Day: October 8, 2013

Divan Hotel gets ?Hospitality Innovation Award? for sheltering Gezi Park protesters… A Social fabric roundup..

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Divan Hotel which sheltered Gezi Park protesters awarded PKF hotelexperts, based in Germany?s Munich, has awarded Turkey?s Divan Hotel with its ?Hospitality Innovation Award? ***************** Witness protection shields 273 in Turkey Close to 300 people are now living under Turkey?s witness protection program following procedures such as facial surgery Turkish government moves for shortening compulsory … Read more

Turkey says not aiding Qaeda-linked Syrian rebels…Hamas leader Mashaal in Ankara for talks with Erdoğan…

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Syria?s Assad is a terrorist, not a political figure anymore: Turkish PM Turkey prime minister?s has turned his guns once more on long-time nemesis Bashar al-Assad Erdogan taking Turkey back 1,000 years with ‘reforms’ nypost.com ? Amir Taheri ? 10/4/13 7:08 PM ? Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan this week unveiled his long-promised ?reform … Read more

Hüseyin Çelik, AKP spokesman, criticizes the decollete dress, the presenter fired…

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Turkish TV presenter fired due to decollete dress after AKP spokesperson?s criticism A television presenter has been dismissed due to her décolleté after ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesperson Hüseyin Çelik slammed her outfit. Çelik criticized the presenter?s costume during a TV program without giving a name, saying he found her dress ?extreme? with its … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: Why Tor matters…”78% of Twitter’s Users Are Outside the U.S….

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  What is Tor and why does it matter? We all live in public, at least as far as the US National Security Agency is concerned. As Internet users and global citizens become more aware of surveillance activities that the US and other countries are doing on the World Wide Web, there are those who seek to … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: Yerel(siz) seçim

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  Yerel(siz) seçim   Memleket bir kez daha, yerel seçim adı altında belki hiç görülmediği kadar tayin edici bir ön genel seçime gidiyor. Bütün hazırlıklar, paketler ve yeni yasalar bu hedef doğrultusunda tecelli ediyor. ?Seçim sathı maili? denilen ruh ve şuur hali. İşin en vahimi, merkezin idarî, malî ve siyasî vesayetinin ulaştığı boyutlar seçim sonuçlarının, bu sonuçlar ne … Read more