Zaman editor-in-chief detained in media operation
Sunday’s Zaman Editor-in-chief of Turkey’s Zaman daily, critical of the government, was detained on Sunday in a police operation that targeted journalists, TV script writers [more >>>]
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Europe, Central Asia and the state of corruption in 2014: the gold standard?
Transparency International Perhaps it should come as no surprise that out of 175 countries in the 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index, the once great economic hope [more >>>]
Turkey Bans Armenian Students from Visiting Artsakh
Asbarez ISTANBUL—Armenian students from all over the world will participate in the 6th Pan-Armenian Games to be held in Yerevan next year. Students from Armenian [more >>>]
Engaging Turkey’s leadership
By JOEL SIMON* Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Last month, a delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists and the International Press Institute met with [more >>>]
Foreign Ministry applies ban to media critical of government
Today’s Zaman The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stopped sending Foreign Ministry statements and phone text messages to a number of media outlets known to [more >>>]
Capturing the News
By JACOB WEISBERG Slate President Erdogan’s new style of media censorship is less brutal—and much more effective. As recently as last year, Turkey ranked as [more >>>]
Who Lost Turkey?
By DANIEL PIPES The Weekly Standard An ally goes rogue. Only 12 years ago, the Republic of Turkey was correctly seen as the model [more >>>]
HRW warns Turkey about rolling back on rights, weakening rule of law
Today’s Zaman Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized Turkish leaders, especially President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, over a series of human rights violations including the weakening [more >>>]
Turkey, enemy of the Internet?
Reporters Without Borders The 9th annual Internet Governance Forum will be held in Istanbul from 2 to 5 September. Reporters Without Borders will be there [more >>>]
Court Ruling on Dersim Massacre
BIA News Desk – BIANET Having revoked the statute of limitations ruling made by Hozat Chief Public Prosecutors’ Office about the murder of 24 victims [more >>>]