Conservatism in Turkey

‘Shameful day for free press in Turkey’ writes the last edition of Zaman, while its supporters gathered outside the country’s top-selling newspaper were violently removed by Turkish police which fired tear gas and used water cannon on the crowd.

A Turkish court on Dec. 17 issued arrest warrants for the former editor and former owner of the Zaman newspaper.

Today's Zaman Editor-in-Chief Bülent Kene? announced his resignation on Dec. 3 over "government pressure" and personal lawsuits against him.

By 2019, Turkey's Islamists will have been in power for 17 uninterrupted years. By 2023, when the number of students at religious imam-hatip schools will have surpassed two million, Islamists will have been in power for 21 uninterrupted years.

An Istanbul criminal court of peace ruled on Oct. 14 for the release of Today?s Zaman editor-in-chief Bülent Kene?, who was under arrest on charges of 'defaming President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.'

Ekrem Dumanl?, editor-in-chief of Daily Zaman, announced his resignation on Oct. 5 due to ?unlawful pressure on press and his personality.?

An Ankara court on June 16 handed down a 21-month suspended jail sentence to an editor of an English-language Turkish daily newspaper after convicting him of ?insulting? President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.

An editorial of US daily New York Times sparked a fervent response from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an during an Istanbul event he attended on Monday.

A group of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputies, under the leadership of CHP deputy chairman Sezgin Tanr?kulu, has applied to the Justice Ministry to visit Hidayet Karaca, the CEO of the Samanyolu Media Group, on Feb. 9.

An Istanbul court rejected on Dec. 31, 2014, a prosecutor’s objection to releasing eight people arrested in a high-profile police operation against what the Turkish government describes as the “parallel state.”