Cengiz Aktar: Suriye ile nereye?

Suriye ile nereye? Salı hutbelerinin yerini iftar konuşmaları aldı. Son salvolar Suriye?ye ve elbet Kürtlere. ?Yanı başımızda Suriye?deki gelişmeler artık sınırlarımızı da aşmak suretiyle zaman zaman ülkemiz içerisinde de ölümlere neden olmaktadır. Bu hassasiyeti ortaya koyuyor. Sabırlıyız, sabrediyoruz. Ama nereye kadar? Onu şu anda burada sizlerle paylaşacak durumda değilim.? Bu esrarengiz son cümle, ?acaba hükümet … Read more

Iroan Maiden and Anthrax in Istanbul tonight!

The police pose with Iron Maiden members:) via @serhatucak update: This photo was taken 2 years ago. From the previous concert… uğdate2: Rammstein is better at fireworks. Let the Ed play more… Hurriyet Daily News 12h  //  keep unread  //  preview Istanbul gets ready to rock with Iron Maiden concert Iron Maiden will be in Istanbul tonight as part of the … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: “Record 60% of Europeans ‘tend not to trust’ EU

Record 60% of Europeans ‘tend not to trust’ EU The number of Europeans who distrust the European Union has doubled over the past six years to a record high, with bailed-out Greeks and Cypriots having the least faith in the bloc, according to a new Eurobarometer poll. An economic crisis, record unemployment and five eurozone … Read more

Revenge politics in Turkey. “Financial inspectors, police raid biggest Turkish firm owned by Koç

Financial inspectors, police raid biggest Turkish firm owned by Koç Finance officials reportedly staged a raid at Koç Holding?s Tüpraş due to allegations of manufacturing smuggled fuel ***************** Turkey probes tax affairs of Koc energy firms Turkey’s government has launched a probe into the tax affairs of energy firms affiliated with one of the country’s … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Utku Kali, a Turkish soldier, may face 25 years in jail for leaking ‘Reyhanlı bombing files’

Turkish soldier may face 25 years in jail for leaking ‘Reyhanlı bombing files’ A military prosecutor has demanded 25 years imprisonment for the gendarme accused of leaking secret documents on the Reyhanlı bombings-linked terrorist activities   ********* This year?s Internet Villain is: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Our prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was named Internet Villain … Read more

Ah well, Turkey blames Israel for breakdown… a FP roundup…

Turkey blames Israel for breakdown ANKARA, Turkey, July 25 (UPI) — Turkey’s deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc blames Israel for failing to reach agreement on compensation for Mavi Marmara victims.   Turkey won?t accept Israel?s ex gratia payment as compensation in Mavi Marmara case Israel insists on redressing the Mavi Marmara victims’ damages with ?ex … Read more

NSA Surveillance “legally” continues…while UK government thinks of ridiculous anti-porn proposals….

Morning Brief: House Defeats Effort to Rein In NSA Surveillance House Defeats Effort to Rein In NSA Surveillance Top news: The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly defeated a bill that would have restricted how the National Security Agency (NSA) gathers phone records on millions of Americans. The 217-to-205 vote represented a victory for … Read more

Zete’den: “Gazeteciler Abbasağa’da sansürü konuştu

Sansürün kaldırılışının 105’inci yıldönümünde Gazeteciler Forumu’nun çağrısıyla dün Abbasağa Parkı’nda Banu Güven, Ahmet Şık ve Mehveş Evin gibi isimlerin katılımıyla özellikle Gezi Parkı olayları kapsamında sansür konuşuldu.   [View the story “Gazeteciler Abbasağa’da sansürü konuştu” on Storify]

Today’s attack on women: Keep Pregrant women out of sight… A social fabric roundup- #DirenHamile

Pregnant women?s presence in public is ?disgraceful,? says Turkish lawyer Turkish lawyer said that it was immoral for pregnant women with huge bellies to reveal themselves in public #direnhamile (#resistpregnant) Reacting upon advocate Inançer?s remarks ?Women shouldn?t wonder in streets while pregnant?, scores of women in Istanbul and Ankara are preparing to put pillows in their … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: “New debts despite austerity policy

MAIN FOCUS: New debts despite austerity policy | 24/07/2013 The debts of the Eurozone countries continue to grow. Despite harsh austerity measuresthey amounted to 92.2 percent of the GDP in the first quarter – four percentage points more than the previous year, Eurostat announced on Monday. Commentators see this as proof that the stringent austerity … Read more

PM Erdoğan continues to dehumanize Gezi Occupiers by labelling them as ‘pitiful rodents’

  Turkish PM compares protesters to ‘pitiful rodents’ for calls to damage the economy PM Erdoğan slammed those who suggested to stop consuming in order to harm the government by comparing them to ‘pitiful rodents’   Turkish PM denounces ‘barbarian’ calls to damage economy and harm the gov’t PM Erdoğan slammed those who suggested to … Read more

Yavuz Baydar, the veteran journalist, another victim of pressure on media as Turkey now 154th in world press freedom index…

Turkish paper fires readers’ editor after refusing to publish his columns The veteran Turkish journalist Yavuz Baydar has been fired from the daily newspaper Sabah, where he was its readers’ editor, after two of his columns were rejected for publication. On the first occasion on 24 June, Baydar wrote a column that criticised the government’s handling … Read more

AntiKapitalist Müslümanlar (@kamuder) SosyalKafa’nın konuğuydu.

  16 Temmuz 2013 tarihli SosyalKafa’da AntiKapitalist Müslümanlar diye bilinen grubun 2 dönem sözcüsü Özgür Kazım Kıvanç ve Fatma Kurcan Doğan’ı konuk ettik….

Bu akşamki (23 Temmuz) @SosyalKafa @Cafenetd

  NSF/PRISM skandalı bağlamında dijital gözetim meseleleri ana konumuz olacak. Edward Snowden’ın konumunu da tartışacağız. Tartışmaya Marmara Üniversitesi Bilgisayar Müh. Bölümü / Alternatif Bilişim Derneği’nden Doç. Dr. Melih Kırlıdoğ gelecek. Ayrıca Ömer Atakoğlu ve Orkut Murat Yılmaz da katkıda bulunacak. Ömer Atakoğlu (Alternatif bilişim/ nemedya eşkurucu / aktivist) (twitter.com/omeratakoglu) ile Drupal yazılımı üzerinde de duracağız. Programın son bölümünde … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: 64 journalists under arrest…Turkey coup case defendants deprived of liberty

UN group says Turkey coup case defendants deprived of liberty The United Nations-mandated Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has released its opinion on the ?Balyoz? (Sledgehammer) coup plot case 64 journalists under arrest, Turkish main opposition announces There are 64 journalists under arrest and another 123 are facing trial on charges of terrorism, the Republican … Read more