Beyhes Evren (@BeyhesEvren): Borgman 2013

Borgman 2013 Bu yıl Cannes Film Festivalinde de gösterilen ve bu yıl Türkiye?de İF İstanbul ile izleyiciyle buluşacaktır. Hazır filmi izlemişken biraz filmi tanıtmak istedim. Film; yalnız, işsiz güçsüz ve başıboş gezen Camiel Borgman?nın hikayesidir. Borgman burjuva hayat tarzının tam karşıtı olan bir karakterdir. Borgman o kadar aykırı bir tiptir ki filmi izlediğiniz zaman toprağın … Read more

Not all happy with Julian Moore representing Turkey…

Opposition deputy slams choice of Julianne Moore to promote Turkey   An opposition deputy has slammed the choice of a Hollywood star for ‘using a woman?s body to promote the country’ *************** Inquiétudes sur les émergents : la Turquie dévisse   L?Opinion (France) 30 Jan 2014, p. 1 Pascal Airault et Cyrille Lachevre Les devises … Read more

Now that no need any more, “No need for special courts, says Turkish President Gül.. News from Turkey…

French President Fracois Hollande (left) with Turkish President Abdullah Gul No need for special courts, says Turkish President Gül President Gül has welcomed the government?s move to abolish specially authorized courts Court rejects controversial police officer?s removal over negligence in Dink’s murder The court challenged the interior ministry?s defense and recalled that Akyürek received two … Read more

Beyhes Evren (@beyhesevren): YAŞ 58 HAYAT DEVAM EDİYOR: Gloria

YAŞ 58 HAYAT DEVAM EDİYOR: Gloria 63. Berlin Film Festivali?nde, Gloria karakterini canlandıran Paulina Garci?ya ya En İyi Kadın Oyuncu ödülünü kazandıran film Güney Amerika sinemasının kült filmleri arasına girebilme potansyaline sahiptir. Film için yalnız kadınların filmi de dememiz mümkündür. Film Şili?de 58 yaşında özgür bir dul kadın olan Gloria?nın hayatı üzerine kurulmuş bir filmdir. … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: Story of how Naoki Hiroshima lost his Twitter handle, @N

Social Engineering Always Wins: An Epic Hack, Revisited   Naoki Hiroshima’s gripping account of how he was forced to give up his single character Twitter handle, @N, to an attacker re-exposes a fundamentally unaddressed issue of how easily companies’ customer support systems can be tricked into handing out password resets. PayPal denies providing payment information … Read more

The Tarlabaşı Community Centre is still looking for sponsors… İstanbul’s passes 14,2 million…Istanbul news roundup…

The Tarlabaşı Community Centre is still looking for sponsors   For several reasons ? some technical issues and a dire lack of time ? the blog has been on hiatus for much too long, but what better reason to revive it than another plea for help for the embattled Tarlabaşı Community Centre ? The centre … Read more

Necdet Ünüvar: The AKP deputy behind Turkey’s repressive Internet Law

The proposed law is still under discussion at the Turkish parliament as of tonight.  Prof. Necdet Ünüvar is a professor of NOT communication but medicine. He started his political career in Ministry of Health. Later he became a deputy of AKP from the city of Adana. He seems to have moved his attention to new … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: “Ukrainian Prime Minister Resigns …

  Morning Brief: Ukrainian Prime Minister Resigns as Parliament Repeals Anti-Protest Law   Ukrainian Prime Minister Resigns as Parliament Repeals Anti-Protest Law Don?t be fooled by Yanukovich?s ?concessions? The West should not be fooled by what looks as ?concessions? by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich to the opposition, writes Lesya Orobets.   Lesya Orobets is a Ukrainian politician … Read more

Nice touch: “Prosecutors who launched Turkey?s graft probe removed from case

Prosecutors who launched Turkey?s graft probe removed from case amid fresh purge   90 of the 192 prosecutors in Istanbul?s Çağlayan Courthouse were reassigned, including two prosecutors in charge of the graft probe launched on Dec. 17   Turkish PM Erdoğan accuses Gülen movement of trying to ?steal national will?   Erdoğan has implicitly slammed … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: “All special courts to be scrapped before local elections… Possible Balyoz re-trial…

Key evidence in Turkey?s Balyoz coup case ?fabricated,? expert report says   Turkey?s science watchdog said that the date of key files on a hard drive have been modified Balyoz convicts demand retrial upon expert report on altered evidence   Twelve people convicted in the Balyoz coup plot case have demanded a retrial after a … Read more

Erdoğan in holograms

Several montage videos popped up… Check out the comments for other versions… Post by Erkan’s Field Diary. Recep Tayyip Erdogan: the Turkish prime minister who isn’t all there The scandal-dogged politician appeared to supporters at a rally in the form of a hologram Name: Recep Tayyip Erdogan Age: 59 Appearance: Fleeting, evanescent. Is he a … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: Cumhurbaşkanı Hollande

Cumhurbaşkanı Hollande Fransa?nın cumhurbaşkanı François Hollande dün ve bugün memlekette, resmî ziyarette. Resmî yani devlet ziyareti ve önemli zira en son benzer ziyaret Nisan 1992?ye kadar geri gidiyor. Görülmüş şey değil. Bu yakınlıkta olup Fransız cumhurbaşkanlarının bir türlü ziyaret edemediği başka bir civar memleket yok. Üstelik 1992?deki ziyaretçi François Mitterrand iktidarının son demlerinde gelebilmişti ancak. Ziyaretinin ana … Read more

Akademik Bilişim 2014 Programı – 1-7 Şubat 2014 Mersin Üniversitesi

“Anadolu Bilişim Fırtınası bu yıl Mersinde Esiyor!” Akademik Bilişim 2014 Programı yayınlandı 1-7 Şubat 2014 Mersin Üniversitesi ab.org.tr/ab14/       ab2014.mersin.edu.tr, Üniversitelerde bilgi teknolojileri konusunda ilgili grupları biraraya getirerek, bilgi teknolojileri altyapısı, kullanımı, eğitimi ve üretimini tüm boyutlarıyla tanıtmak, tartışmak, tecrübeleri paylaşmak, ve ortak politika oluşturmak amaçlarıyla ulusal boyutta yapılan Akademik Bilişim konferansı dizisinin 16.sı 1-7 Şubat’ta Mersin … Read more

The European Journalism Centre releases the Verification Handbook #emjo

Website: http://verificationhandbook.com Twitter hashtag: #emjo Press Release For Immediate Release 28 January 2014 Maastricht, the Netherlands – The European Journalism Centre (EJC) has released the Verification Handbook, the first ever guide for using user-generated content (UGC) during humanitarian emergencies. Whether it is debunking images of ?street sharks? during Hurricane Sandy, or determining the veracity of videos that depict … Read more

Erdoğan awarded as the Internet Villain of 2013 by The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA)

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has today unveiled the full winners list from last night?s 15th annual 2013 Internet Industry Awards, which saw the award for ?Best Superfast Broadband? go to London ISPHyperoptic and the gong for ?Best Consumer Fixed Broadband? being won by Sky Broadband…. Elsewhere Recep Erdogan (Turkish Prime Minister) bagged the infamous gong for Internet … Read more