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Police raided a digital security workshop and detained 12 human rights activists, including director of Amnesty Turkey…
Human Rights Defenders Detained in Büyükada Bianet :: English Human rights advocates from various human rights organizations holding a training meeting in Büyükada on protection of human rights advocates were detained... Read more
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“Turkey backers” response to “Europe”: flooding social media with Nazi symbols…
‘Turkey backers’ target Amnesty, BBC and other major Twitter accounts BBC News | Europe | World Edition Hackers tweeted “Nazi Germany, Nazi Holland” from several official accounts in Turkish. Twitter accounts... Read more
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Domestically Ashamed in the Mavi Marmara case, Uneasy to challenge Russians, Turkey zeroes in on Iran…
Iranian-Turkish tug-of-war over Kurds al-monitor.com – Dec 13, 1:50 AM Author: Pinar Tremblay December 13, 2016 A few weeks before the devastating Dec. 10 twin bombings in Istanbul — for... Read more
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Document: UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression to his visit to Turkey, 14-18 November 2016…
Preliminary conclusions and observations by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression to his visit to Turkey, 14-18 November 2016 ohchr.org ANKARA (18... Read more
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For the record, Turkey trolled US: “Turkey issues travel warning to US amid Trump protests”
Turkey issues travel warning to US amid Trump protests The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a travel warning for the United States Nov. 12 amid ongoing demonstrations to protest the country’s newly... Read more
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Campaigns in solidarity with journalists in Turkey…
Turkey: Press freedom is essential for democracy, set journalism free! labourstartcampaigns.net In partnership with the International Federation of Journalists, which represents 600,000 journalists in 179 unions in 140 countries. It... Read more
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Main opposition party believes “1 million sufferers in post-coup process
CHP urges fair trial, cites 1 million sufferers in post-coup process The number of people who have suffered from the government’s “reckless measures” against suspected Gülenists within the civil service... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: “The U.S. will no longer have the final say on internet domain names…
Mozilla open-sourced its logo redesign, and here are the finalists The Next Web by Natt Garun In June, Mozilla announced that it would be redesigning its logo with the help of... Read more
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After all, “Pirate Bay is The King of Torrents Once Again
Pirate Bay is The King of Torrents Once Again TorrentFreak Hollywood hoped that it would never happen, but this week The Pirate Bay quietly turned thirteen years old. Torrentz Remains Down, But... Read more
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Anthropology roundup: “AAA Membership Votes Down Academic Boycott Resolution
AAA Membership Votes Down Academic Boycott Resolution June 6, 2016: In a close vote, the AAA membership voted against the resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions. Fifty-one percent of AAA’s... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: “The Intercept begins publishing Snowden doc
How We Prepared the NSA’s Sensitive Internal Reports for Release The Intercept The 166 articles we’re releasing today from an internal NSA publication,SIDtoday, were subjected to a careful process of research,... Read more
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Journalism agenda: #HaberNöbeti- In solidarity with journalists under threat “8 Journalists Head for Diyarbakır Wednesday for News Watch…
8 Journalists Head for Diyarbakır Wednesday for News Watch Bianet :: English News Watch organized by journalists to act in solidarity with their colleagues working in cities under curfew begins tomorrow.... Read more
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“Stiglitz at Davos Blasts Turkey’s Blacklisting of Professors” While Ankara Mayor’s son’s website targets academicians by listing them with photos…
Stiglitz at Davos Blasts Turkey’s Blacklisting of Professors Bloomberg – Isobel Finkel – Jan 21, 1:21 AM You can’t become a knowledge economy by going after your brightest minds. So... Read more
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After all anti-zionist hubbub, AKP is back to rapprochement with Israel…
Turkish official confirms talks, understanding with Israel Israel and Turkey have reached a preliminary agreement to normalize relations, including the return of ambassadors to both countries, Reuters quoted an Israeli official... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: European Commission Turkey Progress Report- “Key findings of the 2015 report on Turkey
Full document here European Commission – Fact Sheet Key findings of the 2015 report on Turkey Brussels, 10 November 2015 2015 enlargement package The report on Turkey is part of... Read more