Word: milliyet
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...dismiss or hear the prosecutor's bid to ban the ruling party. In the event of the latter, the AKP has one month to submit a defense and an ensuing case could take several months, losing Turkey much credibility abroad. "The constitutional court should reject the closure demand," wrote Milliyet commentator Hasan Cemal. "Otherwise, Turkey will lose." European governments and the U.S. have criticized...
...Parliament. (In parliamentary elections later this year , the AKP is expected to be returned to power, albeit with a reduced mandate). The election to all three top positions of officials who "come from the same Islamic-rooted tree," writes columnist Metin Munir in the leading secularist daily Milliyet, augurs "the end of Turkey as we know it. "Turkey, he warned, is about to enter "a period of Islamicizing and conservatism: It is hard to tell where it will...
...Dogan organization. Enormous power, they say, will be vested in the hands of the company that owns eight newspapers and two TV stations, and is also involved in banking, tourism and fuel distribution. Among Dogan's best-known media holdings are two of Turkey's largest newspapers - Hurriyet and Milliyet - and CNN Turk, a joint television venture with CNN, whose parent also owns TIME. The clash over the law goes much deeper, however. At a time when the European Union - which Turkey is keen to join - demands that the country relax its restrictions on the press and not block Kurdish...
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