Initial election results/observations #secim2011 #secimtakip

Check out many election day related photos here. There were rumors of election violations especially in Kurdish cities and in Ankara… We have tried to list them as many as possible at our election monitoring project. Kurdish led Left-bloc Independents are expected to win more than 20 seats, that is good news. Votes in Eastern … Read more

Beste Önkol’dan seçim gözlemleri #secimtakip

Bu seçimde birçok yenilik ve ilklerin yaşanacağı çok zayılıp çizilmişti… İşte benim gözlemlediğim aksaklıklar.. Neler olacaktı neler oldu… KABİNLER: Seçimlerde kullanılacak oy verme kabinleri; eni 120, boyu 120, yüksekliği 180 cm, portatif, hafif metal profil üzerinde, bir tarafı açılıp kapanabilir ve içini göstermeyen koyu renk dayanıklı sentetik kumaşla kaplı, kolay taşınabilir ve katlanabilir olacak şekilde yapılacak. Ben ilkokulda … Read more

“Happy Turks” go to elections. A social roundup. [no election news here though]

According to a Pew survey, Turks are mostly satisfied with the state of affairs in Turkey… All we hear is just some noise, everything is fine, it seems:) Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan speaks to media after casting his vote at a polling station in Istanbul June 12, 2011. Turks began voting in an election … Read more

It is the election day in Turkey…

Just had breakfast with the family. My parents already voted. Now I and my sister is to leave home to vote. Then I intend to start special election coverage here:) Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister and the leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), throws flowers to his supporters during an election rally in … Read more

updated: Resources to follow elections in Turkey @secimtakip

p.s. This post to be updated with new info… Of course, first of all our own project (!) See details here. Secim Takip Project site here. Al Jazeera started special coverage on Turkey elections. here.   Google has a special page to present Election related search information. Here. *********** In cooperation with Dipnot.TV, Tivibu will … Read more

Towards elections: A list of election survey results and more…

And a stats of Turkish voters in previous elections can be found in as a graph in this article in Turkish… Turkish Elections 2011: The Blog View by Yigal Schleifer With the Turkish elections set for Sunday, I’ve asked Aengus Collins, the man behind the very intelligent and informative “Istanbul Notes” blog to answer some … Read more

Metalkafa – 6. Bölüm (Metalkafa podcast)

Buyrun, indirin, dinleyin, metalkafa-6

Cengiz Aktar: Demokrasi mihrakları ileri demokrasiye karşı #secimtakip

Cengiz Aktar: Demokrasi mihrakları ileri demokrasiye karşı A worker changes a billboard which displays Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s election campaign banner in Istanbul June 10, 2011. Turkey will hold parliamentary elections on June 12. Erdogan’s campaign banner reads, “Stability proceeds, Turkey grows” REUTERS/Murad Sezer Yıllardır Avrupalı liberaller, Yeşiller, sosyal demokratlar, hatta komünistler ne aralarında … Read more

şöyle bir etkinlik var: “Türkiyeli Blogcular Buluşması

Özellikle haber ağırlıklı blogların işleneceği bir etkinlik. Ben de konuşmacılar arasındayım…

Fransiz Kaldım: Türk gençleri apolitik mi?

Türk gençleri apolitik mi? Türkiye?ye geldiğimde Fransa?ya ve benzeyen ülkelere neden « Yaşlı Avrupa » söylendiğini gözlerimle anladım… Yaşlıyız çünkü ! İstatistikleri biliyordum, yani Türkiye?de ortalama yaşın 29, Fransa?da 40 olduğunu. Ama bu gençliğin ortasında yaşamak apayrı bir şeydir. Nasıl desem… Ben 25 yaşındayım. Tamamen psikolojik, farkındayım, ama Türkiye?de bir genç olarak kendimi daha güçlü … Read more

Beste Önkol: Lezzeti kadar kıymetini de bilmek…

İstanbul?un Bebek semtiyle özdeşleşmiş, bazem ezmesi denilince akla gelen yeri şüphesiz Bebek Badem Ezmesi. 1904 yılında Mudanyalı Mehmet Ali Bey tarafından açılan ve bugün 3?üncü kuşak Sevim İşgüder tarafından işletilen marka bir asrı aşkın süredir ayın lezzeti sunarken gıda şirketleri başta olmak üzere pek çok yeni iş adamı ve holdingin de son gözdesi. Zamana meydan … Read more

Euro roundup: e.coli, crisis in Greece, Eurozone crisis, e-G8, and more…

It?s not normal that Europeans go looking for serious debate and see MEP?s cucumber from Public Affairs 2.0 by fhbrussels Image courtesy of European Parliament From our bent bananas to nutritious and safe Spanish cucumbers we love our fruit and vegetables here in the Brussels bubble. So much so it seems that our elected representatives … Read more

Initial phases of Anonymous attack not powerful… #operationturkey

It seems that Turkey prepar[ed] for pre-election Anonymous cyber attack well for the moment. Relatively speaking… otherwise, some sites are already down… However, this “preparation” might be the work of nationalist Turkish hackers who are in turn claimed to have attacked Anonymous sites. This had probably weaken the latter’s attack. I need to have a … Read more

Twitter timeline’ımdan Anonymous saldırısı ya da başarısızlığının ilk dakikaları…

http://twitter.com/#!/pelikli/status/78839890363686912 http://twitter.com/#!/pelikli/status/78839890363686912 http://twitter.com/#!/guventurks/status/78840923567566848 http://twitter.com/#!/pelikli/status/78840895729963008 http://twitter.com/#!/guventurks/status/78840747117379584 http://twitter.com/#!/ekina/status/78840133897551872 http://twitter.com/#!/burakerbas/status/78840709452537856 http://twitter.com/#!/Nakdas/status/78840282912792576 http://twitter.com/#!/selinkunt/status/78840113794256896 http://twitter.com/#!/ozuckan/status/78841424312926208 http://twitter.com/#!/Nakdas/status/78841327739076608 http://twitter.com/#!/mmcakir/status/78840968467587072 http://twitter.com/#!/denizergurel/status/78841706799312896 http://twitter.com/#!/Anon_Central/status/78681704788791297 http://twitter.com/#!/denizergurel/status/78842528757071872 http://twitter.com/#!/cerensek/status/78842524004917248 http://twitter.com/#!/SernurY/status/78842517390508032 http://twitter.com/#!/SernurY/status/78842517390508032 http://twitter.com/#!/MustafaOguz/status/78840074925645824 http://twitter.com/#!/Nakdas/status/78843170833711105 http://twitter.com/#!/hsncomert/status/78842566384164865 http://twitter.com/#!/elifsudagezer/status/78843508257079296 http://twitter.com/#!/ntv/status/78842517805735936 http://twitter.com/#!/ilimadami/status/78844512297943040 http://twitter.com/#!/baybarsorsek/status/78844209494364160 http://twitter.com/#!/nhacizade/status/78843253822205952 http://twitter.com/#!/koraykocabas/status/78844133350977536 http://twitter.com/#!/nihgun/status/78843842710863875 http://twitter.com/#!/SernurY/status/78844895627980800 http://twitter.com/#!/ilimadami/status/78845742529249280 http://twitter.com/#!/denizergurel/status/78846014387261440 http://twitter.com/#!/hakanetwork/status/78846018938077184 http://twitter.com/#!/kaanokcuoglu/status/78846248471367680 http://twitter.com/#!/_AEY_/status/78846921455845376 http://twitter.com/#!/GurkanOzturan/status/78846205311991809 http://twitter.com/#!/protonelektron/status/78847771108585472 http://twitter.com/#!/ilimadami/status/78847860334002176 http://twitter.com/#!/adil_ilhan/status/78847890713362433 http://twitter.com/#!/ilimadami/status/78848220939300864 http://twitter.com/#!/protonelektron/status/78848406893756417 http://twitter.com/#!/erdemdilbaz/status/78848567380410368 http://twitter.com/#!/sosyalmedyaco/status/78849134618095616 http://twitter.com/#!/kzmataer/status/78849370052771842 http://twitter.com/#!/_AEY_/status/78845624438636544

Another attack (!): “Wall Street Journal likens Turkish PM Erdoğan to Malaysia’s Mahathir

Wall Street Journal likens Turkish PM Erdoğan to Malaysia’s Mahathir by ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires An editorial published by the The Wall Street Journal on Thursday has likened PM Erdoğan to former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad, who is known for his anti-Semitic rhetoric. Turkey’s EU minister rejects accusations of ‘autocratic tendency’ Today’s Zaman … Read more