here is the archive: http://www.trtarsiv.com/ ********************** Number of employed women falls 40,000 in Turkey The number of registered women wage-earners in Turkey fell by 40,000 in December 2016 compared to the same month of 2015, according to a new report prepared and released by the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV). Number of Syrian migrants ‘over 5 mln’ … Read more
National State TV Draws Back Report ‘60 Terrorists Killed in Cizre’ Bianet :: English National state television TRT has drawn back its report broadcasted with the headline “60 terrorists killed in Cizre” without any explanation. TİHV: 224 Civilians Killed in Curfews Bianet :: English According to the statement of TİHV, in the districts under curfew, 224 persons … Read more
State channel TRT cancels comedy series after actors join Gezi protests The producers of a Turkish comedy series titled ?Leyla ile Mecnun? (Leyla and Mecnun) have said Turkey?s state-run TV channel TRT will cease broadcasting the show after the production?s actors joined the Gezi Park protests. Yezidi migrants in Germany mull possible Turkey return … Read more
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Court Rules to Release Suspects Accused of Raping a Minor Bianet The next hearing of the case is scheduled for Nov. … Association in the southwestern province of Muğla, had also represented the defendants in a mass rape case … “The Turkish judiciary prefers wile over justice,” he added. Rape case to begin amid legal concerns from Hurriyet Daily News A Sakarya court is set to … Read more
TRT refuses to imagine world without religion, censures Lennon song at Olympic ceremony from Hurriyet Daily News A presenter for Turkish state broadcaster TRT omitted part of iconic British musician John Lennon’s lyrics that call for ?no religion. Multiply, Arınç tells minorities from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey?s recognized minorities should work to bring … Read more
TRT Genel Müdürüyle Güzel Türkçemiz, Güzel Üslubumuz Devlet radyo ve televizyonlarının başındaki adam, basın yayınla ilgili bir toplantıda eski bir TRT çalışanına, bir kadına, bir Kürt kadınından ?aşüfte? diye bahsetmiş. Aşufte, basit kadın, hafif kadın, ahlaken düşük kadın demek… Bu kelimelerin etimolojisine, semiyolojisine girmiyoruz, fakat bu sözün taciz olduğu çok açık. TRT uzun yıllar, … Read more
a rival to state’s Kurdish language channel: TRT 6 via Dunya TV is owned by Samanyolu Group, pro-Fethullah Gülen movement… Its headquarters will be in Gaziantep. Satellite coordinates: Dünya TV, Türksat 3A, Frekans: 11064 V, Seymbol Rate: 13000 FEC: 5/6 via ************** PKK sets disarmament conditions from BBC News | Europe | World Edition The … Read more
TRT (Turkish Radio Television Establishment) has never been so much criticized before. These days, the first television channel of Turkey which is established by the state faces with this question: ?What?s going on in TRT?? Because TRT is the state channel, it has always been moderate to government?s strategies and can be mentioned as ?speaker … Read more
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Most ‘desired’ Turkish woman: AskMen Turkey chose Tuba Büyüküstün, a recently famed actress, as the most desired woman… Hürriyet has her huge photo album here. the Pacific. We have a problem. Turks are a bit annoyed with the new TV series’ reference to İzmir Fires where Turks are accused of starting the fire… Metin Şentürk, … Read more
The photo below has to be included here. From the Turkey-Armenia game. As far as I understood it was an operation by Young Civilians.
In the crisis between Israel and Turkey it should be noted Israel reacted too much to a serial that was not popular at all. I haven’t heard anybody discussing Ayrılık episodes. And as far as I know the serial was not in the top 100 ratings list. Now I hear producers are happy that people will be curious and watch the serial. There had to be a stronger reaction to Valley of the Wolves movie who had a substantive anti-semitic emphasis in some parts. Ayrılık hadonce made it to popular discourse through what Zeynep Tokuş , an actress and former beauty pageant winner was wearing:
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FM Davutoğlu has just stated that TRT is an autonomous institution and they cannot intervene. But this of course should mean Turkey cannot than be angry at other countries’ governments about anti-Turkish or anti-Islamic stuff. (Such as in the Danish Cartoon Crisis? )
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