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A major shake-up at Doğan Media

A senior executive of the Doğan Group, the leading independent media group in Turkey, offered his resignation today amid allegations in social media that he repeatedly maintained correspondence with Berat Albayrak, the Minister of Energy and the son-in-law of President Tayyip Erdoğan, and the CEO of the rival Sabah newspaper, Serhat Albayrak, who is also the brother of the Energy Minister.

Ashamed to be happy

"Markets huge slap in the face to lobby of fear" wrote the headline of pro-Justice and Development Party (AKP) daily Sabah last March 18. Dollar sinks, stock market [at] all-time high; we shall not give in to terror and chaos callers." It was less than a week after the deadly Ankara bombings, a day after the German embassy's warning about a possible terror attack in Istanbul.

Yeni As?r newspaper office vandalized after call for protest in ?zmir

The offices of local daily Yeni As?r in ?zmir have been vandalized with red paint and eggs following a call by the regional representative of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (D?SK) to protest the newspaper in a demonstration commemorating the victims of the Ankara blasts.

Building of Turkish daily, broadcaster attacked in Istanbul

A group of people marching from Istanbul's Mecidiyeköy neighborhood to the Be?ikta? district to condemn terror, after three deadly attacks killed a total of 30 Turkish security officers in in Turkey's eastern provinces in just three days, began protesting the media group which includes daily Sabah and private broadcaster ATV while in front of their common building late Sept. 8.

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