Middle East press Releases

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The Press Council has said in a statement that the latest changes made to the Press Cards Regulation will have negative impact on the people’s right to access information and journalists’ ability to do their jobs fr…

From Kılıçdaroğlu to Erdoğan: I am Already on the Street

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* Photograph: Murat Kaynak – Ankara / AA
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Main opposition party Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has responded to President and Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair …

Former Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Kışanak Goes on 10-Day Hunger Strike in Prison

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Former Metropolitan Co-Mayor of Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır Gültan Kışanak, who has been behind bars since October 30, 2016, has gone on a 10-day hunger strike in solid…

LGBTI Activist Coşkun Released

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Diren Coşkun, an LGBTI activist and transgender inmate who was arrested in August 2017, has been released. Coşkun is a member of Keskesor LGBTİ Amed, an organization based in southeastern pr…

Journalism Organizations Comment on Erdoğan’s Threat to TV Anchor Fatih Portakal

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President and Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has targeted Fox TV anchorperson Fatih Portakal for the third time over the last week by saying, “If you do not know your place, this…

Journalism Organizations Comment on Erdoğan’s Threat to TV Anchor Fatih Portakal

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Erdoğan to TV Anchor Portakal: This Nation Will Hit You in the Back of Your Neck

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* Photograph: Cem Öksüz – Konya/AA
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President and Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed to the people in Konya in a ceremony held to commemorate Mawlan…

Entertainment News

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Report: China Driving Use of Armed Drones in Middle East

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BEIRUT, The use of armed drones in the Middle East, driven largely by sales from China, has grown significantly in the past few years with an increasing number of countries and other parties using them in regional conflicts to lethal effects, a new rep…

Education News

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US Alleges Illegal Turkish Influence Scheme

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WASHINGTON, The United States is accusing two former business associates of one-time Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn of illegally carrying out a Turkish lobbying campaign in the United States.The indictments against Bijan Kian, a 66-year-…

Legal & Judicial News

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Run-up to Flynn Sentencing Tinged with Unexpected Drama

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WASHINGTON, Michael Flynn may have given extraordinary cooperation to prosecutors, but the run-up to his sentencing hearing Tuesday has exposed raw tensions over an FBI interview in which the former national security adviser lied about his Russian cont…

Politics News

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Turkey’s budget records $1.4B surplus in November