turkish media

2012-12-03Conservatives say the internationally popular television series portrays the Ottoman Sultan in a blasphemous way.

2012-05-29While Turkish soap operas have received much fanfare outside the country, much less noticed is the news media's expansion to regions of strategic interest.

2010-07-19ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Hundreds of activists gathered in Taksim Square on Saturday (July 17th) to demand freedom of speech and the right to access infor...

2010-07-02Bloggers argue the government ban on Google services primarily victimises millions of Turks, businesses, entrepreneurs, webmasters and media companies.

2009-11-04ANKARA, Turkey -- A new letter was sent late Tuesday (November 3rd) to civilian prosecutors investigating a group within the Turkish Armed Forces (TS...

2009-09-16A fine totaling more than 2 billion euros against the country's largest media group could put Turkey in hot water with Brussels.

2009-09-16ANKARA, Turkey -- A court in the eastern city of Adana issued a suspended jail sentence Tuesday (September 15th) to a Turkish journalist who publishe...

2009-09-10ANKARA, Turkey -- The stock of Turkey's biggest media holding, Dogan, plummeted about 20% in trading Wednesday (September 9th), a day after announcin...

2009-07-01ANKARA, Turkey -- A civilian court ordered on Wednesday (July 1st) the arrest of Navy Colonel Dursun Cicek, who is suspected of drafting a plan to de...

2009-06-17ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged civil and military judiciary authorities Tuesday (June 16th) to speed up the inve...

2009-04-01ANKARA, Turkey -- Sunday's local election results signalled "fundamental changes" in Turkish politics, Deniz Baykal, leader of the main opposition Re...

2009-03-13Turkish intellectuals, academics and students condemned their country's top scientific agency on Wednesday for its decision to remove a cover story on Charles Darwin and his work from a popular state-run magazine.

2009-01-14ANKARA, Turkey -- The country's new chief negotiator with the EU, Egemen Bagis, said on Tuesday (January 13th) that his country is ready to join the...

2009-01-02ANKARA, Turkey -- The country launched its first 24-hour Kurdish-language TV channel on Thursday (January 1st). State-run news channel TRT-6 went on...

2008-12-29The Turkish prime minister admits to watching YouTube. Also in the news: Magyar Telekom won a ten-year licence to operate a 3G mobile network in Macedonia, and internet access increases in Cypriot households.

2008-10-03Many Turks say they are fed up with restrictions on hundreds of internet sites, including YouTube, WordPress.com, Google Groups and more recently the website of a prominent British author, Richard Dawkins.

2008-09-24ANKARA, Turkey -- Popular Turkish journalist Tuncay Ozkan was arrested early Monday (September 22nd) at his home in Istanbul, the latest in a string...

2008-07-29Shocking allegations in a government-backed probe have a group of retired army officers, mafia figures, academics, politicians and journalists facing charges of plotting numerous assassinations and bombings. An Istanbul court will hear the case in October.

2008-07-21ANKARA, Turkey -- Two Turkish engineers kidnapped last week in western Afghanistan have been released and are returning home, Turkish media reported...

2008-03-24ANKARA, Turkey -- US Vice President Dick Cheney arrives in Ankara on Monday (March 24th) as part of his Middle East tour. Talks with President Abdull...