There are several news items on the 14th Turkish Journalists Conference organized by the European Council Turkey Delegation. Evren Deger in his column at the New Anatolian announces the return of Fatih Çekirge to journalism and informs us about the Conference attendees:
The attending journalists are:
From the EU: Marco Ansaldo (La Repubblica, Italy), Florian Klenk (Die Zeit, Germany), Gunnar Kohner (Deutsche Welle, Germany), Marek Ostrowski (Polityka, Poland), Frederick Studemann (The Financial Times, the UK), Pavlos Tsimas (Ta Nea, Greece), Gabriella Vasile (Giornale Radio Rai, Italy), Daniel Vernet (Le Monde, France), and Kees Versteegh (NRC-Handelsblad, the Netherlands).
From Turkey: Yavuz Baydar (Sabah), Murat Belge (Radikal), Ismet Berkan (Radikal), Murat Celikkan (Birgun), Nilgun Cerrahoglu (Cumhuriyet), Ragip Duran (BiaNET), Yalim Eralp (CNN-Turk), Abbas Guclu (Milliyet), Metin Munir (Milliyet) and Sirin Payzin (CNN-Turk).
In another piece: Journalists discuss media and rights in Turkey.
In the mean time, Ertuğrul Özkök hears that his column on army is read by certain commanders. This is an informative column to read. In another column, he compares Paris and Diyarbakir riots!
In another important meeting: Abant Platform in Paris Discusses Cultural Pluralism . Some of the participants are Associate Professor Sami Selcuk, Etyen Mahcupyan, Ali Bayramoglu, Professor Ahmet Insel, Cengiz Candar, Fehmi Koru, Ali Bulac, Hadi Uluengin, Bulent Kenes, Hirant Dink, Selcuk Gultasli, Alain d'Irlbame, Pierre Nora, Dominique Schnapper, Veronlique Nahoum Grappe, and Jean Francois Bayart.... Here is another Zaman news: French Intellectuals Warn Europe: Not Without Turkey. As some insiders already know, "Abant Platform" organization has something to do with Fethullah Gülen movement and again the relation between Zaman and this movement is obvious...
Orhan Pamuk speaks to the Italian media and says he welcomed having court charges dropped against him not only for himself but for all other writers and journalists facing similar charges in Turkey. In the mean time, Yavuz Baydar writes on the conservatism in Turkey study.
Haluk Şahin's Bozcaada Book is published in English.
Posted by erkan at April 2, 2006 11:04 AM