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Pro-gov’t paper fires columnist due to tweet on low circulation figures

Pro-gov’t paper fires columnist due to tweet on low circulation figures

by TurkeyPurge | Feb 26, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

Teoman Kadioglu, a columnist with the Posta newspaper for 15 years, has been fired over a tweet he posted about decreasing sales of a sister publication. “Hurriyet newspaper has a actual daily circulation of 28,000 in Istanbul. It is 60,000 in Turkey as a whole. Are...
Former Hurriyet columnist says Erdogan forced boss to fire him

Former Hurriyet columnist says Erdogan forced boss to fire him

by TurkeyPurge | Jul 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Journalist Mehmet Y. Yılmaz has said he was fired from Hurriyet newspaper after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan put pressure on Aydin Dogan, the owner of the daily back in the time, to fire him in Sept 2017. Stating that he was able to speak his mind in his columns...
Turkish police confirm: ‘Gülenist’ businessman abducted in Baku flown to Turkey early on Friday

Turkish police confirm: ‘Gülenist’ businessman abducted in Baku flown to Turkey early on Friday

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 28, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish police has confirmed to the Hürriyet daily that Turkish businessman Mustafa Ceyhan who was kidnapped on April 28 by a group of eight people in front of a courthouse in Baku, was flown to Turkey early on April 29. Upon his forcefull return to Turkey,...
Pro-Erdoğan daily launches campaign for seizure of Hürriyet daily

Pro-Erdoğan daily launches campaign for seizure of Hürriyet daily

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Several columnists affiliated with the pro-government Türkiye daily have targeted Turkey’s Doğan media group in columns they released on Wednesday, suggesting that the Turkish government should seize its largest media outlet, the Hürriyet daily, by appointing trustees...
Dismissed after 10 years at schools, former teacher unable to work even as waiter

Dismissed after 10 years at schools, former teacher unable to work even as waiter

by TurkeyPurge | May 22, 2017 | Human Tragedies, Turkey’s Exiled Journalists Speak Out

Under post-coup pressure from the government, companies in Turkey prefer not to employ dismissed public workers, leaving them to what Amnesty International calls a civil death. H.Ü and his wife, both teachers with experience of 10 years each, were dismissed from their...
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