According to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, the seizure of Zaman media group on March 4 has nothing to do with the press freedom under the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) government; rather, it was a decision by an independent court
The 6th Istanbul Criminal Court of Peace ruled to appoint a trustee panel to the Zaman media group on March 4, following a request by the Istanbul Prosecutors’ Office within the framework of a probe against the an “Fethullahist Terror Organization” (FETÖ)
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu is placing much importance on his visit to Iran on March 4-6
If the question was asked three weeks ago, the answer you might get from foreign observers of the investment environment in Turkey would be related to the possibility of a unilateral Turkish military operation into Syria
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg expressed concern on Feb. 29 about the “Russian military build-up in Syria.”
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan reacted harshly against the release of two journalists, Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, on Feb. 28
Two Turkish journalists - daily editor-in-chief Cumhuriyet Can Dündar and its Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gül - were released from prison in the early hours of Feb. 26 after being in pre-trial detention for 92 days
The Pentagon describes the dispute between the U.S. and Turkey over the Syrian Kurdish group the Democratic Union Party (PYD) as an “ongoing topical conversation.”
According to Turkish government spokesman Numan Kurtulmuş, the name of the suicide bomber is irrelevant
