Gurbuz from Demokrat Radio in İzmir and Ozalp, a former employee of Istanbul Özgür Radio are arrested by court, regarding a police investigation into illegal MLKP's financial ties.

Struggling with problems, local media exploits upcoming local elections by endorsing candidates in return for financial benefits, degrading journalistic ethics. He himself the owner of Milas Önder newspaper, Efendioglu explains.

Google has included Turkish in its automatic translation service for Internet pages and articles. Now Turkish speaking Internet users can at least get a general impression of an Internet page.

Three Ozgur Radio workers in Istanbul and one Demokrasi Radio worker in Izmir have been taken into custody in relation to a classified investigation against the illegal Marxist Leninist Communist Party.

The local journalists discussed the correct and objective journalism in the “Journalism Workshop” held by the IPS Communications Foundation and a free press institution Press Now over the weekend.

Chief of Staff denies the charge that they have a set of accreditation criteria that keeps some of the newspapers out of its meetings, such as the newspapers Zaman, Bugün, Vakit, Taraf, Birgün and Evrensel, which were not invited to this meeting with press.

Newspapers Birgün, Günlük Evrensel and Hayat TV were not invited to Chief Of Staff İlker Başbuğ’s “communication meeting” with the representatives of the media.

“From School To The News Room” (OHO) program of IPS Communication Foundation ended with the newspapers prepared by the students. The potential newspapers designed three newspapers in accordance with the principle of rights journalism.

The media organizations say they respect judiciary’s decisions, but are afraid that the investigation is turning into a political struggle between the opposing parties.

As the Constitutional Court rapporteur has left the decision whether to close the AKP to the court, political parties have refused to listen to calls for reconciliation by the businessworld and workers’ organisations.

This year’s film festival will feature 200 films from world cinema. There will also be concerts and workshops

After courts in Ankara and Sivas blocked access to the international video-sharing website in mid-January, a court in Izmir blocked access to the site again yesterday. The ban has now been lifted.