"Tuncay Özkan sells out KanalTürk...
Yusuf Kanlı: Freedom to criticize proves very expensive
Unfortunately Tuncay Özkan preferred money to his right to criticize and sold out the KanalTürk Channel to the Koza group – a group which has been supportive of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and which is believed to have if not formal, some sort of “heartfelt” connections with the Fethullah Gülen brotherhood.What's bad in that? Özkan established a TV channel which despite all the adverse conditions proved to be a success and wanted to cash that success into some hard money – some 40 million dollars. At a time when the state is selling its establishments, why should not a “successful” businessman sell his own establishment particularly if there are people paying several fold
Owner defends the controversial sale of Turkish TV
Anti-AKP broadcaster Kanalturk was sold for $25 million to Turkish Koza Davetiye; a decision made under pressure, the former owner said on Tuesday. The sale of the TV channel to a pro-AKP group drew fierce criticism from secularists."Survey: PR people 'wasting journalists' time'
Professional "communicators" of all kinds are wasting their time trying to pitch stories to the European press, concluded APCO consultants in a survey carried out in co-operation with Journalists at Your Service (J YS), a help centre for Brussels-based reporters.Media members are ‘in a fight' with the EU
A certain prominent Turkish columnist who has -- thank goodness -- recently emerged from his fixation with "Christian Europe," warned one of the "spokespersons" from the EU, saying, "Don't listen to the tales that the Justice and Development Party [AK Party] spin, their real desire is for Shariah!"
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Vatan Young businessman dies of malaria The owner of the Istanbul Gold Refinery (İAR), Ömer Halaçor, a prominent figure in the gold sector, passed away Monday due to malaria which he contracted in the Central Africal Republic, daily Vatan reported yesterday. Halaç, 38, had gone to the Central Africal Republic capital Bangui, with two of his employees on April 16 to see first hand the first production of the gold mine he had established there. He did not realize that during his trip he had been bitten by a female anopheles mosquito, which transmits malaria parasites. Upon his return to Turkey, Halaç was hospitalized with a cold, and it was later discovered that he had contractedPress Roundup
Force India Formula One driver Giancarlo Fisichella of Italy (top) and Williams Formula One driver Kazuki Nakajima of Japan crashed after the start of the F1 Grand Prix of Turkey on Sunday where Felipe Massa captured his third straight Formula One auto race. Turkish Press Scanner
TERCÜMAN Turkish products in defense industry Following structural changes in its defense industry, Turkey plans to start exporting defense products instead of importing them, daily Tercüman reported yesterday. $2.5 million was accumulated in 2007 in the Defense Industry Support Fund (SSDF) that was established to finance investment and procurement projects in the defense industry. Defense Industry Undersecretary Murad Bayar said the next couple of years would be determining for the industry. “In the next couple of years, many critical projects will be implemented and Turkey will become one of the fastest growing defense industries in the world,Press Roundup
Mother's Day was celebrated all around Turkey yesterday, with children expressing their love for their mothers in many different ways, such as giving flowers or gifts or kissing their hands as a sign of respect. Turkish Press Scanner
MİT document explains assassination – Taraf According to a National Intelligence Organization (MİT) document that finds a place in journalist Zihni Çakır's book “Codename Coup,” the assassination of Turkey's well-known businessman Özdemir Sabancı was a “deep state” operation, daily Taraf reported yesterday. The document points out that the outlawed Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), an extreme leftist Turkish group, carried out the murder for money. The murder was actually planned by Abdullah Çatlı, an ultra-nationalist convicted of the massacre in which seven students were brutally murdered in Ankara in 1978, Hüseyin Kocadağ, a former deputy chief of the IstanPress Roundup
President Abdullah Gül gave a reception at the Çankaya Palace yesterday on the occasion of Europe Day. A group of students along with dignitaries attended the event.Turkish Press Scanner
‘Deaths in Tuzla not too many' – Radikal Speaking at a meeting of the Tuzla Commission, Kasım Özer, general manager of the Labor Health and Safety (ISGÜM) association, perplexed attendeesTurkish Press Scanner
Law on use of forestland passes - Hürriyet A draft that limits the allocation of forested land to tourism to 0.5 percent was passed in Parliament yesterday, daily Hürriyet reported. According to this law, the 53 tourism facilities whose construction was banned by a decision of the Constitutional Court overruling the previous law allowing their construction can continue where they had left off. The new regulation amends the Tourism Promotion Law and enhances the “preserve-and-use” principle. The previous law, which was passed in 2004, was overruled by the Constitutional Court based on the argument that preservation of forests was of top priority in terms of public interest.Press Roundup
"Troya," the latest dance production by the Anadolu Ateşi (Fire of Anatolia) dance troupe, premiered Wednesday night at the İstanbul Exhibition Hall. The performance, which has a 120-strong cast, attracted wide attention from İstanbulites.
