February 16, 2015

Turkey ostracized: Cues from Latin America

Abdullah Bozkurt

Chatterbox President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's radical political beliefs -- deeply rooted in political Islamist ideology and a pro-Iranian perspective -- which have unfortunately manifested themselves not only in the official narrative but also in policy decisions, have led to Turkey being ostracized in international fora.

80 hirelings!

Adem Yavuz Arslan

The title is an expression uttered by President Erdoğan. Erdoğan said it during the Mexican leg of the Latin America tour which he embarked on to have Turkish schools closed down and complain about the Hizmet Movement.

Pro-gov’t daily brands intellectuals speaking to foreign media as ’traitors’

The pro-government Takvim daily branded Nobel laureate and Turkish author Orhan Pamuk, renowned Prosecutor Zekeriya Öz and Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen "traitors" in its top story on Sunday for making statements to international media outlets.

Samanyolu slammed with TL 1 million penalty in latest strike

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has levied a nearly TL 1 million penalty on the Samanyolu Broadcasting Group in what Samanyolu executives consider yet another attempt to silence media outlets close to Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen.