Posts Tagged ‘AK Party’
news: events and their backgrounds
October 11th, 2010 by lifeproof
CNN Turk is not the most reliable news channel in Turkey. CNN Turk is inherently a status quo supporter, pro-power–in this case it is AKP, the prevalent governing party–and pro-capital for many spectators in Turkey. These notions may not be recognized by many or some (even in Turkey; people who may or may not watch [...]
Tags: AK Parti, AK Party, AKP, Ali Bati, background, CNN, CNN Turk, DDB&CO., Gul Kanik, Guney Soykan, I Believe in Advertising, Istanbul, Karpat Polat, Turkey
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Dirty Story: Exhibition of Silence
October 31st, 2009 by lifeproof
Turkey is beginning to face its past. The coupe of September 12th 1980 has been a tormenting event in the lives of Turkish people. There is an art exhibition in Istanbul nowadays that brings together a number of artists and their sufferings of the 1980 coupe. Hurriyet Daily introduces the exhibition: With an eye to [...]
Tags: Air Force Academy, AK Party, Aktif Kollektif, armed forces, army, BM SUMA Art Center, Burak Karacan, Çağrı Saray, Canan Beykal, coupe, coupe d'etat, Coupe of 1980, democracy, Erdag Aksel, Ergenekon, Evrensel Belgin, Extramücadele, Fulya Çetin, Hakan Akçura, Hakan Gürsoytrak, Hurriyet Daily, İlhan Sayın, Istanbul, Justice and Development Party, Karaköy, Kenan Evren, military, military interventions in Turkey, Murat Başol, Murat Morova, Nalan Yırtmaç, Neriman Polat, September 12, September 12 1980, Serpil Odabaşı, Yeşim Ağaoğlu
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles, PinPoint, Reminder
Conquest of Free Speech, Opposition and Journalism in Turkey
September 12th, 2009 by lifeproof
This week Dogan Yayin Holding (Dogan Media Group), which is one of the major media groups that owns several newspapers and tv channels as well as dozens of magazines, has been fined an enormous amount of tax fee, which if paid is the end of the whole conglomerate. It is $2.5 billion if you are [...]
Tags: AK Party, Atv, Calik Grubu, Cem Uzan, Ciner, Ciner Holding, CNN Turk, Dinc Bilgin, Genc Parti, Hurriyet, rece, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sabah, Star TV, Tayyip Erdogan, TMSF, Turgay Ciner, Uzan Holding, Vodafone
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles, PoliTickles