Turkey seizes 121 companies belonging to Can Holding
A Turkish prosecutor's office said it ordered the seizure of the companies of Can Holding, owner of major media outlets, in an investigation into money laundering, tax evasion and organised crime.
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Four bombs hit Iranian IRIB building
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced a strike on the "Iranian Armed Forces Communication Center" in Tehran
Al Jazeera channel shut down in Israel
The Israeli government has closed the Al Jazeera channel in the country. Earlier, the Israeli Minister of Communications made such a proposal, and it was supported by the Mossad intelligence service.
Iran to file lawsuit against hostile media in international societies
Iran's minister of culture Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili announced that Tehran will soon file a complaint in international societies against certain Persian-language media outlets that provoke hostility towards the country. The minister …
Erdogan celebrates 102nd anniversary of Anadolu Agency
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrated the 102nd anniversary of Anadolu Agency, a trusted and respected global news outlet. "I believe that Anadolu Agency will continue to make a difference with its reliable, truth-based …
Afghanistan's only sports TV channel closed
Due to economic problems and restrictions imposed on the work of local media by the radical Taliban movement banned in Russia, the new Afghan authorities have decided to stop the work of the country's only TV channel, 3 sport, said a member …
Creation of Russian-language TV channel discussed in Iran
Iran is discussing the opportunity of launching a Russian-language TV channel in the country, Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali said during a discussion at the Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund on Tuesday. The ambassador noted …
Bus overturns in Iran, 2 reporters killed
Two reporters were killed and 21 others injured Wednesday when a bus overturned in northwestern Iran, state-run IRNA news agency said. The bus was carrying 25 Iranian journalists from Tehran to West Azarbaijan province to view a …
5th Caspian Media Forum kicks off in Astrakhan
The 5th Caspian Media Forum has opened in Astrakhan today. The forum is organised by the Center for International Public Policy Studies 'Caspian-Eurasia with information support from the Astrakhan region government. The project is also being …
Astrakhan to host 5th Caspian Media Forum
Astrakhan will host the 5th Caspian Media Forum on September 24-25, which is a unique site for exchanging experience, discussing new directions for the development of regional and international journalism, creating a single information field …
Mucahit Muhammed Soykan: News Agencies World Congress helps to finds solutions to problems facing media
The News Agencies World Congress helps media outlets to share experience and finds solutions to new problems facing information business, representative of Anadolu Agency Mucahit Muhammed Soykan told the correspondent …
Peskov: I read Hürriyet, Sabah and Cumhuriyet to practice my Turkish
Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said he reads Turkish newspapers to practice his Turkish. "I read the newspapers, but I don't now know the new ones. I read Hürriyet, Sabah and …
Sputnik launches Farsi-language newswire
Sputnik news agency launched a 24/7 Farsi-language newswire at a multimedia press conference in Moscow devoted to the event . The press conference brought together Rossiya Segodnya Director General Dmitry Kiselev, …
U.S. releases Iran's Press TV journalist
An American journalist for Iran’s Press TV was freed in Washington by federal law enforcement officials, her son said, ending a detention that began on January 13. Hashemi had been ordered to appear before a grand jury in …
Turkish Radio and Television Supreme Council's head resigns
Head of the Turkish Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTUK) Ilhan Yerlikaya resigned, according to RTUK website. According to the statement, the reasons for the resignation are health issues and family …
Turkey deports Dutch journalist over terror group links
Turkey deported a journalist Johanna Cornelia Boersma working for the largest Dutch financial newspaper, Het Financieele Dagblad, after it received information from Dutch police that she had links to a designated terrorist …
Iran calls for release of PressTV journalist arrested in U.S
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Bahram Qasemi called for the immediate release of a journalist Marziyeh Hashemi, arrested in the United States while working for Iran’s Press TV. "We …
Iranian PressTV journalist arrested in U.S.
An American-born journalist working for Iran’s English-language Press TV, Marziyeh Hashemi, was arrested in the U.S. on unspecified charges, the state-run broadcaster reported. …
Journalist sentenced to jail in Turkey over investigation into Yıldırım's sons offshores
Turkish journalist Pelin Ünker has been sentenced to more than a year in jail for her work on the Paradise Papers investigation into offshore tax havens, because it revealed details of the business activities of the …
Armenian TV channel starts broadcasting in Turkey
Armenia's newspaper published in Turkey, Luys, now has its own TV channel – the first ever Armenian channel to be broadcast on Turkish television. Luys TV first broadcast was aired on January 6, Sputnik Armenia …