Banished Erdogan critics find new home at opposition paper
Over the past several years, the top columnists of Turkey’s Hurriyet daily, long recognized as the "flagship" of the Turkish press, have been sacrificed to government pressure. Two of those heavyweights — Emin Colasan and Bekir Coskun — have been recruited by Sozcu, a relative newcomer in the Turkish media, and will soon be joined by Yilmaz Ozdil, Hurriyet’s latest fallen star.
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