18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention 18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention The 18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention () took place on 5 and 6 September 2014 in order to elect a leader of the Republican People's Party ("Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi - CHP"), a Turkish centre-left political party. Initially, an ordinary convention was due to be held in 2014, two years after the previous one in 2012. However, the party's incumbent leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu accepted calls for an extraordinary convention to be held following the loss of the CHP's presidential candidate Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu in the presidential election held in August. The ordinary convention will thus
Concentration of media ownership in Turkey owners except for one (Burak Akbay) have major investments outside of media that depend on state contracts. "BirGün" and "Cumhuriyet"- two critical newspapers with an independent editorial policy- are owned, respectively: by various unions, NGOs and sponsors and by the Cumhuriyet Foundation. With regard to online media, most of the alternative online news platforms survive with the assistance of European Union’s funds and by raising donations. For instance, the Independent Communication Network "Bianet", is mainly funded by the EU Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights. As to news agencies, the largest news agency in Turkey- Anadolu Agency (AA)- is a