Tag: Cumhuriyet
How President Erdogan is using Football to consolidate political power
James M. Dorsey | Turkish football executives campaigned this month for major constitutional change that would grant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan far-reaching executive powers. The...
Jailed Turkish novelist Asli Erdogan calls on Europe to stand up...
Dear friends, colleagues, journalists and members of the press, I am writing this letter to you from Bakirkoy Prison, the day after "Cumhuriyet," one of...
Turkey’s PM Rejects EU Criticism On Media Freedom
Turkey's prime minister has shrugged off European Union criticism over media freedom in the country, following the detentions of at least 13 senior staff...
Turkey Detains Editor, Staff Of Leading Opposition Paper
“An accelerated descent into dictatorship” was how one journalist summed up the Oct. 31 raid on Cumhuriyet, one of a handful of surviving opposition outlets, which saw...
