Thursday, October 1, 2015

Banditry in town. Columnist Ahmet Hakan injured in ‘organized assault’

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Hürriyet columnist Ahmet Hakan, who has been targeted with politically-motivated threats, has been injured after an assault in front of his home. ‘We are not afraid. We will continue walking on the path that we know as right,’ said Hakan, who was hospitalized with broken bones in his nose and ribs.
Here is the news chronology following the September 2015 attacks and investigations targeting daily Hürriyet and its journalists.
Shares of Volkswagen AG’s main Turkish distributor Doğuş Otomotiv tumbled more than 12 percent on Sept. 28, hit by concerns that the emissions cheating scandal at the German automaker could undermine sales of its local dealers
The hostages were among 18 employees of a construction company who were taken on Sept. 2; two others were released on Sept. 16.
Email to Hillary Clinton Shows Effort to Quash Story AboutWikiLeaks and Turkey
VICE News
An email sent to Hillary Clinton during her tenure as secretary of state shows that government officials tried to pressure the Washington Post into suppressing details about a WikiLeakscable that revealed information about the US cooperating with
Aydın Doğan, the founder and honorary chairman of Doğan Holding, has released a written statement, after writing an open letter to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sept. 26

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of Turkey’s Republican People’s Party [CHP], believes that the EU candidate needs a coalition government to tackle the fragile situation in the country.

 

What will Turkey want for helping EU?

EU to woo key ally to stop migrant influx

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