Hagi serves baklava to ‘Colors of the World’ in Romania
Students, arriving at Romania for International Festival of Language and Culture (IFLC), visited the legendary football name Gheorghe Hagi, at his club building in Constanta, on Saturday. Remarking...
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IFLC’s ‘colors of the world’ takes stage in Brazil
Children from across the world who participated in the 14th International Festival of Language and Culture (IFLC) took the stage in Brazil's Sao Paulo, a first in a Latin American country, the Cihan...
View ArticleHizmet Movement discussed live on Nigerian TV [VIDEO]
Live News Broadcast from Nigerian Television Authority/Abuja, Nigeria A Turkish political, non-governmental, civil society organisation, Hizmet Movement, has made commendable contributions in Nigeria’s...
View ArticleThe ‘parallel structure’ is getting bigger and bigger
Özgür Korkmaz The hunt for the members of the “parallel structure,” or “parallel state,” terms used by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) circles to define...
View ArticleTrustees under fire for causing İpek Media closure
A group of trustees appointed to the İpek Media Group as part of a government-orchestrated operation last autumn has attracted strong criticism for poorly managing the media group, leading to its...
View ArticleFear of seeing the law is alive
Orhan Kemal Cengiz The Constitutional Court has been playing a dual role nowadays in Turkey. For cases that do not threaten the status quo, the court issues decisions which are in favor of freedom. In...
View ArticleDetained businessmen known for integrity, benevolence, former president says
Former President Abdullah Gül praised prominent businessmen detained this morning in what appears to be a politically motivated probe, saying that he hoped they will not be put through further ordeal....
View ArticleMain opposition leader says Zaman takeover violation of media freedom
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), slammed on Friday a court decision to appoint trustees to take over the management of the Feza Media Group,...
View ArticleJurists blast seizure of Zaman Media Group
Threats of seizure against Zaman Media Group, which includes Today's Zaman, have been blasted by jurists who have warned that a seizure would be a blatant violation of the rule of law and press...
View ArticleProminent journalists, press groups show solidarity with Zaman over takeover...
Prominent journalists, columnists, editors-in-chief of leading media outlets in Turkey and heads of press organizations have raised concerns over a government-backed court decision to seize the Feza...
View ArticleReactions pour in against gov’t-orchestrated takeover of Zaman daily
Reactions have mounted in Turkey against a government-orchestrated move to seize the nation's best-selling newspaper Zaman and its affiliate publications including Today's Zaman as part of a crackdown...
View ArticleTurkish police raid Zaman HQs, fire tear gas on readers after gov’t takeover
Turkish police fired tear gas and used water cannon on a crowd to forcibly enter the country's top-selling newspaper on Friday after a court ordered its confiscation. An İstanbul court appointed...
View ArticleUS calls decision by Turkey to seize Zaman newspaper ’troubling’
The US State Department on Friday called the decision by Turkish authorities to seize control of the country's largest newspaper "troubling.""We see this as the latest in a series of troubling judicial...
View ArticleGov’t takeover of critical media group draws international backlash
Ahead of the pending government-led takeover of the Zaman Media Group, international voices have stated their concerns over the impending implementation of trustees to take over the management of Zaman...
View ArticleTurkic American Alliance Condemns Government Takeover of Zaman
Turkic American Alliance The Turkic American Alliance and its six member federations strongly condemn the Turkish government's aggressive actions and policies aimed at seizing control of the nation's...
View ArticleAFSV Denounces President Erdogan’s Seizure of Leading Newspaper Zaman
The Turkish government’s seizure of Zaman, the largest-selling newspaper in Turkey, is an attack on the country’s human rights, civil society and freedom of expression and the media. In his effort to...
View ArticleStatement from Today’s Zaman: We are seriously concerned
We are going through the darkest and gloomiest days in terms of freedom of the press, which is a major benchmark for democracy and the rule of law. Intellectuals, businesspeople, celebrities, civil...
View ArticleEU stays silent as Turkish president seizes newspaper
The European Union was last night under fire for failing to condemn a crackdown on free speech in Turkey which saw the state-enforced takeover of the country’s largest newspaper. Critics accused...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on the Turkish crackdown on the media: unjustified and...
Editorial Turkey is a country at the mercy of one man’s bad temper. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s response to any challenge or criticism has long been combative, but it is becoming ever more...
View ArticleTurkey’s Zaman vows to continue as opposition newspaper in Germany
Turkey’s top-selling newspaper Zaman plans to continue publishing as an opposition daily in Germany after it was taken over by the state in its home country, the editor-in-chief of Zaman Almanya (Zaman...
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