Milliyet

Veteran Turkish journalist Hasan Pulur has laid to rest in Istanbul following a funeral in Istanbul that drew a large number of journalists and lawmakers.

Pulur died from organ failure at Florence Nightingale Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment for the past six months. 

Prominent journalist and columnist Hasan Pulur, who passed away on Nov. 29 at the age of 83, will be laid to rest in Istanbul on Dec. 1 after an official ceremony. 

Çetin Altan, a prominent figure in the Turkish journalism history, died on Oct. 22 of pneumonia-driven respiratory failure and septic shock. He was 88.

Altan had been hospitalized in June and was later discharged. However, he was hospitalized at Fatih University hospital in the Maltepe district of Istanbul as his condition worsened.

Medine Dilek Y?ld?r?m was a 5-year-old girl when her picture was taken for the "Dad, Send Me to School" campaign 10 years ago. She was living in the village of Meydandere in the southeastern Siirt province. 

If it weren't for the "Dad, Send Me to School" campaign, Medine would be a girl in the statistics without a name. 

An investigation has been launched into veteran journalist Hasan Cemal over his recent article titled "The Sultan in the Palace is culpable for the bloodshed," Cemal has told daily Hürriyet.

Cemal was summoned to testify on Sept. 17 and the probe was launched purportedly on the charge of "insulting the Turkish president" in his article published on news website T24 on Aug. 12.

Ericsson is pushing the button to establish a 4.5G plant in Turkey and awaits clarification on the criteria for locally produced equipment to start its investment, as reported by Turkish daily Milliyet. 

The Swedish giant will train Turkish software developers as well, according to the report. 

When suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists organized a deadly attack on Turkish activists in Suruç on the Syrian border in July, respected newspaper commentator Kadri Gürsel responded with a tweet critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.
 

A prominent Turkish journalist has been sacked over a social media post on the grounds that he anonymously criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an over the July 20 Suruç bombing.

I have bad news for President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. The guest of honor at the June 3 panel of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) was Arthur Ochs Sulzberger. In other words the chairman of the board of the New York Times, which Erdo?an called a ?rag.?

An Ankara prosecutor has launched a probe against a number of businessmen, including the Honorary President of Do?an Holding, Ayd?n Do?an, over their alleged relations with a secret military group and economic benefits they received during the Feb. 28, 1997 era.