An Istanbul court released late on Sept. 9 three journalists who faced charges for reporting on the funeral of a Turkish intelligence member.OdaTv editör-in-chief Barış Pehlivan, reporter Hülya Kılınç and Yenicağ columnist Murat Ağırel were in jail for six months.“There were no crime or criminals in this case,” Pehlivan said after his release.“The case aimed
Turkey and Greek Cyprus have slammed the U.S. administration for its recent decision to lift an arms sale embargo on Greek Cyprus, saying that the move would hurt peace efforts.The Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sept. 1 that the decision “will have negative effects on the efforts to reach a settlement to
Journalist Mehveş Evin has criticized in a column at Duvar English the “ill-planned investments” in the Black Sea region of Turkey in the wake of last weeks’ flash floods and landslides that killed nine people, with six of them being still missing.The province of Giresun was hit heavily and the town of Dereli is now
Columnist Uğur Gürses discusses Fitch Ratings’ recent move to revise Turkey’s outlook to negative, within the framework of responses by Nurettin Canikli, the ruling Justice and Development Party lawmaker. “It was known that Fitch would be lowering Turkey’s outlook to negative on August 19 when President Erdoğan said he would be giving good news on August
A total of 101 Turkish intellectuals, politicians, journalists and writers, “the grey-haired elders” as they name themselves, have made a call to the youth of the country and the opposition to unite for rights and freedoms “by joining around fundamental democratic principles.” The “the grey-haired elders” criticized the government in a statement on July 21
Twitter has shut down some 7,340 accounts in Turkey, discussing that they were “state-linked information operations.” “We’re disclosing new state-linked information operations to our public archive — the only one of its kind in the industry. Originating from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Russia, and Turkey, all associated accounts and content have been removed,”
Columnist Uğur Gürses has discussed in an article at Duvar English the state of the Turkish economy at the start of the Covid-19 outbreak. “Turkey was caught with the coronavirus outbreak at a time when it was weak structurally. Just like in the Covid-19 epidemic, the underlying disease story is the story of those problems
The number of workers in Turkey who would be directly affected by staying at home amid Covid-19 measures could near 6 million, columnist Bahadır Özgür wrote at Duvar English. “If their families are included, then it is not an exaggeration to estimate that the epidemic, at the first glance, will hit more than 15 million
DuvarEnglsih columinst Hakkı Özdal has questioned the nature of the government’s measures against the coronavirus outbreak, arguing that it prioritizes big businesses but ignores the health concerns of the working class. “The ruling AKP, which came to power with a populist rhetoric catering to ‘those without a voice’ is again helping the capital-owing class. While
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on citizens to stay at home unless it is urgent not to do so, also revealing a 100-billion-lira (roughly $15 billion) support package for businesses “which do not curb employment.” Following an emergency meeting on measures to be taken against the Coronavirus outbreak, Erdoğan said March 18 in Ankara