Bakırköy 57th Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced former AKUT Chairman Nasuh Mahruki, who was on trial over a July 15 social media post, to 1 year and 3 months in prison, suspended the announcement of the verdict, and ordered the release of Mahruki, who had been in detention for about two months.
Source spectrumStateStatePro-governmentPro-govIndependentIndep.OppositionOpp.ForeignForeignHürriyet: Nasuh Mahruki hakkında tahliye kararı verildi1st to publish45 citations todayA Haber: 15 Temmuz paylaşımı davasında karar! Ali Nasuh Mahruki tahliye edildi9th to publish22 citations todayMedyascope: Nasuh Mahruki tahliye edildi3rd to publishBianet: 15 Temmuz paylaşımı nedeniyle yargılanan Nasuh Mahruki’ye 1 yıl 3 ay hapis8th to publish6 citations today
+2 NTV · 6th to publishDiken · 2nd to publishSözcü: Son dakika... Nasuh Mahruki için tahliye kararı5th to publish26 citations todayEvrensel: Nasuh Mahruki hakkında tahliye kararı4th to publish30 citations todayBBC Türkçe: 15 Temmuz paylaşımı nedeniyle tutuklanan Nasuh Mahruki hakkında tahliye kararı7th to publish2 citations today
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Pro-government press A Haber and Hürriyet reported in detail that the sentence was set at 1 year 3 months, that an increase was applied on grounds the offense was committed via the press and broadcasting, followed by a discretionary reduction; they also included the prosecutor's opinion that the post exceeded the limits of freedom of expression.
Opposition-leaning press Sözcü wrote that the court handed down a 1-year prison sentence, highlighting the prosecutor's request for continued detention, the defense lawyers' objection to that request, and the reactions in the courtroom following the ruling.
The Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office blocked access to 419 social media accounts and one link over allegedly obscene content. According to the Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD), the blocked accounts include journalists İrfan Değirmenci and Şirin Payzın as well as some women's organizations.
Source spectrumStateStatePro-governmentPro-govIndependentIndep.OppositionOpp.ForeignForeignTRT Haber: Müstehcen içerik paylaşan 419 sosyal medya hesabına erişim engeli8th to publish37 citations todayAnadolu Ajansı: Müstehcen içerikli paylaşım yapan 419 sosyal medya hesabına erişim engeli9th to publish41 citations todayHürriyet: Müstehcen içerikli paylaşım yapan 419 sosyal medya hesabına erişim engeli6th to publish45 citations todayYeni Şafak: Sosyal medyada ahlaksızlığa operasyon: 419 hesaba erişim engeli3rd to publish28 citations todayNTV: “Ailem Güvende” operasyonu. 419 sosyal medya hesabına erişim engeli1st to publish20 citations todayDiken: Gerekçe müstehcenlik: 419 sosyal medya hesabı ve linke erişim engeli2nd to publish22 citations today
+4 Karar · 5th to publishHabertürk · 11th to publishDünya · 4th to publishEkonomim · 10th to publishSözcü: Müstehcen içerik paylaştıkları gerekçesiyle 419 sosyal medya hesabına erişim engeli7th to publish26 citations today
Intelligence agency MİT head İbrahim Kalın held talks in Kabul and Kandahar with General Directorate of Intelligence head Abdulhak Vasık and three ministers of the caretaker government on security cooperation and counterterrorism.
Source spectrumStateStatePro-governmentPro-govIndependentIndep.OppositionOpp.ForeignForeignTRT Haber: MİT Başkanı Kalın Afganistan'ı ziyaret etti1st to publish37 citations todayA Haber: MİT Başkanı İbrahim Kalın Afganistan’da: Kabil ve Kandahar’da kritik temaslar4th to publish22 citations todayHürriyet: MİT Başkanı İbrahim Kalın, Afganistan'ın başkenti Kabil ile Kandahar'ı ziyaret etti2nd to publish45 citations todayYeni Şafak: MİT Başkanı İbrahim Kalın'dan Afganistan'ın başkenti Kabil ile Kandahar'a ziyaret3rd to publish28 citations todayDünya: MİT Başkanı Kalın, Afganistan’da temaslarda bulundu6th to publish22 citations todayNTV: MİT Başkanı İbrahim Kalın Afganistan'da5th to publish20 citations today
Saudi Arabia announced it destroyed a drone south of Mecca on the evening of September 15. Türkiye's Foreign Ministry condemned what it said was a Houthi attempt to target Mecca, while the Houthis denied the claim, saying they had only targeted oil facilities and military bases.
Source spectrumStateStatePro-governmentPro-govIndependentIndep.OppositionOpp.ForeignForeignTRT Haber · 2 articles · 5th to publish37 citations todayAnadolu Ajansı: Türkiye, Husilerin Mekke çevresinde önlenen İHA saldırısını kınadı7th to publish41 citations todayHürriyet: Türkiye'den Husilerin Mekke’yi hedef almasına tepki8th to publish45 citations todayDaily Sabah · 2 articles · 1st to publish1 citation todayYeni Şafak: Dışişleri Bakanlığından Husilerin Mekke'ye yönelik saldırısına tepki: Şiddetle kınıyoruz6th to publish28 citations todayNTV: Mekke'ye İHA saldırısı girişimine Türkiye'den tepki14th to publish20 citations todayBianet: Mekke, İHA ile hedef alındı iddiası: Husiler açıklama yaptı2nd to publish6 citations today
+4 Habertürk · 15th to publishDiken · 10th to publishDünya · 9th to publishKarar · 13th to publishEvrensel · 2 articles · 4th to publish30 citations todayBirGün: Dışişleri Bakanlığı Husileri kınadı, Suudi Arabistan'a desteklerini sundu11th to publish39 citations todaySözcü: Dışişleri Bakanlığı'ndan Husi saldırısına tepki12th to publish26 citations todayDW Türkçe: "Yemenli Husiler Mekke'ye saldırdı" iddiası3rd to publish4 citations todayEuronews Türkçe: Türkiye'den 'Mekke'deki İHA saldırısı' nedeniyle Husilere kınama16th to publish3 citations today
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State media and pro-government press TRT Haber and Hürriyet reported the incident as a Houthi attack attempt targeting Mecca and highlighted Türkiye's condemnation statement along with reactions from AKP and Communications Directorate officials.
Opposition-leaning and foreign press Evrensel and DW Turkish presented the report as a "claim," and also conveyed Houthi officials' statement that "the claim that Mecca was targeted is a stale lie," as well as the Houthis' counter-claims regarding Saudi airstrikes.
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an ex officio investigation into former Borsa Istanbul (BIST) chairman İbrahim Mustafa Turhan over social media posts alleged to be capable of creating fear and panic in the capital markets. The investigation came after BIST 100 lost more than 6%, triggering a circuit breaker.
Source spectrumStateStatePro-governmentPro-govIndependentIndep.OppositionOpp.ForeignForeignDiken: Eski Borsa İstanbul yönetim kurulu başkanına soruşturma3rd to publish22 citations todayNTV: İbrahim Turhan hakkında soruşturma başlatıldı6th to publish20 citations today
+2 Dünya · 2nd to publishSerbestiyet · 4th to publishEvrensel: Eski Borsa Başkanı İbrahim Turhan hakkında soruşturma1st to publish30 citations todayYeniçağ: İbrahim Mustafa Turhan'dan ilk açıklama: Hakkında 'Manipülasyon soruşturması' başlatılmıştı7th to publish54 citations todayArtı Gerçek: Borsa İstanbul Eski Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı Turhan'a soruşturma5th to publish12 citations today
Banking regulator BDDK decided that shareholder rights attached to the 99.98% stake in Golden Global Investment Bank, which is facing a liquidity problem, will be exercised by the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF), without transferring ownership of the shares. The United States placed the bank on its sanctions list on September 4 over alleged Iran-linked transactions, which the bank denied.
Source spectrumStateStatePro-governmentPro-govIndependentIndep.OppositionOpp.ForeignForeignTRT Haber: BDDK'dan Golden Global Bankası kararı7th to publish37 citations todayDünya: BDDK'dan Golden Global için kritik karar: Ortaklık haklarını TMSF kullanacak1st to publish22 citations todayNTV: BDDK karar verdi: Golden Global'de ortaklık hakları TMSF'ye verildi3rd to publish20 citations today
+2 Diken · 5th to publishSerbestiyet · 4th to publishBirGün: ABD yaptırım uygulamıştı: TMSF o bankaya el koydu2nd to publish39 citations todayEvrensel: ABD yaptırım listesine almıştı: Golden Global Bankasına TMSF el koydu6th to publish30 citations todayArtı Gerçek: ABD’nin yaptırım listesine aldığı bankaya TMSF el koydu8th to publish12 citations today
The Silivri Chief Public Prosecutor's Office ordered an expert examination in the investigation into the 2011 death of former MİT officer Kaşif Kozinoğlu, covering allegations that the TV series 'Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu' depicted a character being killed as a "traitor to the homeland" and contained FETÖ propaganda involving vehicles with "FG" plates. Three screenwriters of the series gave statements, and proceedings were launched against 11 suspects in the investigation.
Source spectrumStateStatePro-governmentPro-govIndependentIndep.OppositionOpp.ForeignForeignTRT Haber (manşet): Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu dizisi hakkında inceleme başlatıldı2nd to publish37 citations todayDaily Sabah: TV series ‘Valley of Wolves’ probed over Turkish intel official’s death4th to publish1 citation todayNTV: Kaşif Kozinoğlu soruşturması genişliyor. Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu dizisine FETÖ incelemesi8th to publish20 citations todayHabertürk: 'Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu' dizisine inceleme5th to publish21 citations todaySerbestiyet: Kaşif Kozinoğlu soruşturmasında bilirkişi Kurtlar Vadisi’ni izleyecek: “Kazım Kaşifoğlu” ve “FG” plakaları FETÖ propagandası mı?”6th to publish9 citations todayEvrensel: Gazeteci Selahattin Günday’ın tutukluluğunda sorular yine yanıtsız: Örgütün adı bile açıklanmadı7th to publish30 citations todayEuronews Türkçe: Eski MİT mensubu Kozinoğlu’nun ölümü: Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu’ya 'FETÖ incelemesi' başlatıldı3rd to publish3 citations todayDW Türkçe: Kozinoğlu soruşturması: Gazeteci Günday'a bir tutuklama daha1st to publish4 citations today
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State media TRT Haber and Daily Sabah highlighted the prosecutor's office statement, reporting that the investigation was being conducted meticulously, that the allegations regarding the series would be clarified by an expert panel, and that proceedings had been initiated against prison staff.
Opposition-leaning press Evrensel and DW Turkish emphasized that journalist Selahattin Günday, detained as part of the same investigation, was detained a second time without having his statement taken by the prosecutor's office; his lawyers described the ruling as a "backup detention" and a violation of the right to defense.
Defense Industry President Haluk Görgün announced that acceptance tests for the HÜRKUŞ-II have been completed and the aircraft will be delivered to the Air Force shortly. In a HÜRJET flight the same day, ASELSAN's MURAD AESA radar detected and locked onto another HÜRJET.
Source spectrumStateStatePro-governmentPro-govIndependentIndep.OppositionOpp.ForeignForeignTRT Haber (manşet): Menzil artıyor: 500 kilometrelik milli füzeler geliyor1st to publish37 citations todayAnadolu Ajansı · 2 articles · 4th to publish41 citations todayA Haber: AKINCI TİHA'dan nefes kesen atış! SUNGUR ile yüksek hızlı hava hedefini tam isabetle vurdu2nd to publish22 citations todaySabah: Görgün ve Dalkıran HÜRKUŞ-II ile HÜRJET’i test etti6th to publish25 citations todayDünya: Milli uçak HÜRKUŞ-II Hava Kuvvetleri envanterine giriyor7th to publish22 citations todayKarar: Türk Hava Kuvvetleri’nde “milli uçak” dönemi başlıyor8th to publish42 citations today
+3 Habertürk · 9th to publishShiftDelete · 3rd to publishNTV · 5th to publish
Minister Ersoy visited Kahramanmaraş Castle, damaged in the February 6 earthquakes, and reopened 5 mosques for worship after restoration. The ministry has so far spent over 12.2 billion lira (TL) across the 11 earthquake-affected provinces, with total investment expected to reach 34 billion lira.
Source spectrumStateStatePro-governmentPro-govIndependentIndep.OppositionOpp.ForeignForeignAnadolu Ajansı (kültür) · 2 articles · 2nd to publish41 citations todayHürriyet · 2 articles · 3rd to publish45 citations todayA Haber · 2 articles · 1st to publish22 citations todayYeni Şafak: Asrın felaketinde hasar görmüşlerdi: Kahramanmaraş Kalesi ve tarihi Acemli Camisi kapılarını yeniden açtı5th to publish28 citations todayNTV: Bakan Ersoy, Kahramanmaraş’ta valiler, belediye başkanları ve milletvekilleriyle görüştü4th to publish20 citations today