The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) called on the Turkish government on May 31 “to urgently recognize the importance of plural voices within the media and to provide the conditions for independent sources of information” as the country is just a week from critical June 7 elections.
Turkish parties mobilized millions of people to their election rallies over the weekend as the country enters the last week ahead of the critical June 7 parliamentary elections.
There has been intense speculation for days about whether President Tayyip Erdoğan plans to announce the reopening of the Hagia Sophia to Islamic worship, ahead of Turkey’s critical parliamentary election on June 7
Do you know why Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan has continued to slam the New York Times ever since its recent editorial, accusing it of “interfering” in Turkish politics and using language like “Who do you think you are?” and “Know your place”?
Turkey’s former President Abdullah Gül said through an aide on May 26 that he has turned down an invitation from the ruling AKP, of which he was a key founder, to join a rally in Istanbul on May 30, just a week before the critical June 7 general election.
Three interesting articles appeared in the Turkish media on May 25, written by three journalists who are well-informed on developments within the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti).
According to the U.S. administration, the capture of Ramadi by ISIL only some 100 km west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad was something ordinary regarding the bigger picture of the war.
Turkey’s social democratic main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has revealed another economic pledge, this time a strategic one with less than three weeks left before the critical June 7 elections
On May 19, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu reserved an important part of his speech during an election rally in Zonguldak to attacking daily Hürriyet
