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ANKARA, Turkey — President Joe Biden and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have known each

President Joe Biden and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have known each other for years, but their meeting Monday will be their first as heads of state

Last Updated On: Jun 13 2021 03:08 Gmt+3 A new page for the relationship between Turkey and the United States doesn’t seem plausible without real democracy and reforms, even if Turkey manages to come up with solutions for the outstanding issues between the two NATO allies, Merve Tahiroğlu, the Turkey Program Coordinator at the Project on Middle East Democracy, told Ahval’s editor-in-chief Yavuz Baydar on Saturday. The two leaders are set to meet on the sidelines during Monday’s NATO summit in Brussels, marking the first face-to-face occasion for the pair since Biden’s inauguration i...

How the Turkish media has been immersed into the quagmire of oppression The Media Line Staff About this Event Since the end of the Cold War, and the deregulation of the media three decades ago, the story of Turkish journalism – both conventional and online – has been characterised by a pitched battle for freedom, independence and pluralism. The Turkish media has rocked and reeled from an endless series of restrictive, punitive legislation, trials and imprisonment of journalists, the weakening of union rights, systematic sackings and takeovers by pro-government businessmen. Reporting tab...