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Turkish Peace Process: Optimism, Criticism, and Uncertain Future
The author, a journalist, describes the initial optimism and subsequent criticism surrounding the President's involvement in a Turkish peace process, highlighting concerns about the CHP's fate and potential foreign policy implications, while emphasizing personal support for peace despite the risks.
Turkish Peace Process: Optimism, Criticism, and Uncertain Future
The author, a journalist, describes the initial optimism and subsequent criticism surrounding the President's involvement in a Turkish peace process, highlighting concerns about the CHP's fate and potential foreign policy implications, while emphasizing personal support for peace despite the risks.
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44% Bias Score
Turkish Regulator Sanctions Media Outlets, Raising Censorship Concerns
Turkey's RTÜK imposed a 10-day broadcast ban on Halk TV and levied fines against Sözcü TV and TELE 1 for content deemed to incite hatred and enmity, with repeated violations potentially leading to license revocation; Netflix and Spotify also received fines for content deemed offensive.
Turkish Regulator Sanctions Media Outlets, Raising Censorship Concerns
Turkey's RTÜK imposed a 10-day broadcast ban on Halk TV and levied fines against Sözcü TV and TELE 1 for content deemed to incite hatred and enmity, with repeated violations potentially leading to license revocation; Netflix and Spotify also received fines for content deemed offensive.
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52% Bias Score
EU Simplifies Schengen Visas for Turkish Citizens
The EU announced a new tiered Schengen visa system for Turkish citizens, granting easier access to multiple-entry visas based on a history of compliant travel, aiming to reduce application processing times and address appointment crises.
EU Simplifies Schengen Visas for Turkish Citizens
The EU announced a new tiered Schengen visa system for Turkish citizens, granting easier access to multiple-entry visas based on a history of compliant travel, aiming to reduce application processing times and address appointment crises.
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36% Bias Score
Altun's Silence on Haydanlı Contract Allegations Amidst Human Rights Appointment
Former Turkish government official Fahrettin Altun, now appointed as Human Rights Director, faces criticism for his lack of response to allegations of involvement with Serdar Haydanlı, who received government contracts while Altun was Director of Communications, as evidenced by a document presented ...
Altun's Silence on Haydanlı Contract Allegations Amidst Human Rights Appointment
Former Turkish government official Fahrettin Altun, now appointed as Human Rights Director, faces criticism for his lack of response to allegations of involvement with Serdar Haydanlı, who received government contracts while Altun was Director of Communications, as evidenced by a document presented ...
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52% Bias Score
22 Arrested in Turkey in Anti-FETÖ Financial Operation
Turkish authorities arrested 22 suspects, including HAKMAR Group Chairman Zeki Doruk, in an operation targeting FETÖ's financial network. Doruk allegedly used his companies, HAKMAR and TATBAK, for transferring funds to FETÖ members, leading to the appointment of administrators to those companies.
22 Arrested in Turkey in Anti-FETÖ Financial Operation
Turkish authorities arrested 22 suspects, including HAKMAR Group Chairman Zeki Doruk, in an operation targeting FETÖ's financial network. Doruk allegedly used his companies, HAKMAR and TATBAK, for transferring funds to FETÖ members, leading to the appointment of administrators to those companies.
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64% Bias Score
Greece's Libya Policy Errors
Greece's strained relationship with Libya results from strategic miscalculations, including underestimating Turkey's influence, failing to secure European unity, and making tactical missteps like the expulsion of the Libyan ambassador and a failed aid mission; this necessitates a revised strategy.
Greece's Libya Policy Errors
Greece's strained relationship with Libya results from strategic miscalculations, including underestimating Turkey's influence, failing to secure European unity, and making tactical missteps like the expulsion of the Libyan ambassador and a failed aid mission; this necessitates a revised strategy.
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40% Bias Score
Turkish Union Condemns NATO's Increased Military Spending
The Birleşik Metal-İş Union strongly criticizes NATO's 2025 Hague Summit decision to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035, warning of severe consequences for workers and social programs in Turkey and globally, and vowing to increase their activism in 2026.
Turkish Union Condemns NATO's Increased Military Spending
The Birleşik Metal-İş Union strongly criticizes NATO's 2025 Hague Summit decision to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035, warning of severe consequences for workers and social programs in Turkey and globally, and vowing to increase their activism in 2026.
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68% Bias Score
EU Eases Schengen Visas for Compliant Turkish Citizens
The European Commission implemented a new Schengen visa rule, the 'Cascade Rule,' effective July 15, 2024, offering multiple-entry visas to Turkish citizens with a history of compliant visa usage, based on a risk assessment and to improve efficiency.
EU Eases Schengen Visas for Compliant Turkish Citizens
The European Commission implemented a new Schengen visa rule, the 'Cascade Rule,' effective July 15, 2024, offering multiple-entry visas to Turkish citizens with a history of compliant visa usage, based on a risk assessment and to improve efficiency.
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16% Bias Score
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60% Bias Score
Turkey Approves Mining on Olive Groves Despite Public Outcry
The Turkish Parliament approved the first 11 articles of a bill allowing mining on olive groves, requiring relocation and replanting of double the number of olive trees, sparking public debate over environmental and economic impacts.
Turkey Approves Mining on Olive Groves Despite Public Outcry
The Turkish Parliament approved the first 11 articles of a bill allowing mining on olive groves, requiring relocation and replanting of double the number of olive trees, sparking public debate over environmental and economic impacts.
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40% Bias Score
Turkish Mayor's Retests Ordered Despite Health Concerns
Following surgery for suspected lymphoma, Beylikdüzü Mayor Mehmet Murat Çalık's lawyer criticized the Adli Tıp's order to repeat all medical tests, citing ethical concerns and potential health risks for Çalık, who is currently imprisoned.
Turkish Mayor's Retests Ordered Despite Health Concerns
Following surgery for suspected lymphoma, Beylikdüzü Mayor Mehmet Murat Çalık's lawyer criticized the Adli Tıp's order to repeat all medical tests, citing ethical concerns and potential health risks for Çalık, who is currently imprisoned.
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56% Bias Score
Police Disrupt İHD Anniversary, TV Show Cancelled
The Turkish Human Rights Association's 39th-anniversary celebration was disrupted by police, preventing the display of an LGBT rights banner; simultaneously, a TV broadcast featuring actress Gonca Vuslateri was cancelled without explanation.
Police Disrupt İHD Anniversary, TV Show Cancelled
The Turkish Human Rights Association's 39th-anniversary celebration was disrupted by police, preventing the display of an LGBT rights banner; simultaneously, a TV broadcast featuring actress Gonca Vuslateri was cancelled without explanation.
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24% Bias Score
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