"The mainstream media that targeted Erdogan
This is a bit harsh but might have some truth:
İlnur Çevik The mainstream media that targeted Erdogan
It seems Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan felt he had tamed this media but he was wrong. These newspapers and TV stations controlled by those who are suffering because Erdogan and his Justice and Development (AK) Party put an end to the system of plunder, nepotism, favoritism and corruption are out for revenge.
PM Erdoğan seeks relief in attacking the media
The accusations leveled at the media by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over the headscarf ban have unveiled his subconscious thoughts on topics he and his party are sensitive about, said media and communication experts yesterday. “It is gradually coming to thePM lashes out at media, CHP
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lashed out at the media and the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) over their frontal assault on the constitutional amendments that aim to lay the2008 Editor & Publisher Journalism Awards & Fellowships Directory
This comprehensive guide contains information on more than 500 awards, scholarships and contests - national and international - available to journalists and other newspaper professionals. …Traffic to magazine websites is growing
Traffic to consumer magazine Web sites grew 8.1 percent during the fourth quarter of 2007, according to data released by the Magazine Publishers of America, FolioMag.com reports. …Nonprofit journalism on the rise
At a time of layoffs and budget cuts at traditional newspapers, foundations and donors are funding new journalism ventures.Media outlets provoke tension
The determination with which some Turkish media members have portrayed the abolishment of the headscarf ban at universities as being the start of a period of tension and chaos in Turkey has once again demonstrated how some media circles are trying to foment tension at a time when they should be promoting social reconciliation and peace in the country.JTW News - Turkish Senior Columnist: Turks are Stupid
Daily Cumhuriyet’s senior columnist Turhan Selcuk harshly criticised the new headscarf law in Turkey. Mr. Selcuk also blamed the majority of Turkish voters for their clear support for the governing AK Party in the latest general elections. Turhan Selcuk further labelled the current governing party as ‘Islamist’ and ‘Americanist’ (Pro-American)."Doğan Media Group sales rise
Doğan Media Group (DMG), Turkey's largest media company, recorded sales of YTL 2.8 billion ($2.3 billion) in 2007, a 26Turkish Press Scanner
Taraf Belgium trying to solve Sabancı murder A Belgian committee investigating the involvement of Fehriye Erdal in the murder of Özdemir Sabanci murder is currently in Istanbul gathering data,Turkish Press Scanner
ZAMAN ‘Virtual judiciary' causes procedural delays The National Judiciary Informatics System (UYAP), one of the major e-state projects was implemented to strengthen judicial processes in Turkey, but has had the reverse effect thus far, daily Zaman reported yesterday. Rather than accelerating the work of the judiciary, UYAP actually slowed it down. Lawyers nationwide agree that failures in Internet connection, electricity cuts and the inability of court personnel to adjust to the new technology result in even weeklong delays. These breakdowns in the system annoy mostly young lawyers working in Istanbul, who would ideally like to see the system scrapped. The UYAP project,Turkish Press Scanner
SABAH A four-star hotel in Istanbul's main Taksim Square declined to offer a room to a Turkish man and his Russian girlfriend on the grounds that a Turk and a Russian cannot stay in the same room, daily Sabah reported yesterday. Mehmet Alan, a financial expert living in Istanbul, invited his girlfriend, Natalia Patrekeeva, an architect living in Russia, to Turkey. Once they arrived at the hotel the couple, who plan to marry soon, was shocked to hear that despite having made a reservation, they could not stay in the same room. Alan said: “Natalia has been treated as if she is a sex worker. I will file a complaint to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.” HoteliersPress Roundup
A court in İstanbul held the third hearing in the closely watched case of the 2007 murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink on Monday amid calls for a fair trial and a state move to shed full light on the assassination. Dink was shot by a 17-year-old ultranationalist youth in January 2007.Press Roundup
Hundreds of Turks and Germans gathered on Sunday at the ruins of a building in Ludwigshafen gutted by fire a week ago to pay a farewell tribute to the blaze’s nine victims. Nine coffins, draped with Turkish flags, were placed in front of the ruins of the building for an interfaith service.Press Roundup
Japanese fishermen work on a boat filled with freshly caught dolphins while a diver prepares to submerge himself in the blood-filled water near the fishing town of Taiji in Japan. Every autumn and winter fishermen from this craggy Japanese fishing village corral thousands of dolphins into a tiny, isolated cove and stab them to death for meat and fertilizer, turning the water red with blood.