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Favorable news article on revolutionary leader is hidden ad: Turkish TV watchdog

A popular Turkish TV anchorman’s on-air advice to viewers to read a particular newspaper for its coverage commemorating a hanged revolutionary leader has been criticized by the country’s broadcasting authority, which said the remarks amounted to a “hidden advertisement.”

Turkish court issues gag order on inquiry into corruption

Turkey’s media organizations have been unprecedentedly banned from reporting about a parliamentary inquiry into corruption allegations concerning four former ministers of Cabinet.

A request for the ban was filed by the Parliament Speaker’s Office to the Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office on Nov. 21, asking for a ban that will last until Dec. 27.

Arab channel organizes poll of Turkish actors

Turkey’s popular TV drama actors Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Engin Akyürek and Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ were the subjects of a new poll by Arab TV channel MBC4 Arab television channel MBC4, which airs in the United Arab Emirates, the Middle East and North Africa, has organized a poll about Turkish actors Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Engin Akyürek and Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, all of whom are well known in thes

Activists denounce ‘savage mining’ in Manisa, as project could wipe out two million trees

Activists, unions and opposition lawmakers have voiced their outrage after Turkey’s Environment Ministry gave the go-ahead for a nickel mine project that could lead to the felling of 2 million trees in Çaldağı, in the Aegean province of Manisa.

VIDEO: Woman forced out of room after attempting to ask question to Turkish family minister at women’s summit

A representative from a women’s platform was removed from the room by private security guards after attempting to ask a question of Family and Social Policies Minister Ayşenur İslam during her speech at the Women and Justice Summit on Nov. 24.

How can a ‘second Gezi’ erupt?

Rumor has it that our government is secretly wishing for a second round of Gezi Park protests to erupt before the elections, for trouble and chaos to break out. This would give the government to opportunity to again say, “Foreign powers, coup-lovers, etc.” They want their voter block to be consolidated, and for their votes to skyrocket...

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