Hurriyet Daily News

Demirören Media High School, a vocational school that will train young journalists who will be well-equipped with skills to work in the media sector, will give scholarships to its successful students every month.

Scholarships will be given to students who score above a certain mark in the high school entrance exam (LGS).

Journalist and writer Hatice Utkan Özden's first book "Çağdaş Sanat ve Yaratıcılık" (Contemporary Art and Creativity), published by Morena, opens the door to the artists unknown and the hidden world of creativity.

Russia's ambassador to Turkey, Aleksei V. Erkhov, has extended his congratulations to Hürriyet Daily News, in honor of the newspapers' 60th anniversary.

In a letter to editor-in-chief Gökçe Aytulu, Erkhov said that he has been following the latest developments of Turkey from Hürriyet Daily News since he was appointed as consul-general to Istanbul in 2009.

Gökçe Aytulu has taken the helm as the new editor-in-chief of Hürriyet Daily News, replacing outgoing Murat Yetkin.

Turkey sees its EU membership as a "strategic goal," said Ibrahim Callen, spokesman for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The US will resume issuing visas to Turkish citizens, but with some restrictions. This is reported by the Turkish newspaper "Hurriyet Daily News", which refers to reports from a source from the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

Former President Abdullah Gül recently said that journalists who are being tried should not be imprisoned. He said this in response to a question about the case against daily Cumhuriyet journalists, which was seen last week and which has attracted international attention and condemnation. 

The suspects in the case of the raid on daily Hürriyet, the Hürriyet Daily News, CNN Türk and Kanal D at the Doğan Media Center in the Bağcılar district of Istanbul on the night of last year's coup attempt refused to testify in the first hearing on July 17, claiming they had not received the indictment.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has slammed main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for suggesting that some groups linked to the MHP could be used to target the ongoing justice march from Ankara to Istanbul.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has issued a motion for a parliamentary investigation demanding additional security measures be taken for the justice march from Ankara to Istanbul.

The motion comes after CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu raised concerns about further "provocations" directed at the march as it approaches Istanbul.