Journalist faces up to 5 years in jail for critical tweet over graft probe

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January 16, 2015, Friday/ 17:04:30/ TODAYSZAMAN.COM 2 Cumhuriyet columnists summoned to testify after featuring Hebdo cartoon in pieces

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January 16, 2015, Friday/ 18:02:55/ TODAYSZAMAN.COM Cizre’s new police chief wanted as part of Dink murder case

Newly appointed police chief of Turkey's southeastern district of Cizre, where at »»
January 16, 2015, Friday/ 19:46:00/ TODAYSZAMAN.COM AK Party deputy faces barrage of criticism after calling Republic ’commercial break’

A derogatory comment made recently by a ruling party deputy, in which she said the »»
January 16, 2015, Friday/ 18:22:11/ AYDIN ALBAYRAKGraft suspect Zarrab used receipt written on hotel paper in defense

Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab, a major figure from a graft scandal that erupted »»
January 16, 2015, Friday/ 12:46:29/ TODAY'S ZAMANDink lawyer: Gendarmerie knew about plot 6 months before murder

Hakan BakırcıoÄŸlu, a lawyer representing the family of slain Turkish-Armenian journalist »»
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January 16, 2015, Friday/ 19:07:48/ AP Female Turkish director’s debut selected for Berlinale Forum

“Nefesim Kesilene Kadar” (Until I Lose My Breath), a new feature film by debut director »»
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