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#Journalism agenda: “Hundreds of US newspapers denounce Trump’s attacks on the press…
Hundreds of US newspapers denounce Trump’s attacks on the press AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) More than 350 US news outlets join Boston Globe call to run editorials, addressing Trump’s ‘assault... Read more
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In a good news, Taner Kılıç of Amnesty released, as Turkey approaches EU “to buy some time before day of IMF reckoning
Taner Kilic: Amnesty Turkish chair to be released from prison BBC News | Europe | World Edition After 14 months in prison on terrorism charges, human rights activist Taner Kilic will... Read more
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#Europe agenda: “Boris Johnson burka row explained..”Heatwaves and more…
Boris Johnson burka row explained BBC News | Europe | World Edition Why the MP’s comments have sparked an internal Conservative Party investigation. Hungary and the end of democracy open Democracy News... Read more
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Qatar comes to help, Turkey Rejects 2nd Appeal to Release U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson and Turkish leaders saves the day…
#royalwedding pic.twitter.com/hw63imZmI9 — cahi (@cahidelil) August 15, 2018 Of course, this seems to be a short period of saving face for Turkish leaders… Qatar’s emir travels to Turkey in show of... Read more
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Tragically funny boycott calls and “terror figures on social media plotting” while negotiations continue. Turkey might just release Pastor Brunson…
Erdoğan says Turkey will boycott US electronic products World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul Turkish president issues defiant response amid slide in lira fuelled by standoff with US... Read more
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Amnesty campaign: #FreeShahidulAlam “The Bangladeshi authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Shahidul Alam
I met Mr. Alam in Berlin at a digital activism awards jury meeting. A nice and gentle person. I hope he will be released soon. Bangladesh: Release photographer and end... Read more
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Quoted in the CPJ report: “How Turkey silences journalists online, one removal request at a time
How Turkey silences journalists online, one removal request at a time By Ahmed Zidan/CPJ Digital Manager On June 19, Abdülhamit Bilici, the last editor-in-chief of the now-shuttered Turkish paper Zaman, tweeted about the... Read more
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Bracing for impact (for a possible “Black Monday”) tomorrow… [ Volumes Surge on Turkey’s Crypto Exchanges as Lira Tanks]
A selection of tweets below that might give the reader some clues… Volumes Surge on Turkey’s Crypto Exchanges as Lira Tanks CoinDesk Volumes Surge on Turkey’s Crypto Exchanges as Lira Tanks CoinDesk... Read more
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As the currency crisis deepens, Turkish leaders put all the blame on foreign interventions…
The son-in-law’s presentation today was utterly ridiculous. They are just making fun of citizens… Erdogan calls on Turks to buy lira ‘in response to economic war’ – video World news: Turkey |... Read more
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Turkish leadership refuses to accept economic crisis as 1 USD reaches 5.50 TRY…
1 us $ = 5.42 Turkish Lira&1 euro = 6.28 Turkish Lira — Peter Nut (@nipped) August 9, 2018 Erdoğan: "They may have their dollars, but we have our Allah."... Read more
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#Anthropology roundup: “Can Cryptocurrency Revolutionize the Rituals of Money?
Can Cryptocurrency Revolutionize the Rituals of Money? SAPIENS by Sara Ceraldi [no-caption] Andrew Baker/Getty Images Objects—pieces of paper, coins, lumps of precious metal—may serve as currency and represent specific monetary values, but what... Read more
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A substantive piece on purged academics: “Beyond the purge: How academics in Turkey are facing up to repression by reimagining education
Beyond the purge: How academics in Turkey are facing up to repression by reimagining education Journalist Elif Ince spoke with Derya Keskin, Ulaş Bayraktar and Julia Strutz about how some... Read more
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One of the toughest times in Turkey-US relations…
In the tranquility of life in Irvine, CA, I am reading the news of Turkey and US relations that are going through one of the toughest times. And of course,... Read more
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Call for Applications | Fact-Checking Summit Turkey 18
Doğruluk Payı, Turkey’s fact-checking site, a project of Izlemedeyiz (On Watch) Association, is inviting fact-checkers, journalists, and researchers to Antalya, Turkey. Launched in 2014, Doğruluk Payı has been advocating for a data-driven... Read more
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#Cyberculture agenda: “Authoritarians used to be scared of social media, now they rule it
Authoritarians used to be scared of social media, now they rule it Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow A new report from the Institute For the Future on “state-sponsored trolling” documents the rise and rise... Read more
