The trouble with Taraf

January 11th, 2013

Kaya Genç looks at how Turkey’s “first truly liberal newspaper” has shaken up the country’s media

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Turkish director faces jail for insulting PM

March 23rd, 2010

Haldun Açıksözlü, actor and director of the theatre play Laz Marks, faces two years in jail over allegations that he insulted the prime minister in his play. The show has run for a year and has been shown in over 80 provinces. The charges came only a week after British artist, Michael Dickenson, was fined for superimposing  Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s head onto the body of a dog.