Democracy’s Disintegration in Turkey
The New York Times Editorial Board If there was any doubt about why the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seized the newspaper Zaman last week, consider this: Within 48 hours after the...
View ArticleIn another blow to freedom of speech, Turkish authorities seize control of...
Raziye Akkoc Turkish authorities have seized an opposition news agency, just days after storming the offices of the country's bestselling newspaper, in another blow to freedom of speech. Merely hours...
View Article‘Turkey not committed to media freedom‚’ says Cape Town’s Archbishop
The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town on Wednesday said the “Turkish government's takeover of the opposition Zaman newspaper at the weekend is deplorable”.“Even before the seizure of Zaman‚ one of the...
View ArticleTurkish Judiciary Silences the Last of the Gülen Movement
Thaer Abbas Beirut- The Turkish government silenced on Tuesday the last Islamist preacher Fethullah Gülen. Days after a step was taken by the public prosecution authority on assuming guardianship over...
View ArticleEurope Shouldn't Ignore Turkey's Contempt for Democracy
Therese Raphael Speaking uncomfortable truths to friends is never easy. It's even harder when you need a favor. On Friday, Turkey's largest newspaper, Zaman, printed a defiant final headline before its...
View ArticleTurkey muzzles an opposition newspaper
The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board Turkey, a key U.S. ally and a member of NATO, continues to travel down a disturbingly authoritarian path. Last week, police in Istanbul stormed the offices of...
View ArticleRepression reaches new heights
By seizing the newspaper "Zaman" and placing it under state control, the Turkish government has yet again compromised the rule of law and democracy, says Turkey expert Yasar Aydin* in an interview with...
View ArticleThe Unraveling Of Turkey’s Democracy
Dr. Alon Ben-Meir* Only a few months after Turkey’s President Erdogan raided the offices of the Koza Ipek Media Group, the Turkish police assaulted early this month the offices of Feza Publications,...
View ArticleThe West remains silent as Turkey clamps down on citizens’ freedoms
Kerim Balci The second takeover of an opposition media group through a ruling by a highly politicized judiciary has proved that Turkey is already a “democratatorship.” Democratators, as defined by the...
View ArticleOttawa raises alarm over Turkey’s takeover of major newspaper
The Canadian government is raising alarm over NATO ally Turkey’s state takeover of one of the country’s biggest daily newspapers, warning Ankara against quashing “critical dissent.” A spokesman for...
View ArticleCouncil of Europe ‘concerned’ about media restrictions in Turkey
The Council of Europe has expressed “serious concerns” over the recent media restrictions in Turkey in the wake of a court ruling which placed a government-critical media group under the administration...
View ArticleEU ignores rights crackdown
The contrast was jarring: Just days after the police broke into the offices of an opposition newspaper using tear gas and water cannon, Turkey's prime minister was greeted in Brussels with offers of...
View ArticleThe death of a newspaper: Whatever happened to Turkey’s democracy?
Alev Yaman* Turkey’s bestselling newspaper Zaman fell under government control in dramatic circumstances late last Friday. The international media was filled with images of protesters being drenched...
View ArticleNo freedom. No press.
Dorian Jones It took an Istanbul court a matter of hours to issue – with no explanation – a seizure order for Turkey′s most popular newspaper Zaman and appoint trustees to run it. The decision was made...
View ArticleTurkey's tyrant: He steamrolls the media, because he can
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board The president of Turkey is getting his Putin on. Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks less like the custodian of democracy for a crucial American ally hoping to join Europe and...
View ArticleWhy Erdogan Wants to Take Over the Entire Turkish Media
Aydogan Vatandas A week after the Turkish Constitutional Court ruled out that the arrest of Can Dundar and Erdem Gul, two prominent journalists of Cumhuriyet Newspaper, violated their basic human...
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Colours of the World; Iflc Pakistan Grand Finale
Grand Finale of Pakistan round in the 14th Annual International Language and Culture Festival was held at Expo Centre Lahore on Saturday February 27, 2016. Minister Education Government of the Punjab,...
View ArticleJournalists of Turkish newspaper 'feel like captives' after government...
Sales of Zaman, the Turkish opposition newspaper that was taken over by the government last week, have reportedly nosedived from 650,000 to 6,000 a day. Journalists say they “feel like captives” at...
View ArticlePress crackdown
Houston Chronicle Editorial Board There is nothing subtle in Turkey's continuing assault on media freedom, and there should be nothing subtle from world leaders in condemning these actions. A country's...
View ArticleIt’s time to turn our backs on Erdogan’s Turkey
Doug Sanders This will be remembered as the month when Turkey’s elected regime crossed the moral red line into acts of genuine totalitarianism. It is a moment to back away from our close alliance with...
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