Year: 2012

Cyberculture roundup: United States Refuses to Sign UN Internet Treaty, Google Zeitgeist, Microsoft?s 2013 security predictions..and more

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United States Refuses to Sign UN Internet Treaty by Alex Fitzpatrick The US refuses to ratify the proposed UN telecom treaty over Internet regulatory worries by Alex Wilhelm   Unexpected Controversy Erupts at UN Internet Conference by Alex Fitzpatrick Compromise UN language on Internet regulation may still be too strong for the US delegation?s tastes … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: AK Parti Kürtlerini keşfediyor

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AK Parti Kürtlerini keşfediyor Taraf?a ?dindar Kürtler artık BDP?ye oy veriyor? diyen AK Parti Diyarbekir İl Başkanı Halit Advan dokuz köyden kovuldu. Partiye yakın olanlar Roboski katliamından bu yana, parti lügatçesiyle ?bölgede? oylarının eridiğini söylüyor. Yalçın Akdoğan bu bilgiye BDP?nin tezviratı dese de durumun sıkıntılı olduğu açık. Sağır sultanın aldığı duyumlar partide haydi haydi dile getiriliyordur. Ama belli de olmaz, Başbakana kötü … Read more

Önümüzdeki hafta Bilgi Üniversitesi’nde katılabileceğiniz 5 etkinlik:

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17 Aralık 2012, Ptesi 09:30-13:30 Betül Mardin hocanın koordinasyonunda: 17 Aralık 2012, Ptesi 19:00 Konuşmacı: Charlie Beckett (London School of Economics) Tarih: 17 Aralık 2012 Saat: 19:00 Yer: santralistanbul Kampüsü, E4-305 Seminer Medya ve İletişim Sistemleri Yüksek Lisans Programı tarafından düzenlenmiştir. Seminer dili İngilizce’dir ve çeviri hizmeti sunulamayacaktır. 18 Aralık 2012, Salı 15:00-17:00 İnternet ve Sosyal Medya Kullanımı Konuşmacı: Yrd. … Read more

Turkish FP roundup: from the model country issues to Kurdish oil…

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Assertive Turkey key to U.S. in shifting Middle East by Acturca Reuters (UK) Wednesday, December 12, 2012 by Nick Tattersall and Peter Apps (Washington/Istanbul) With its caustic rhetoric on Israel and its gold-for-gas trade with Iran, Turkey is not the deferential U.S. ally it once was as it carves out a growing role in the … Read more

Turkish politics roundup: More doubts on late Turkish President Özal?s death… Turkish PM toured the world four times in 2012

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Turkish PM toured the world four times in 2012 from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has traveled a total Doubts linger on late Turkish President Özal?s death from Hurriyet Daily News The plot thickens on the suspicious death of late Turkish President Turgut Özal as media reports suggest that.   Was … Read more

AKP leaders’ conservative assault on public continues with the polemic over ‘vagina’. A social roundup…

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Deputy PM argues with opposition deputy over the word ‘vagina’ from Hurriyet Daily News Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç has stirred controversy in the Turkish Parliament…   Turkey’s PM Attacks Popular TV Show from Yahoo news Turkey is witnessing something of a battle royal. The country?s most popular soap television series, “Magnificent Century,” is about … Read more

Ergenekon trial today. Gendarmerie fires pepper gas… a Human rights roundup.. .

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by @DikerMert FACTBOX-Turkey’s “Ergenekon” case draws to a close Reuters AlertNet The Ergenekon network was said to have been linked to the “Deep State”, militant secularists in key areas of Turkish life. * The investigation was initially spurred by seizure of 27 hand grenades in a police operation on a house in Istanbul’s Umraniye by @ilterjan Gendarmerie … Read more

Bu geceki @SosyalKafa da @burak @burakcifter ve @sarp_cakiroglu ile. “Davulculara kulak verip, siber güvenliğimizi de unutmadan, güncel teknoloji ve sosyal medya yeniliklerini inceliyoruz.

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SosyalKafa?da bu akşam, davulculara kulak verip, siber güvenliğimizi de unutmadan, güncel teknoloji ve sosyal medya yeniliklerini inceliyoruz. SosyalKafa?nın sekizinci bölümünde; Teknoloji ve mobilite konusundaki son model yenilikleri ve ilginç fikirleri konuşuyoruz. Biraz müzik deyip davulcu muhabbetlerine kulak veriyoruz. Peki bunları yaparken internetim güvende mi sorusunu da atlamıyoruz ve siber güvenlik hakkında bilglerimizi güncelliyoruz. SosyalKafa?da bu … Read more

New Turkish Airlines Ad: “Kobe vs Messi: Legends on Board”

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Kobe vs Messi: Legends on Board – Turkish Airlines http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruav0KvQOOg Turkish Airlines – ”The best airline in Europe” continues to fly with the best! Our new TV commercial which stars Kobe Bryant and Leo Messi is now live! Enjoy! Messi becomes ?brand ambassador? for Turkish Airlines Living football legend Lionel Messi has been named a … Read more

UK based Academic sources for Comics studies.

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I stole the information from the MECCSA mailing list:) the UK already has a well established Comics Scholars network centred on Comics Forum (2009 on). For anyone interested in this key academic comics organisation, more info can be found at http://comicsforum.org/about/ CF is also linked in with other UK comics research organisations, such as the International Bande … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: Suriye Ermenileri/Yargının toplumla sınavı/Simpsonlar

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Suriye Ermenileri   Komşuda cereyan eden korkunç içsavaş sade Sünnîleri etkilemiyor. Adı üstünde içsavaş ve iş çığrından çıkmış vaziyette. Türkiye?deki resmî empati Antakya ve Anteb?e sığınmak zorunda kalmış olan ekseriyetle Sünnî Suriyelilerle sınırlı. Birkaç sivil kuruluş dışında toplumun derin bir üzüntü içinde olduğu da söylenemez. Suriye?deki içsavaştan etkilenenler arasında Sünnî kardeşlerimizin yanında bu toprakların eski vatandaşları … Read more

Turkey’s glorious Human Rights Record 2012 by Bianet…Army suicides… a roundup…

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Turkey’s Human Rights Record 2012 – Part I from Bianet :: English On the occasion of World Human Rights Day, Turkey’s two main human rights organizations released their annual torture reports, complaining that impunity on several torture cases encouraged the ongoing human tragedy in Turkey. Turkey’s Human Rights Record 2012 – Part II from Bianet … Read more

Rumeysa Kiger (@rumeysakiger): Culture remains a field for power struggles as AK Party marks 10th year

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Culture remains a field for power struggles as AK Party marks 10th year PM Erdoğan calling sculptor Mehmet Aksoy?s ?Monument to Humanity? (on the left) in the eastern Turkish province of Kars a ?monstrosity? resulted in the monument being demolished in 2011 by the local municipality, while the premier?s remarks earlier this year on his … Read more

İnci Pastanesi is another sign. Conservative politics relies on mallification/massive developmentalist policies to replace existing urban heritage… Istanbul news roundup…

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  Malling Turkey?s Heritage by Jenny White Image from WowTurkey.com I just heard that the venerable Inci Pastanesi, the bakery and cafe that opened by Luka Zigoris in 1944 and was a destination for generations seeking Turkey?s best profiterole, has been evicted from its premises on Istiklal Boulevard….   Famous Istanbul patisserie, one of the … Read more

Honoring Lady Ada Lovelace, world?s first computer programmer..How to Use Creative Commons Visuals.. A cyberculture roundup…

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Honouring computing?s 1843 visionary, Lady Ada Lovelace from The Official Google Blog by A Googler Last year, a group of us were lucky enough to visit the U.K. Prime Minister?s residence at 10 Downing Street, as part of the Silicon Valley Comes to the U.K. initiative. While there, we asked about some of the paintings … Read more