Turkey fails G-20 inclusiveness bid as businesses, SMEs persecuted
Turkey, the host of this year's G-20 summit has lost its claim to “inclusiveness,” one of the three main areas of focus laid out in its document of priorities, as the persecution and the seizing of...
View ArticleTurkey G-20 presidency overshadowed by restrictions on media and free enterprise
Hostile restrictions on independent media and the government's intimidation of entrepreneurs known to hold critical views of its policies are corroding Turkey's image as it prepares to host the G-20...
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Critical TV channels stop broadcast in latest blow to media freedom in Turkey
The state-owned Turkish Satellite Communications Company (Türksat) dropped a total of 13 TV and radio channels including Samanyolu TV, Mehtap TV, S Haber and Radio Cihan that are critical of the ruling...
View ArticleTurkish Islamic scholar Gülen condemns Paris attacks in strongest terms
In a strongly worded statement, Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has condemned the terrorist attacks in Paris that claimed the lives of over 100 people, calling everyone to join in rejecting the...
View ArticleStudent who faces probe over exam irregularities won 2 math olympiad medals
Fethullah Gülen, a young student who has been named in an investigation of irregularities that may have taken place in a 2014 state educational exam, has said that including him in the inquiry is...
View ArticleSamanyolu becomes latest victim of gov’t crackdown on critical media
Hours before the leaders of the world's major economies gathered for the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in the Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya on Sunday, Turkey saw the screens of 14 TV channels go...
View ArticleKinzer on Turkey’s media crackdown, ‘This story is not over’
Former New York Times İstanbul Bureau Chief Stephen Kinzer has struck an optimistic note on the struggle of Turkish journalists and activists to uphold free speech in Turkey, saying that the ongoing...
View ArticleWriters’ associations decry 28 imprisoned journalists in Turkey
Several of the world's leading journalistic bodies, including PEN International (PEN), have criticized the imprisonment of 28 journalists in Turkey at a meeting held to commemorate the Day of the...
View ArticleSamanyolu to launch legal fight against removal from Türksat
Following the removal of more than a dozen television and radio channels owned by the Samanyolu Broadcasting Group from the state-owned Turkish Satellite Communications Company (Türksat) despite a...
View ArticleFree press under Turkey’s autocratic regime
Abdullah Bozkurt With a fractured opposition, a media under immense pressure, a frightened business community and a civil society in retreat because of the witch hunt by the Islamists against anybody...
View ArticleISIL’s potential in Turkey
Mümtazer Türköne The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is an organization that is still alien to Turkey. The amount of support for the organization is probably higher among immigrant Muslim...
View ArticleGYV contributes to correct perception of Islam
Journalists and Writers Foundation (GYV) Vice President Hüseyin Hurmalı told the Zaman daily on Sunday that the GYV, of which prominent Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen is the honorary president, serves...
View ArticleO Muslims, you are late
Ekrem Dumanlı The legitimacy of terrorist acts was raised by the Muslim world first with respect to the Palestinian issue. Some endorsed suicide attacks by young Palestinians who failed to come up with...
View ArticleArrest warrant for Gülen politically motivated, lawyer says
Nurullah Albayrak, a lawyer representing Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish Islamic scholar, said on Tuesday that Gülen's arrest warrant is politically motivated. Speaking to Today's Zaman, Albayrak stated...
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NBA star condemns STV’s removal from Türksat, calls for ‘honorable’ fight
Turkish center Enes Kanter, known for his previous success in the American National Basketball Association (NBA) in the Oklahoma City Thunder (OKC) jersey, has condemned the removal of more than a...
View ArticleStation promoting peace between Kurds, Turks among those removed by Türksat
Employees of a television station broadcasting in Kurdish, which was recently removed along with many others from the state-owned Turkish Satellite Communications Company (Türksat), have protested the...
View ArticleReport says press freedom issues in Turkey increasing exponentially
A press freedom report released on Tuesday has underlined that issues pertaining to the deterioration of press freedom in Turkey are increasing “exponentially,” pointing to a controversial decision by...
View ArticleEU expresses concern over removal of Samanyolu channels from Türksat
European Commission Spokesperson Maja Kocijancic expressed concern over the removal of the TV and radio stations within the Samanyolu Broadcasting Group from the state-owned Turkish Satellite...
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Özgür Düşünce published by sacked journalists hits newsstands
A group of journalists who were dismissed from the İpek Media Group after trustees took over its management in a government-backed operation in late October started to publish a new daily called Özgür...
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Afghan minister says proud his children studied at Turkish schools
Afghan Deputy Education Minister Dr. Asadullah Muhakkik has said he is proud of his three children because they were educated in Turkish schools in Afghanistan. The Turkish schools were established by...
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