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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Turkey's government takes control of last remaining independent news source
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Dogan Holding television stations, Kanal D and CNN Turk (AFP)
Turkey is joining the ranks of China, Russia, Iran, Cambodia, Egypt,
Burundi, Cameroon and others in criminalizing the reporting of news
that criticizes the government, and jailing reporters who do so.
On Thursday, Turkey's government began the acquisition the last major
independent media company, Dogan Holding, which owns well known
publications including Hurriyet and CNN Turk.
Aydin Dogan, the 81 year old billionaire who founded Dogan Holding in
1979, announced the sale of all the media assets to Demirören Group, a
media group with a close relationship with Turkey's president Recep
Tayyip Erdogan. Dogan has had a difficult relationship with with
Erdogan's AK Party since the party came to party in 2002. The holding
face a record $2.5 billion in tax fines in 2009, which Dogan claimed
were politically motivated. The fines forced Dogan to sell some
assets to Demirören in 2011.
Ever since Turkey faced a botched coup attempt in June 2016, Erdogan
has used the coup attempt to become increasingly dictatorial and
authoritarian at every opportunity. Dozens of journalists have been
jailed on phony charges since the coup attempt, but Erdogan started
his purge well before the coup attempt, as shown by the actions
against Dogan since 2003.
In particular, four months before the coup, Turkey and the world were
shocked when Erdogan shut down Zaman,
the country's major opposition newspaper, the largest
newspaper in the country, and jailed some of its reporters.
There's almost no independent press remaining in Turkey. Cumhuriyet,
a mainstream opposition newspaper much smaller than Dogan, has had a
dozen of its employees imprisoned on phony charges, although many have
been released after a year in prison for lack of evidence.
France 24 and Bloomberg and Guardian (London) and Hurriyet (Ankara)
Related Articles
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**** South Africans furious at Australia for condemning white farmer land confiscation
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Officials in South Africa's government are expressing fury at the
so-called "racist" statements by Australia’s Home Affairs Minister
Peter Dutton. South Africa recently announced a policy where the
government will confiscate land from white-owned farms with no compensation whatsoever
and turn it over
to black farmers. Dutton was reacting to that policy, as well as to
threats of violence targeting white farmers.
Dutton has announced that Australia should speed up the visas for
white farmers who, he claimed, are being "persecuted" by the
confiscation policy. "These people deserve special attention," Sutton
said. "From what I've seen they do need help from a civilized country
like ours."
Supporters of Dutton's policy are calling the land confiscation policy
"reverse racism." According to one, "The situation has become so
bleak, [that] being a farmer in South Africa is now the world's most
dangerous job."
South Africa's International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu
demanded that Dutton withdraw his comments: "The impression created is
that white farmers in South Africa are living under horrific
conditions and there is a possibility of death. And all these
barbaric things are being put across about us."
Gareth Newham, an analyst with the Pretoria-based Institute for
Security Studies, said young black men faced a greater risk of being
murdered in South Africa than white farmers:
<QUOTE>"In fact, young black males living in poor urban areas
like Khayelitsha and Lange face a far greater risk of being
murdered. The murder rate there is between 200 and 300 murders per
100,000 people."<END QUOTE>
As I've described many times, a policy similar to the proposed land
confiscation policy was adopted in 1999 by Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe had been an extremely wealthy country, the breadbasket of
southern Africa, exporting a great deal of food to other countries.
Mugabe threw the white farmers off the farms, and gave the farms to
blacks who were his political cronies, but didn't know how to farm.
Thanks to Mugabe, Zimbabwe turned from one of the wealthiest countries
to one of the poorest countries in the world, with mass starvation, a
worthless currency, and a massive million percent inflation rate.
EyeWitnessNews (South Africa) and South African Government and In Depth News
Related Stories
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Turkey, Dogan Holding, Hurriyet, CNN Turk,
Aydin Dogan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Zaman Media, Cumhuriet, Demirören Group,
South Africa, Australia, Peter Dutton, Lindiwe Sisulu,
Gareth Newham, Institute for Security Studies,
Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Turkey's government takes control of last remaining independent news source
- South Africans furious at Australia for condemning white farmer land confiscation
****
**** Turkey's government takes control of last remaining independent news source
****
Dogan Holding television stations, Kanal D and CNN Turk (AFP)
Turkey is joining the ranks of China, Russia, Iran, Cambodia, Egypt,
Burundi, Cameroon and others in criminalizing the reporting of news
that criticizes the government, and jailing reporters who do so.
On Thursday, Turkey's government began the acquisition the last major
independent media company, Dogan Holding, which owns well known
publications including Hurriyet and CNN Turk.
Aydin Dogan, the 81 year old billionaire who founded Dogan Holding in
1979, announced the sale of all the media assets to Demirören Group, a
media group with a close relationship with Turkey's president Recep
Tayyip Erdogan. Dogan has had a difficult relationship with with
Erdogan's AK Party since the party came to party in 2002. The holding
face a record $2.5 billion in tax fines in 2009, which Dogan claimed
were politically motivated. The fines forced Dogan to sell some
assets to Demirören in 2011.
Ever since Turkey faced a botched coup attempt in June 2016, Erdogan
has used the coup attempt to become increasingly dictatorial and
authoritarian at every opportunity. Dozens of journalists have been
jailed on phony charges since the coup attempt, but Erdogan started
his purge well before the coup attempt, as shown by the actions
against Dogan since 2003.
In particular, four months before the coup, Turkey and the world were
shocked when Erdogan shut down Zaman,
the country's major opposition newspaper, the largest
newspaper in the country, and jailed some of its reporters.
There's almost no independent press remaining in Turkey. Cumhuriyet,
a mainstream opposition newspaper much smaller than Dogan, has had a
dozen of its employees imprisoned on phony charges, although many have
been released after a year in prison for lack of evidence.
France 24 and Bloomberg and Guardian (London) and Hurriyet (Ankara)
Related Articles
- Turkey commemorates first anniversary of attempted coup (21-Jul-2017)
- Turkey's Erdogan gives himself dictatorial powers, moving Turkey away from the West (22-Jul-2016)
- Turkey's 'shameful day for free press' as government seizes Zaman media (06-Mar-2016)
- More than a million of secularists rally in Turkey (14-May-2007)
- Turkey debates Islam versus secularism (26-Feb-2010)
****
**** South Africans furious at Australia for condemning white farmer land confiscation
****
Officials in South Africa's government are expressing fury at the
so-called "racist" statements by Australia’s Home Affairs Minister
Peter Dutton. South Africa recently announced a policy where the
government will confiscate land from white-owned farms with no compensation whatsoever
and turn it over
to black farmers. Dutton was reacting to that policy, as well as to
threats of violence targeting white farmers.
Dutton has announced that Australia should speed up the visas for
white farmers who, he claimed, are being "persecuted" by the
confiscation policy. "These people deserve special attention," Sutton
said. "From what I've seen they do need help from a civilized country
like ours."
Supporters of Dutton's policy are calling the land confiscation policy
"reverse racism." According to one, "The situation has become so
bleak, [that] being a farmer in South Africa is now the world's most
dangerous job."
South Africa's International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu
demanded that Dutton withdraw his comments: "The impression created is
that white farmers in South Africa are living under horrific
conditions and there is a possibility of death. And all these
barbaric things are being put across about us."
Gareth Newham, an analyst with the Pretoria-based Institute for
Security Studies, said young black men faced a greater risk of being
murdered in South Africa than white farmers:
<QUOTE>"In fact, young black males living in poor urban areas
like Khayelitsha and Lange face a far greater risk of being
murdered. The murder rate there is between 200 and 300 murders per
100,000 people."<END QUOTE>
As I've described many times, a policy similar to the proposed land
confiscation policy was adopted in 1999 by Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe had been an extremely wealthy country, the breadbasket of
southern Africa, exporting a great deal of food to other countries.
Mugabe threw the white farmers off the farms, and gave the farms to
blacks who were his political cronies, but didn't know how to farm.
Thanks to Mugabe, Zimbabwe turned from one of the wealthiest countries
to one of the poorest countries in the world, with mass starvation, a
worthless currency, and a massive million percent inflation rate.
EyeWitnessNews (South Africa) and South African Government and In Depth News
Related Stories
- Moving sharply left, South Africa calls for potentially disastrous land reform (01-Mar-2018)
- Zimbabwe bans food imports as new 'bond note' currency crashes (21-Oct-2017)
- Zimbabwe launching a Soviet style command agriculture program (20-Aug-2016)
- Xenophobic violence against migrants returns to South Africa (27-Feb-2017)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Turkey, Dogan Holding, Hurriyet, CNN Turk,
Aydin Dogan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Zaman Media, Cumhuriet, Demirören Group,
South Africa, Australia, Peter Dutton, Lindiwe Sisulu,
Gareth Newham, Institute for Security Studies,
Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe
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Phone: 617-864-0010
E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com
Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com
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