As Erdoğan makes Iran the new enemy over Yemen… Council of Europe official condemns Turkey’s sentencing of cartoonists

VIDEO: France 24’s exclusive interview with Turkish President Erdoğan Erdoğan told France 24 that Ankara may consider providing ‘logistical support’ to the Saudi-led military mission launched overnight in Yemen Erdoğan’s wealth Today’s Zaman Turkey’s embattled President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s massive personal and family wealth, which has been accumulated over the span of two decades since he … Read more

With the sinister AKP move, security bill approved…

Turkish Parliament approves controversial security bill after 16-hour debate  The Turkish Parliament passed a stripped down version of the government’s controversial domestic security bill on March 27, after another fractious 16-hour debate. Turkish main opposition CHP to appeal for the annulment of the security package Turkey’s main opposition party has said it will appeal to the high … Read more

Instagram temporarily censors News Photos including Ahmet Şık’s…

Instagram Censors Journalist Ahmet Şık’s Newroz Photos  Bianet :: English Instagram closed the account of prominent journalist Ahmet Şık after receiving massive complaints over the photos he shared during Newroz celebrations in Diyarbakır province on March 21. Court Blocks Jihadist Website Used to Recruit Turks to Islamic State  NYT > Turkey by By CEYLAN YEGINSU The court … Read more

Presidential fantasies: Under Erdoğan’s presidential system, Turkey’s GDP to rise to $25,000…

Turkey’s GDP to rise to $25,000 under presidential system: Erdoğan Turkey’s current $11,000 GDP per capita will rise to $25,000 by 2023 if the country swiftly adopts the presidential system, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Erdoğan plan for super-presidency puts Turkey’s democracy at stake World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Simon Tisdall The Turkish president’s attempted … Read more

EFD Haftanın Web Projesi: Yalansavar (@yalansavar)

http://yalansavar.org/ Biz Kimiz? “Karanlığa lanet okumaktansa, bir mum yakmak yeğdir.” – Çin Atasözü Bizler sorgulayıcı düşünce ve bilimsel yönteme gönül vermiş bir grup insanız. 🙂 Bu site başlangıçta posta kutumuza düşen ardı adı kesilmeyen hurafe e-postalara birer birer cevap yazmakla başa çıkamadığımız için doğdu. Her birimiz asılsız ve desteksiz bir e-posta alınca işi gücü bırakıp … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: “Plane crash in southern France… “Greece risks bankruptcy by 20 April…”Heretical Europe….

MAIN FOCUS: Plane crash in southern France | 25/03/2015  euro|topics One day after the crash of a Germanwings Airbus A320 flying from Barcelona to Düsseldorf, French President François Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will travel today to the crash site in the French Alps. The press is shocked by the … Read more

25 Mart #MehmetAyvalıtaş Davası

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Cyberculture agenda: New version of SecureDrop… Transparency in the Tech Industry

New version of SecureDrop, open-source whistleblower submission system originally created by Aaron Swartz Boing Boing by Trevor Timm At Freedom of the Press Foundation, we’re excited to announce the release of a brand new version of SecureDrop, our open source whistleblower system which media organizations can use to communicate and receive documents from sources. Facebook has open sourced … Read more

Erdoğan toll today: Two cartoonists sentenced to jail for insulting Erdoğan…

Turkish cartoonists sentenced to jail for insulting Erdoğan Two cartoonists for the popular satirical weekly Penguen have been jailed to 11 months in prison, over a satirical piece on free speech in which they were convicted of including a ‘ball-shaped hand gesture insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.’ Caricaturist Fined For “Insulting Erdoğan”  Bianet :: English Caricaturist … Read more

A new book I have a chapter in: “Digital Transformations in Turkey: Current Perspectives in Communication Studies

Many scholars working on Turkey based digital transformations have a piece in this selected volume. I am very glad to my work published in this great volume. I am grateful to Prof. Akdenizli who was patient enough to let me in. The book in Amazon and Publisher’s page. My chapter is entitled as:  Integrating New Media into Higher … Read more

From humans to animals…. An enemy of life. #DirenDenizGenç

Police violence continued all that day long in Gazi district, İstanbul, hospitalizing a 14 year old, Deniz Genç. In the mean time, as a show of force to Kurdish movement, Turkish Armed Forces started operations in Kurdish cities, killing villagers’ mules, in Roboski, where years of Roboski massacre happened: News in Turkish here.

It is time, Turkish politicians head to Washington over worries about Armenian resolution…

Turkish politicians head to Washington over worries about Armenian resolution Worried about a draft resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives that recognizes the 1915 killings of Ottoman Armenians as genocide, a group of Turkish politicians have set out for Washington to ensure that the resolution does not pass. Turkey launches operation against PKK hideouts Turkish security … Read more

A metrobüs burns out in rush hour, hopefully no casualties… Istanbul news roundup…

Highway near Şirinevler… News in Turkish Good thing, no casualties reported. Metrobus (Turkish: Metrobüs) is a 50 km (31.1 mi) bus rapid transit route in İstanbul, Turkey with 45 stations which follows the city’s ring-road via Avcılar, Zincirlikuyu and the Bosphorus Bridge to Söğütlüçeşme using dedicated bus lanes for much of the route.[3] Fatih Sarmacısı: A Jelly Roll with … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: A quarter of French voters support Front National, the far-right party…

MAIN FOCUS: Merkel and Tsipras seek conciliation | 24/03/2015  euro|topics   Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel adopted a conciliatory tone in Berlin on Monday, after politicians and media in both countries repeatedly attacked each other in recent weeks. Finally Tsipras has realised that he needs Merkel, some commentators write in delight. … Read more

25 Mart’ta etkinlik: 2015 BELGE ÖZGÜRLÜĞÜ (@belgeozgurlugu) GÜNÜ PARTİSİ

Etkinlik İstanbul Hackerspace‘te. 2015 BELGE ÖZGÜRLÜĞÜ GÜNÜ PARTİSİ Yazan: Aziz Arslan Belge Özgürlüğü Günü, açık standartlar ve açık belge biçimleri konularında kullanıcıları bilinçlendirerek, belgeleri özgür kılmak amacıyla 2008 yılından beri her Mart ayının son Çarşamba günü kutlanan evrensel bir gündür. Belge Özgürlüğü Günü’nün asıl amacı; belgelerimizi özgürleştirmek, bilgiye erişimimizdeki kısıtlamaları kaldırmak amacıyla yürütülen uzun soluklu … Read more