Stop the press: Turkey’s crackdown on its media goes into overdrive theguardian.com – Constanze Letsch – Aug 28, 10:00 PM Since the attempted coup, the government has ordered more than a hundred outlets to close and arrested 48 journalists More journalists detained in operation against Gülen Hurriyet Daily News Detention warrants have been issued for a … Read more
Turkey’s cabinet, businesspeople to launch international PR campaign in bid to improve country’s image Turkey’s economy ministries and a number of top businesspeople have decided to launch a comprehensive PR campaign to try to improve the country’s image abroad, following a series of negative recent events Exclusive footage shows retaken IS stronghold Jarablus BBC News | Europe … Read more
Turkish military strikes YPG and ISIL targets in Syria AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Turkish army shells ISIL targets in Syria’s Jarablus and Kurdish YPG fighters north of Manbij. Turkey recalls ambassador to Austria after rows Turkey has recalled its ambassador to Austria to review relations after a series of disputes with the European Union member state, … Read more
FG are the first letters of outlawed Fethullah Gülen, the founder of Gülenist movement… News in Turkish here Ankara moves to prevent Gülen’s ‘Turkish Olympics’ language competition Four Turkish ministries have moved to take measures to prevent the “Turkish Olympics” international language competition, as part of steps taken against activities of the U.S.-based preacher Fethullah Gülen abroad … Read more
We are a country that sends one of its best writers to prison for her thoughts. Shame on us! — P24 (@P24Punto24) August 19, 2016 Aslı Erdoğan was in the advisory board of Özgür Gündem daily. She is the victim of an increasing tension between Turkey and PKK… A clear warning to all who is critical of … Read more
Istanbul airport ad warns travelers of Sweden’s high rape rate Daily Sabah–4 hours ago The headline was taken from a report from the Turkish newspaper Güneş and it comes days after Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom . Turkey and Sweden in Twitter spat over child sexual abuse law CNN–Aug 16, 2016 It follows a Twitter spat … Read more
Turkey is set to release up to 38,000 prisoners Turkey is set to release 38,000 prisoners as part of two new state of emergency decrees published in the Official Gazette on Aug. 17, in an apparent move to reduce its prison population to make space for thousands of people who have been arrested as part of … Read more
Higher Education Council: 5,342 Staff Members Laid Off Bianet :: English The Council of Higher Education has announced that legal action has been initiated against 6,792 members, 5,342 of them laid off. Twitter refuses to explain censorship of verified journalist accounts in post-coup Turkey dailydot.com – Aug 12, 7:22 PM Twitter has made a name for … Read more
That’s what is written on the t-shirt of an ISIS suspect detained by Turkish police recently… Adana'da IŞİD'e yönelik olarak, 50 ayrı adrese 500 polisle yapılan operasyonda 35 kişi gözaltına alındı. (DHA) pic.twitter.com/hSk8ykvzGM — 140journos (@140journos) August 7, 2016 In other images… Nearly all Turkish political leaders did cooperate with Fethullah Gülen in the past… … Read more
This image has been used by many, in Turkey but also internationally until it is debunked. In fact, despite the debunking, all pro-government media continues to use. We are going through a massive nationalist theatre in which there is no place for factuality or no place anything smaller than “mega” scale. The rally must be … Read more
Turks Can Agree on One Thing: U.S. Was Behind Failed Coup NYT > Turkey by By TIM ARANGO and CEYLAN YEGINSU Turks of all stripes believe the United States was involved in the coup attempt, especially because the cleric suspected of leading it lives in Pennsylvania. Austria is capital of radical racism, says Turkish foreign minister World … Read more
Turkey could hold UK-style referendum on stalled EU bid: Erdoğan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has suggested Turkey could hold a referendum over whether to continue its long-stalled accession process to join the European Union Turkey urges EU to be more inclusive after Brexit, prefers strong bloc Turkey has urged the European Union to adopt a … Read more
Ball in Israel’s court, Hamas not an issue: FM FM Çavuşoğlu denies that Turkey will abandon Hamas in its dealings with Israel, while saying Tel Aviv must take the next step to improve ties Hamas: Turkey dropped condition that Israel lift Gaza siege before normalization Jpost.com – Jun 22 Amid reports about an approaching normalization deal … Read more
Interactive map: 15 years of European migrant deaths Boing Boing by Andrea James Austrian designer Moriz Büsing created this grim interactive map of migrant and refugee deaths on the way to Europe, or trying to stay in Europe; over 32,000 deaths in 15 years Europe migrant crisis: Charity rejects EU funds over migration policy BBC News | … Read more
Kılıçdaroğlu Threatened with Bullet Bianet :: English One person threw bullet at CHP Leader Kılıçdaroğlu at the funeral of the two police officers who lost their lives in the bomb attack launched in Vezneciler. Main opposition head Kılıçdaroğlu faces protests at police officers’ funeral in Istanbul Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was protested … Read more