Frank Ayd

The 32nd Ayd?n Do?an International Cartoon Competition Awards were distributed during a ceremony on Nov. 17, with Albanian cartoonist Agim Sulaj receiving top prize for giving a voice to terror threat across the world.

Organized by the Ayd?n Do?an Foundation (ADV), founded by its honorary president Ayd?n Do?an, the awards ceremony was held at the Trump Towers in Istanbul on Nov. 17.

If an alien who is not aware of the situation in Turkey had read the pro-government newspapers, he would have thought that:
  

There are two political leaders in Turkey and they are heading to an election. One of them is currently the president.

Two sewer workers have died after purportedly inhaling methane gas while on duty cleaning a sewer in Ku?adas?, a resort town in the Aegean province of Ayd?n.

The sale of a company is usually bad news for its employees, but that wasn't the case for Yemeksepeti.com, the leading Turkish firm in online food ordering, as more than 100 of its employees were given bonuses totaling $27 million following the company's sale last May for $589 million, the firm's CEO, Nevzat Ayd?n, has said.

The Taiwanese wife of the killed Turkish police officer in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbak?r bid farewell to her husband with her own traditional prayers. 

At the ceremony held at the Diyarbak?r police department for the 37-year-old Tansu Ayd?n, who was shot dead in an ambush set up in Diyarbak?r on July 23, Vu Yhuy Tuanvi Ayd?n lamented for her loss in the Buddhist way. 

The winners of the 32nd Ayd?n Do?an International Cartoon Contest, organized by the Ayd?n Do?an Foundation and considered the Oscars of the cartoon world, were announced yesterday. Albanian cartoonist Agim Sulaj was named the winner of this year?s contest. 

The name of a street in the Aegean province of Ayd?n has been changed from Kenan Evren Street to Erdal Eren Street to honor a 17-year-old high school student who was executed following the 1980 Turkish military coup led by Kenan Evren.

Turkish daily Star and its then-columnist Ergun Babahan have been fined 6,000 Turkish Liras for ?violating the personal rights? of Do?an Holding Honorary President Ayd?n Do?an in a column published on Feb. 1, 2012.

The suspects in Turkey's worst-ever mine disaster denied responsibility for the 2014 accident during the fifth hearing on April 20, precipitating anger among the families of the 301 victims in the courthouse.

By now, it has become obvious the theme of this election campaign in terms of the pro-government media will be Ayd?n Do?an and the Do?an Media Group. You already know the pro-government media is fed by public ads and the "pool" formed through winners of state tenders. It would not write anything unless it has been signaled from someplace.