INTERNATIONAL
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
The tax case against the Doğan Media Group was just one of scores of potential human-rights violations cited by a U.S. State Department human-rights report on Turkey.
5 Comments 2010-03-12
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REPORT: The Doğan Media Center building in Ankara is seen in this file photo. The US State Department expresses concerns that the tax levy against the group is affecting freedom of the press. Hürriyet photo   |
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
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| The most recent tax fine levied by the government of Turkey against the Doğan Media Group, a sum of $2.5 billion that comes on top of a $500 million levied in February, is a matter of dramatic scope and impact. It is a transparent assault on freedom of the press. It is also an existential threat directed at the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review, a member of DMG. Despite this unprecedented exercise of state power, we continue to maintain our commitment to democracy and free expression and a style of journalism that reflects this commitment. This requires us to the provide a forum to all sides in this still-unfolding drama, which continues on a daily basis. In the face of overwhelming national and international interest in this case, we have created this special topics page. It includes all coverage of the issue made to date by the Daily News, as well as all commentary. It also includes links to foreign assessment of the case in both English and many other non-Turkish languages. -David Judson Editor-in-Chief Hürriyet Daily News |
The most recent tax fine levied by the government of Turkey against the Doğan Media Group, a sum of $2.5 billion that comes on top of a $500 million levied in February, is a matter of dramatic scope and impact. It is a transparent assault on freedom of the press. It is also an existential threat directed at the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review, a member of DMG. Despite this unprecedented exercise of state power, we continue to maintain our commitment to democracy and free expression and a style of journalism that reflects this commitment. This requires us to the provide a forum to all sides in this still-unfolding drama, which continues on a daily basis. In the face of overwhelming national and international interest in this case, we have created this special topics page. It includes all coverage of the issue made to date by the Daily News, as well as all commentary. It also includes links to foreign assessment of the case in both English and many other non-Turkish languages.
-David Judson
Editor-in-Chief
Hürriyet Daily News
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ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Doğan Media Group posts 50 mln lira loss
ISTANBUL - Anatolia News Agency
The Doğan Media Group, which owns several newspapers including the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review, posted a 50 million Turkish Llira-loss in the first quarter of 2010.
Comment 2010-05-14
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Doğan wins crucial battle in tax case
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
The Council of State ordered the government to unfreeze assets of Doğan Media Group, which were seized for alleged taxes and fines of 915 million Turkish Liras. (UPDATED)
10 Comments 2010-02-05
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Doğan says court cancels $518 million in taxes, fines
ISTANBUL - Daily News with wires
Doğan Media Holding, or DMG, Turkey’s biggest media group, won a court appeal against a tax claim related to the sale of shares in unit Doğan TV Holding to Axel Springer AG of Germany. (UPDATED)
12 Comments 2010-02-01
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Doğan Holding chairman steps down
ISTANBUL - Daily News with wires
Aydın Doğan, the chairman of Doğan Holding, one of Turkey’s biggest companies, decided to step down, according to a statement.
4 Comments 2009-12-30
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Doğan reduces one tax bill to 4.5 million liras
ISTANBUL – Bloomberg
Doğan Media Group, or DMG, a Turkish publisher owned by businessman Aydın Doğan, reached an agreement with Turkey’s tax administration on reducing a tax bill.
1 Comment 2009-12-11
TURKEY
Doğan will ask court to cancel tax fine as talks fail
ISTANBUL - Bloomberg
Doğan Media Group, Turkey’s biggest media group, will request that the country’s courts overturn tax claims totaling 4.8 billion Turkish liras after settlement talks with the government failed Wednesday.
Comment 2009-11-25
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Axel Springer to buy 29 pct of DMG
ISTANBUL - Bloomberg
Axel Springer will buy 29 percent of Doğan Media Group, or DMG, subject to Doğan resolving a tax dispute with the Turkish government.
Comment 2009-11-19
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Doğan denies sale reports
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
Doğan Media Group, or DMG, denied newspaper reports of a possible sale of some of its units to Germany’s Axel Springer.
Comment 2009-11-10
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Doğan shares surge in Istanbul trading
ISTANBUL - Daily News with wires
Shares of Doğan Media Group and related companies surged after the group said it may sell assets or seek a partner.
Comment 2009-10-26
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Merger between two Doğan companies
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
Two separate companies operating under the roof of the Doğan Media Group, or DMG, Turkey’s biggest media holding company, have united under single management.
1 Comment 2009-10-25
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Doğan fine worries US investors
CANSU ÇAMLIBEL
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet
US businesspeople are worried about the investment climate in Turkey following a record tax levy imposed on the Doğan Media Group, according to a US congressman.
Comment 2009-10-22
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Turkey's watchdog warns Doğan Media Group
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
Turkey's media watchdog has accused the Doğan Media Group of not complying with regulations limiting foreign ownership.
2 Comments 2009-10-20
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Block on DMG accounts lifted
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
A block placed on the bank accounts of Doğan Media Group, or DMG, by the tax office for a demand for back taxes and fines of 914.8 million liras has been lifted.
Comment 2009-10-19
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
DMG appeal blocked by court
ISTANBUL - Bloomberg
The Doğan Media Group said an appeal by one of its units to suspend the government's demand for collateral against a $3.3 billion fine had been rejected by a Turkish court.
Comment 2009-10-16
TURKEY - DIPLOMACY
EU tells Ankara to respect free media
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
The European Union urges the Turkish government to treat media group Doğan Media Group, or DMG, fairly in a tax row, according to a draft report to be released on Wednesday.
9 Comments 2009-10-13
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
EU report to urge fairness in Doğan tax case
ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires
The EU will urge Turkey to be fair in the Doğan Media Group $3.3 billion tax fine case in its report on the country’s progress toward full membership
1 Comment 2009-10-13
TURKEY - POLITICS
Doğan statement: Stories are imaginary, malicious, full of mistakes
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
Doğan Holding released a written statement regarding news story published in dailies Sabah and Vakit titled 'A game within a game from Doğan.'
1 Comment 2009-10-08
OPINION - CONTRIBUTOR
Al Capone and a doyen politician's muddling
TUFAN TÜRENÇ
People in Turkey are astounded. How could the PM liken a successful and clean businessman who provides employment to thousands to a notorious gangster?
3 Comments 2009-10-07
TURKEY - POLITICS
CHP’s Baykal slams PM over Doğan/Al Capone comparison
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News Parliament Bureau
Main opposition leader Deniz Baykal harshly criticized Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over his Doğan/Al Capone comparison.
5 Comments 2009-10-06
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
PM remark sparks criticism
ISTANBUL - Bloomberg
The Doğan Media Group will be rendered 'inoperative' if Turkey’s Finance Ministry’s demand for collateral against tax fines is implemented, a company executive says.
1 Comment 2009-10-05
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Aydın Doğan leaves Hürriyet post
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
Aydın Doğan, chairperson of the board of directors at Hürriyet Gazetecilik, will leave the post to Vuslat Doğan Sabancı.
Comment 2010-02-08
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Doğan Media reacts to media's manipulation of courts
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
The Doğan Media Group has stressed that some media organs are trying to cast doubts on the court process, in a press statement Wednesday
Comment 2010-02-04
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Turkish media braces for a better year, report says
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
In a new report, Turkish investment house İş Investment said Turkish media is looking into a better year in 2010, as advertisement revenue is expected to rise.
Comment 2010-01-13
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Turkish gov’t freezes shares in Doğan media units
ISTANBUL - Daily News with wires
The Doğan Media Group, or DMG, has said the tax office froze shares in its units, including Hürriyet Gazetecilik.
Comment 2009-12-14
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Sabah, Zaman, Star protest report on press freedom in Turkey
ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires
Three Turkish newspapers have suspended their membership to an international press organization in response to criticism regarding press freedom in Turkey that focused on the Doğan tax fine case.
8 Comments 2009-12-04
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Talks between Doğan, tax officials start
ISTANBUL - Daily News with wires
Turkey's biggest media group began talks with the tax authority in Ankara on Tuesday, seeking a settlement on back taxes and fines.
5 Comments 2009-11-24
TURKEY - DIPLOMACY
Polarized media, record tax fine worrying, says US rights group
FULYA ÖZERKAN
TBILISI – Hürriyet Daily News
A Washington-based Freedom House researcher says the large tax fine leveled against the Doğan Media Group is very suspicious and is likely politically motivated.
3 Comments 2009-11-13
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Doğan seeks to block media regulator ruling
ISTANBUL - Bloomberg
Doğan Media Group, or DMG, said it will use legal means to overturn a ruling by the media regulator that it broke regulations limiting foreign ownership of Doğan TV.
1 Comment 2009-11-03
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Turkish court denies Doğan tax suspension request
MARK BENTLEY
ISTANBUL – Bloomberg
The Doğan Media Group said a Turkish court rejected a request by units Dogan TV Holding AS and Alp Gorsel Iletisim Hizmetleri AS to suspend a tax demand by the Istanbul tax office.
1 Comment 2009-10-26
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Tax levy harms Petrol Ofisi deal
VIENNA - Bloomberg
OMV will not make a decision on acquiring a majority stake in Turkish fuel retailer Petrol Ofisi until a tax dispute between owner Doğan Holding and the government abates.
Comment 2009-10-23
TURKEY - DIPLOMACY
Turkey slips to bottom one-third for press freedom
YASEMİN SİM ESMEN
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
Press freedom in Turkey has received a blow in the past year, shows a report by a leading press watchdog. Turkey has slipped 20 spots to 122 overall.
3 Comments 2009-10-20
OPINION - CONTRIBUTOR
‘Democratic initiatives’ require reforms in Tax Administration
MUSTAFA ARSLAN
One of the basic criteria to achieve democratic initiatives is to solve our problems on our own, without needing others.
Comment 2009-10-19
TURKEY - DIPLOMACY
Newsweek: Doğan case may cost Turkey dearly
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
The tax-fine case against the Doğan Media Group, or DMG, will affect Turkey's European Union accession bid negatively, according to an American news magazine.
Comment 2009-10-18
TURKEY - DIPLOMACY
Gov’t fight against Doğan threatens media freedom in Turkey, EU warns
BRUSSELS - From wire dispatches
The European Union assailed Turkey on Wednesday regarding press freedom, specifically saying the tax fine again Doğan Media is worrisome.
3 Comments 2009-10-14
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
DMG shares fall after seizure
ANKARA - Bloomberg
Doğan Media Group fell the most in a month after the tax office placed a seizure order on stakes in three of its units for a 4.8 billion Turkish Liras ($3.3 billion) tax fine.
3 Comments 2009-10-13
OPINION - BURAK BEKDİL
The Turkish reincarnation of Eliot Ness vs. Al Capone
BURAK BEKDIL
By comparing Aydın Doğan to Al Capone, Erdoğan has incidcated that the problem is not about taxation, but that this was the only way to hit the media giant.
6 Comments 2009-10-08
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Akbank: Tax levy hits investment climate
ISTANBUL - Bloomberg
Ziya Akkurt, chief executive of Akbank, says a demand by the government for Doğan Media Group to pay $3.2 billion in back-taxes has hit the investment climate.
Comment 2009-10-08
OPINION - CONTRIBUTOR
Being awfully unfair to Doğan
FİKRET BİLA
I couldn’t believe it when I heard that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan likened Doğan Media Group owner Aydın Doğan, to American gangster Al Capone.
Comment 2009-10-07
TURKEY - DIPLOMACY
EU progress report to cover freedom of media in Turkey
DÖNDÜ SARIIŞIK
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News
Recent developments related to the freedom of expression in Turkey have been closely monitored and the European Commission will cover them as parts of 2009 progress report.
3 Comments 2009-10-06
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Top business group lashes out at tax levy
ISTANBUL - Anatolia News Agency
'An independent tax and revenue office is a must for enabling the establishment of a strong and healthy democracy,' says Mustafa Koç
2 Comments 2009-10-01
