEAN+3 Junior Science Odyssey” (APT JSO) in his office,...
View ArticleEU needs to urgently ‘speak up’
Amanda Paul Last week the European Commission organized a conference in Brussels called “Speak-up!” that focused on freedom of expression in Turkey and the Western Balkans. The meeting took place at a...
View ArticleGermany to raise issue of freedom of press in G-20 summit
German officials have said that they will raise the issue of freedom of the press during this weekend's G-20 summit in Turkey, which comes at a time when the pro-government media in Turkey have called...
View ArticleDozens detained in gov’t witch-hunt against Gülen movement
As part of an escalating witch-hunt against groups affiliated with the Gülen movement, the police have arbitrarily detained dozens of people across the country, including human rights defenders and...
View ArticleReactions mount after police handcuffed people detained on ’reasonable...
Several political figures along with the Freedom and Democracy Platform, a representative body of 876 civil society organizations, have reacted against a government-backed operation in Manisa on Monday...
View ArticleCourt fails to explain seizure, CEO of targeted holding says
Koza İpek Holding CEO Akın İpek responded to claims made against his company in a detailed, step-by-step statement posted on his Twitter account on Wednesday, emphasizing that the court has failed to...
View ArticleEU progress report raps Turkey over Asya seizure, pressure on central bank
In its annual progress report for 2015, the European Commission has strongly criticized EU candidate Turkey for the government's politically motivated regulatory decision against recently seized lender...
View ArticleEuropean Commission not doing it right
Ali Yurttagül The European Commission issued its 2015 progress report on Turkey on Tuesday. Although it was originally scheduled to be released in October, it was delayed until after the election on...
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