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  • Voice of Russia starts broadcasting in Istanbul

    Voice of Russia starts broadcasting in Istanbul

    Voice of Russia starts broadcasting in Istanbul

    November 20th, 2011 – 13:08 UTC

    by Andy Sennitt.

    vorThe Voice of Russia, which airs in important capital cities and centres around, the world has begun broadcasting from its newly opened office in Istanbul. The head of the radio station, Andrei Bystritskiy, went to Istanbul to introduce Voice of Russia’s Istanbul branch office and showed the radio station’s programming office to the journalists at a press conference held at the radio station’s office.

    Mr Bystritskiy stated that broadcasting in the Turkish language will be done in Istanbul, while other programmes will be broadcast from Russia. Bystritskiy noted that their radio broadcasts in Turkish are to be carried out in collaboration with their business partners in Istanbul.

    Voice of Russia is on air seven days a week on FM 101.4, which Radio Kuzey also uses. Broadcasts start at 3.00 pm and end at 4.10 pm. The broadcast stream consists of daily commentary on events in Russia and around the world, a Russian language course and news programmes.

    via Voice of Russia starts broadcasting in Istanbul.

  • Newsweek: Turkey’s Media War

    Newsweek: Turkey’s Media War

    Newsweek:  Turkey’s Media War

    For the last six years, the Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association, TUSIAD, has been a crucial source of support for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The pro-business, pro-European Union group provided the party with domestic and international legitimacy, and armed it with the means to fight off accusations that it was an Islamist party. But over the last several months the relationship between TUSIAD and the AKP, always an uneasy one, has faltered. AKP leader and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sharply attacked Aydin Dogan—whose family holds the presidency of the association and owns roughly half the Turkish media—characterizing Dogan as a rich and corrupt businessman. [link]

    Editor’s WebBlog :  Turkey: Conflict between government and largest media group

    In recent weeks Turkey’s government and largest independent media group, Dogan Holding, have been in the midst of a fierce battle. Hurriyet-20040209.jpgDogan Holding operates in TV, radio broadcasting, print and online media.  Dogan publishes seven newspapers including Hurriyet, Milliyet, Radikal, Posta, Fanatik, Referans and Turkish Daily News. The Dogan family holds the presidency of the Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association, Tusiad. [link]