Many opposition news sites down temporarily in Turkey due to access failures to Cloudflare CDN. #journalism agenda…

Major internet access issues in Turkey as Cloudflare knocked offline Turkey Blocks – Editorial – Jun 4, 3:33 PM The Turkey Blocks monitoring network has detected access failures affecting hundreds of websites hosted on the Cloudflare CDN including popular news sites Cumhuriyet, Diken, BirGun and several other mobile apps as of 1AM local time. Newsonomics: In … Read more

Beşiktaş fans celebrate championship with a Bosphorus flotilla…

Views from 3 June 2017 Beşiktaş retain Turkish league title – News – UEFA.com UEFA.com–May 28, 2017 Beşiktaş have retained the Turkish title thanks to some sharply … the Black Eagles sealing their UEFA Champions League return next term

A protester, Veli Saçılık, was the target rubber bullets:

  Despite brutal police attacks, Veli Saçılık continues to demand his job back, and "resist for, and on behalf of, humanity" @velisacilik pic.twitter.com/RttvF9MSwF — BarışAkademisyenleri (@BarisAkademik) June 2, 2017  

RSF: “Turkey’s imprisoned journalists pin hopes on European Court…

Turkey’s imprisoned journalists pin hopes on European Court | Reporters without borders rsf.org – May 29, 2:50 AM Members of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the well-known Parisian street artist C215 painted the portraits of ten imprisoned Turkish journalists and deployed a #SaveTurkishJournalists banner outside the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in   Nobel laureate … Read more

#Europe agenda: Merkel says “Europe ‘can no longer rely on allies’ after Trump and Brexit…

Merkel: Europe ‘can no longer rely on allies’ after Trump and Brexit BBC News | Europe | World Edition The German chancellor says Europe must “fight for its own destiny” at an election campaign event. After Brexit: the UK will need to renegotiate at least 759 treaties FT.com – Analysis FT research reveals that agreements with 168 … Read more

Oh my, 1453 trucks to celebrate the anniversary of Istanbul’s conquest (in 1453) #istanbul news roundup…

1,453 trucks at under-construction third airport attempt to break record on anniversary of Istanbul’s conquest  Hurriyet Daily News A Guinness record has been attempted to be broken at Istanbul’s third airport, which is currently under construction, with the participation of a total of 1,453 trucks "The Hafriyat"Yeni sezon fragmanı! pic.twitter.com/8Rn0WBaxjy — Önder Algedik (@OnderAlgedik) May 29, … Read more

Bir Wiki Projesi: “The Gezi Project- Gezi Direnişi Hakkında Her Şey” #GeziParkı4Yaşında

Devam eden Wiki projesi. Buyrun: https://geziarchive.wikispaces.com/ Devam eden bir proje olduğu için çok kızmayınız. ************** The Gezi Project Gezi Direnişi Hakkında Her Şey- Bir ansiklopedik proje. Taksim Yayalaştırma Projesi ve Gezi Direnişi’nin Başlaması Gezi Parkı Olayları Zaman Çizelgesi Gezi Parki Olayinin Zaman Çizelgesi (in English) Belgeler Raporlar Belgeseller Gezi Parkı Yargı Kararı Gezi Parkı İle İlgili Kitaplar … Read more

President Erdoğan declared “arena” not Turkish so all stadium names that include “arena” are replaced by more “Turkish names” like “stadiums”

Galatasaray becomes first team to remove word ‘Arena’ from its stadium name after Erdoğan’s instruction Galatasaray has become the first team to remove the word “arena” from the name of its stadium after President Erdoğan’s latest instruction to the sports minister to order the removal of the word from the names of all stadiums Federation removes ‘arena’ … Read more

#Journalism agenda: Study shows Facebook (lifestyle, entertainment) and Google (tech, business, sports) drive different types of news…

Who’s really driving traffic to articles? Depends on the subject: Facebook (lifestyle, entertainment) or Google (tech, business, sports) Nieman Journalism Lab by Shan Wang When you’re publishing to Facebook, or tweaking a headline to align with some carefully honed SEO strategy, how closely do you take note of story topic? New research from Parse.ly suggests that … Read more

#Cyberculture agenda: “Mapping a new frontier” with Share Lab project..

https://labs.rs/en/ Mapping a new frontier  BBC News | Europe | World Edition Share Lab uses flow charts and data analysis to map one of the greatest forces shaping our world – Facebook…. A Paris school is using AI to monitor distracted students The Social Software Weblog For those of us who zone out during university lectures, the … Read more

“US Congress Passes Resolution Condemning Assault by Erdoğan’s Bodyguards…

Did the Turkish President’s Security Detail Attack Protesters in Washington? What the Video Shows New York Times – Malachy Browne – May 26 The New York Times reviewed videos and photos to track the actions of 24 men, including armed members of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s security detail, who attacked protesters in Washington last week. … Read more

A new project on Syrian refugees in Turkey: “Why am I in Turkey?” (@nedenTRdeyim)

https://whyamiinturkey.com/ About We can only understand each other, when we know the other’s story. There are over 3 million refugees living in Turkey. When we turn on the news in Turkey and look at international media all we see and hear are numbers of how many refugees are in Turkey or how many are fleeing to … Read more

#Europe agenda: Trump goes to Europe…

 Young Leaders at NATO Summit : Macron (Fr. 39yo), Bettel (Lux. 44yo), Michel (Be. 41yo), Trudeau (Ca. 45yo) Where G7 Leaders stand Debate: EU reform: Will Eastern Europe be left behind? euro|topics Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel are setting the EU on course for reforms and deeper integration of the Eurozone. However countries in Central and … Read more

So what the police achieved here exactly?

This happened yesterday. An old woman who was protesting her son’s situation was detained like this…  In the meantime;  Turkey’s unemployment rate rises to 12.6 percent, youth unemployment to 23.3 percent in February Turkey’s unemployment rate was announced at 12.6 percent in the February period, with a 1.7 percent year-on-year increase, official data showed on May … Read more

“Attack is the best form of defense: “Turkey Sends Diplomatic Note to US Following Assault of Presidential Bodyguards…

Turkey Sends Diplomatic Note to US Following Assault of Presidential Bodyguards  Bianet :: English In the wake of Presidential bodyguards assaulting protesters in the US, Turkey has sent diplomatic note to the US on the grounds that the police stopping the bodyguards “caused a security weakness” Turkey Chides U.S. Envoy Over Handling of Brawl at Washington Protest … Read more