Newspaper

We met with the Editor of Today's Zaman, a widely-read paper that provides comprehensive English-language coverage of events in, around, and related to Turkey.

The Turkish-language edition, Zaman, is one of the oldest and most widely-read papers on Turkey. The English-language edition is relatively new.

Though the Gülen movement per se has no ownership interest in the paper, the Editor described it as a positive force in efforts to advance the development of liberal democracy in the country.

We've been reading the paper pretty regularly on the tour. It seems relatively objective, tending to support the government (prime minister and head of state) position in its dispute with the judiciary over the (governing) Law and Justice Party closure case.

The paper can be found online at http://www.todayszaman.com .