Posts Tagged ‘Recep Tayyip Erdogan’

Turkey: PM Erdogan files lawsuit against Hürriyet

November 15th, 2010

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has filed a €50,000 lawsuit against the newspaper Hürriyet and its editor-in-chief, Oktay Eksi. On 28 October, the newspaper ran a column entitled: “We have not been as critical as we should have been”, referring to the critical stance the media outlet had taken regarding the government policies on the construction of Hydroelectric Power Plants in the Ikizdere Valley, in the Eastern Black Sea region. After the article’s publication, Eksi issued a short note of apology and resigned as editor-in-chief of the newspaper.

Turkish PM wins cartoon case

October 22nd, 2008

Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a claim of ‘moral damage’ against satirical magazine Leman (more…)

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