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Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters in Istanbul, Turkey, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
April 20, 2024, 4:57 am
To punish Israel for Gaza war, Turkey’s citizens will gladly suffer the economic cost
Political pressure forced Turkey’s hardline leader Erdogan to reluctantly halt the export of 54 products to the Jewish state – but much of the public still thinks that’s not enough
By Bartu Eken
Ilker Kiliç (left) as Mordo, and Asude Kalebek as Raşel in 'The Club.' (Netflix/via JTA)
November 18, 2021, 3:42 am
Netflix’s ‘The Club’ offers a rare taboo-shattering portrait of Turkish Jews
New series gives a nuanced view of local Jewish life and customs, moving beyond the stereotypical and one-dimensional characters typical of the local industry
By David I. Klein
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves to supporters of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), at a rally in Elazig, eastern Turkey, Saturday, January 13, 2018. (Pool Photo via AP)
March 22, 2018, 1:13 pm
Turkey’s largest media group set for sale to Erdogan ally
Journalist decries ‘huge takeover’ as Dogan Media poised to sell Hurriyet newspaper, CNN-Turk and other units to pro-government Demiroren Group
By AFP
Illustrative: Popular Turkish soap opera 'Aşk-ı Memnu' (screenshot)
March 5, 2018, 7:55 pm
Turkish soap operas are latest casualty of regional conflicts
Saudi-owned network stops broadcasting popular shows amidst downturn in relations between Riyadh and Ankara
By Jon Gambrell
Turkish journalist Seyma Eraz meets with Communications Minister Ayoub Kara at his office in the Knesset, in Jerusalem on June 27, 2017. (Communications ministry)
June 29, 2017, 11:45 am
Israel apologizes after Turkish journalists ‘humiliated’ by guards
Visiting reporters covering Tel Aviv’s annual Cyber Week say they were asked to strip, and their equipment was broken by guards
By Tamar Pileggi and Raphael Ahren
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, left, and former president Abdullah Gul, right, pray at a funeral ceremony for police officers killed at Istanbul's police headquarters on December 11, 2016. (AFP Photo/Ozan Kose)
January 4, 2017, 1:46 am
Turkey parliament approves extending state of emergency
Tens of thousands have lost jobs and been arrested in six-month crackdown since failed July 19 coup attempt
By AFP
Yigit Bulut, an adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (screenshot: YouTube)
December 8, 2016, 4:20 pm
Foreign chefs on TV are ‘spies’ — Erdogan adviser
Culinary artists have perfect excuse to tour Turkey and ‘discover military air bases’ and ‘munitions depots,’ Yigit Bulut says
By AFP
Main opposition Republic people's Party (CHP) member of parliament Sezgin Tanrikulu, left, gestures as politicians hold today's copy of Cumhuriyet newspaper in front of the newspaper's headquarters on October 31, 2016 in Istanbul. (AFP/OZAN KOSE)
October 31, 2016, 9:57 am
Turkey arrests editor of opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet
Prosecutor says Murat Sabuncu and 13 others from secular daily under investigation over links to PKK and preacher Gulen as post-coup crackdown widens
By AFP and ToI Staff
A woman walks past the headquarters of 'Zaman' newspaper, after being closed by the government in Istanbul, Thursday, July 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
July 28, 2016, 8:24 pm
EU calls Turkey’s crackdown on media ‘worrying’
Nearly a hundred journalists have been detained, dozens of news outlets shuttered following failed coup
By Elena Becatoros and Suzan Fraser
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves after his address at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, July 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
July 24, 2016, 4:35 am
Turkey seizes over 2,250 institutions in coup crackdown
State take-over includes hospitals, labor unions and 15 universities following failed overthrow attempt
By Christopher Torchia and CINAR KIPER
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters gathered in front of his residence in Istanbul, early Tuesday, July 19, 2016. (Kayhan Ozer/pool photo via AP)
July 20, 2016, 2:06 pm
Turkey bans academics from traveling abroad
After sacking 1,600 university deans, higher education council orders probe into alleged supporters of cleric Gulen
By AFP
A Zaman supporter reads the latest edition of the Turkish daily newspaper in front of the newspaper's headquarters in Istanbul on March 5, 2016, after Turkish authorities seized the headquarters in a midnight raid. (AFP/Ozan Kose)
March 18, 2016, 1:42 am
White House calls on Turkey to respect democratic values
Statement comes amid growing crackdown on critical media by Ankara, including seizure of top-selling daily Zaman
By AFP
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the monthly Mukhtars meeting (local administrators) at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on February 10, 2016. (ADEM ALTAN / AFP)
February 23, 2016, 4:40 pm
Turkish husband sues wife for ‘insulting Erdogan’
Critics say president’s rule is becoming increasingly intolerant and authoritarian
By AFP
Policemen secure an area at the historic Sultanahmet district, which is popular with tourists, after a suicide bombing that killed 10 in Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
January 12, 2016, 11:00 am
10 dead in likely suicide terror attack in Istanbul
Cause of explosion in historic Sultanahmet district, popular with tourists, still being investigated; police block off area
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This file picture dated on March 26, 2014, shows a picture representing a mugshot of the Twitter bird seen on a smartphone with a Turkish flag in Istanbul. (AFP/Ozan Kose)
December 11, 2015, 8:17 pm
Turkey fines Twitter for content allegedly ‘praising terror’
Ankara says $50,000 fee levied on social media platform for failing to remove posts ‘inciting hatred, violence’
By AFP
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