Posts Tagged ‘AK Party’
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 creating an [...]
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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