Taraf daily at the center of political tension
Some people are buying extra copies of Taraf in order to support the circulation while some are distancing themselves from it as they believe it has become a tool in the battle between AKP and Secularist front. It is hard to have a third position as the political polarization increases regularly. Still, it is also hard to be at an equal distance to these poles. There seems to be some violations in the way people are detained and the prosecutor seems to be too slow. However, not a single person who was arrested in the course of Ergenekon seems 'clean' politically. Even if they weren't involved in a concrete gang, they were vocal hate mongerers. They are all responsible for the creation of anti-liberal, coup smelling, anti-EU happenings. Some liberals are already getting soft on some journalists such as Mustafa Balbay, and I am quite certain that he did not do anything more than his job but could anyone hear any good from him, one single positive idea? He had been working incessantly against an elected government in an environment of coup preparations...
As the polarization intenses, pseudo-liberals are changing sides. Some columnists, such as Can Dündar has begun to question Ergenekon case. His whiny style makes romantic cases for especially women readers, but democratic struggle needs more...
Turkey: Recently launched paper at the forefront of political controversy
Thanks to its precocious reporting, Taraf, a small, Turkish daily paper launched last November, has found itself at the center of a brewing political storm.In its inaugural year, Taraf published a chain of stories divulging the army's efforts to overthrow the government's ruling party.
General Staff asked for confidential documents from daily Taraf
The General Staff has asked a newspaper to hand over confidential military documents it received, claiming the documents were illegally leaked to the press and published, reported daily Taraf Friday.
Demonstrators hold banners during the trial of suspects charged with the killing of Turkish-Armenian editor Hrant Dink at a Turkish court in Istanbul July 7, 2008. Banner reads "We all are witnesses. We want justice.
" REUTERS/Fatih Saribas (TURKEY)Protests as open hearing in Dink case begins in Turkey
A Turkish court in Istanbul began on Monday the first open hearing of the assassination case of a Turkish-Armenian journalist. Protesters held demonstrations near the court during the trial of suspects."Former prosecutor: past coups are behind today's ills
Sacit Kayasu, a former prosecutor who was fired and disbarred after he asked for the indictment of former coup leader Gen. Kenan Evren, has said there are always many more people behind a coup plot than just the coup leader, which makes it all the more difficult to see that justice is served in such cases. Two arrests in Turkey 'coup plot'
Two retired generals are remanded in custody in Turkey over a suspected plot to overthrow the government.Turk army chief declines to comment on internal politics
Turkey: Coup plot arrests deepen political crisis
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