Plot against Samanyolu media group detected
A plot created by an anonymous Internet user to manipulate an employee of the Samanyolu Media Group to frame the institution has been detected thanks to evidence given by the Samanyolu employee after...
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Lale Kemal An İstanbul court finally released today, on April 3, the detailed reasoned opinion for its verdict in August 2013 on the Ergenekon coup plot trial, in which hundreds of former soldiers,...
View ArticleFired journalist says Turkey shifting away from democracy
Turkey is more democratic than China or Iran but with the latest developments it is moving away from being a true democratic country, the former Rome bureau chief of the pro-government Sabah daily,...
View ArticleTurkey's Election Results Seem to Validate Erdogan's Authoritarianism
Derek Davison* After a campaign involving a corruption investigation and nation-wide bans on social media, and an election day marred by deadly violence, Sunday’s municipal elections in Turkey resulted...
View ArticleThe regime's character in Turkey
Bülent Keneş My foreign colleagues have been frequently asking whether I expect an operation against me and the Hizmet movement in line with an order from the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...
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In Conversation with the Gülen Movement’s Media Foundation Head
Asharq Al-Awsat speaks to the head of the Gülen movement's Journalists' and Writers' Foundation, Mustafa Yeşil* Ankara, Asharq Al-Awsat—Founded in 1994, the Journalists’ and Writers’ Foundation (GYV)...
View ArticleZaman reporter says won’t leave her job on PM’s orders
Zaman correspondent Tuğba Mezararkalı, who was told by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to change her job and leave the Zaman daily during a press conference held on Friday, has said Erdoğan is...
View ArticleSamanyolu news faces cyber attack from abroad
On Thursday night Samanyolu Haber TV news channel was the latest to face a cyber attack, as readers have at times also recently been unable to access the websites of the dailies Zaman, Today's Zaman...
View ArticleDaily Sabah rehashes decades-old, refuted claims against Gülen
In what is seen as a smear campaign against Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, the pro-Erdoğan English-language Daily Sabah has rehashed old and refuted claims that Gülen is somehow linked to a...
View Article‘Erdoğan's strength is Turkey's weakness'
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has a majoritarian understanding of democracy and his strength is rooted in the popular vote, which in turn cripples the establishment of strong institutions for a...
View ArticleErdoğan resorts to varied strategies to win local elections
Turkey has left behind one of the most noteworthy elections in its history. The Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-led Justice and Development Party (AK Party) won a significant victory in the last local elections....
View ArticleTUSKON's Meral tells Turkish firms in Germany to open to world
Turkish-owned businesses in Germany should exert more effort to branch out into different world markets, a top Turkish union told entrepreneurs in Frankfurt on Thursday. Addressing a panel organized by...
View ArticleErdoğan in the driver's seat, but Gül has the map
Yavuz Baydar… The March 30 municipal elections unleashed new dynamics, while cementing some existing ones. It has underlined in bold the fault lines in Turkish society, dividing the constituencies on...
View ArticleErdoğan's harsh rhetoric and groundless threats have no legal basis
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cannot legally carry out his threat -- “We will pursue them deep into their dens,” repeated once again during his post-election balcony speech in reference to the...
View ArticleGov't pressure to shut down Turkish schools sparks outcry
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government's attempts to shut down Turkish schools abroad that are affiliated with the Hizmet movement, which is inspired by the teachings of Islamic cleric...
View ArticleGülen's lawyer rejects ‘letter of alliance' to PKK
Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, whose ideas inspired the faith based Hizmet movement, denied claims made by the Sabah daily claiming that Gülen sent a letter of alliance to the PKK through his...
View ArticleTurkish language and culture festivals held in three countries
Language and culture festivals where contestants are selected to participate in the 12th Turkish Language Olympiad were held in three countries over the past week. Students learning Turkish, and who...
View ArticleThe consequences of tyranny never change
Ekrem Dumanlı In this country, a group of people is always likened to a "tumor," treated as if it was a "virus,” the people declared "traitors" and subjected to propaganda saying that "they should be...
View ArticleNot appearing in the worst selfie in history
Erkam Tufan Aytav* For a while now, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been busy with shutting down Turkish schools -- affiliated with the Hizmet movement, which is inspired by the teachings of...
View ArticleRight to dissent in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt No doubt that the right to dissent and differ is far from treasonous, and is actually more patriotic than just going along with everything else the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan government in...
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