Hande Fırat

Fethullah Gülen, the leader of the FETÖ terrorist organization behind the failed 2016 coup attempt, has died at the age of 83 in Pennsylvania, the United States, Turkish security sources confirmed on Oct. 21 after several reports emerged in the Turkish media.

The U.S. State Department announced on Friday that Türkiye has signed a letter of offer and acceptance to purchase F-16 fighter jets.

A story that was published on daily Hürriyet's first page on Feb. 25 with the headline "Seven Answers to Seven Criticisms" was penned based completely on an institutional "briefing" by the Turkish General Staff upon questions from the daily's Ankara representative, Hande Fırat, according to a statement from the newspaper.

Turkey's military has made a statement on a recent debate over a report in daily Hürriyet that was also heavily criticized by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. 

The military said on Feb. 28 that recent "unfounded and ill-intentioned" criticism toward Chief of Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar aimed at casting a shadow on the Turkish Armed Forces' (TSK) struggle against terrorism.

Daily Hürriyet has released a statement regarding its lead story on Feb. 25 about the Turkish Armed Forces' answers to various criticisms, responding to a wave of "unlimited slander" against its journalism immediately after the story was published.

Below is the full text of the statement.

Hürriyet has released a statement regarding its headline story on Feb. 25 about the Turkish Armed Forces' answers to various criticisms, responding to "unlimited slanders" targeting its journalism right after the story was published. Below is the full text of the statement."Our daily's Feb.

RATEM, a civil sector organization bringing together Turkish media outlets, has praised the role of the media in defeating the July 15, 2016, coup attempt at a Media and Democracy Awards ceremony in parliament on Feb. 14. 

The Ankara bureau chief of CNN Türk, Hande Fırat, has been appointed as the new Ankara bureau chief of daily Hürriyet, replacing Deniz Zeyrek who had been serving as the Ankara representative since late 2013. 

Fırat had been serving as CNN Türk's bureau chief since 2010. 

CNN Türk, its Ankara representative Hande Fırat, and daily Hürriyet columnist Abdulkadir Selvi have received the "Information and Democracy Award" for their critical role in countering the July 15 coup attempt, at the 33rd National Informatics Congress held by the Turkish Informatics Society (TBD) and launched on Dec. 8 by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım. 

The 43rd Pantene Golden Butterfly Awards were presented on Nov. 13 at a ceremony held at Istanbul's Zorlu Center PSM, rewarding the best of Turkey's television and music world. 

The award winners were selected with the votes of readers of daily Hürriyet, and the ceremony was broadcast live on Kanal D and CNN Türk.