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"Pressure on Turkish Press"
1. It is certain that PM Erdoğan is not good at handling the media, his is a PR disaster. Or this is a matter of perspective; ordinary AKP voters and... Read more
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1 March 2009 in Turkish press…
Ciner Group is back in business. Its ambitious newspaper, Habertürk, was released today for the first time. Editor in chief is Fatih Altaylı who is a long time professional... Read more
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"Guide to Major Turkish Daily Newspapers 2008
I haven’t read it all yet but this guide seems to be a very good guide for beginners. In fact, I don’t have a similar guide around. Have a... Read more
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Abdi İpekçi, 30 years after.
A few days ago, it was the 30th anniversary of Abdi İpekçi assassination. In one of the darkest days of Turkey, he was murdered. Milliyet’s then chief editor has been... Read more
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Erkan looks at Turkey's news channels…
As a news junkie, I may live in the right country. At the moment, there are at least 6 TV channels that specialize in news, that they call themselves as... Read more
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Milliyet's xenophobia
Milliyet provides a list of Turkish NGOs that received foreign funding. "these fundings are questionable" the report says. Because American consulate funded a religious NGO and Soros funded TESEV, one... Read more
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[updated] Official Kurdish TV channels starts test broadcasting…
New TV channel uses Kurdish usage of some words in which W or X letters are used. Some Kurdish originated Turkish citizens were tried and imprisoned in the last two... Read more
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"Iraqi Journalist?s Shoes Make Turkish Media Happy
If it was PM Erdoğan, he would throw it back… A collection of cartoons on shoe throwing, mostly from Turkish press.. Iraqi Journalist’s Shoes Make Turkish Media Happy – The... Read more
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"Online journalists jailed more than other media
A personal ad for Taraf daily. As Taraf tries hard to survive financial, an ad campaign started. Readers paid for these kinds of ads. Here it says, "I switch to... Read more
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Office of Chief of Staff gives Turkish journalists a ride to Southeast region…
40 journalists are invited by Turkish army officials to have a tour in Kurdish populated southeastern regions in Turkey. So that these journalists will know better how the struggle... Read more
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Taraf daily under pressure
The latest pressure comes financially. After criticizing government, the paper is excluded from public ads – a traditional state weapon against small-scale press- and it seems that pro-government business also... Read more
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"Global Survey: Blogging journalists, two cultures collide
Global Survey: Blogging journalists, two cultures collide By Lauren Drablier In a recent survey, 200 blogging journalists from 30 different countries were interviewed about the effects of blogging on the... Read more
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Turkish Establishment attacks Taraf altogether.
PM Erdoğan actively supported Gen. Başbuğ yesterday and today. Mr. Erdoğan was very offended by today’s Taraf headline: "His Pasha’s Prime Minister". He is probably just too happy to be... Read more
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"2,459 newspapers, 258 TV stations in Turkey AND hundreds of websites are closed…
2,459 newspapers, 258 TV stations in Turkey Statistics released by the Prime Ministry Directorate General of Press and Information (BYEGM) indicate that Turkey has 2,459 newspapers and that 258 television... Read more
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"New era signaled in army-media relations in Turkey
New era signaled in army-media relations in Turkey Turkey’s new army chief Gen. Ilker Basbug signaled Tuesday a new era has started regarding the relations between the military and the... Read more
