Doğu demokrasisi “Demokrasi Batı’da, farklı insanlara farklı anlamlar ifade eder. Ama Asya’da demokrasi, vatandaşların özgür ve adil seçimlere hakları olduğu ve böylece kendi hükümetlerini seçme hakkına sahip oldukları anlamına gelir. Bir hükümet seçildiğinde, o hükümet politika saptama, uygulama ve kısaca hükümet etme konusunda serbest olmalıdır. (…) Vatandaşlar, seçme haklarının aynı zamanda sınırlar ve sorumluluklar … Read more
Turkish President Erdoğan dismisses new iPhone: ‘Same as the last’ Erdoğan brushed off the frenzy surrounding Apple’s new iPhone 6, saying it was much the same as its iPhone 5 predecessor Turkey’s PKK peace process ‘at risk’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition Turkey’s role in Syria may put peace deal with its Kurds at risk … Read more
Make or break week begins for the Juncker Commission EurActiv.com The next 10 days could make or break a plan to reshape the European Union under new management, in an attempt to revive the economy and regain trust among its half-billion people. Belgium’s complex web of democracy BBC News | Europe | World Edition Exploring Belgium’s … Read more
Advocates for News Media to Meet Turkish Officials NYT > Turkey by By RICK GLADSTONE Two advocacy groups left for Turkey to meet with the officials, who may include Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ************* Turkey: Journalists targeted with altered imagery Mapping Media Freedom in Europe – Ankara, Çankaya, Ankara, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey, 174.52 Kms … Read more
Turkey launches its own brand, logo ‘Turkey, Discover the Potential’ brand is aimed to become a joint identity mark for Turkish goods In other news: US-led raids hit jihadist oil as al-Nusra threatens reprisals US-led warplanes kept up strikes on oil sites funding ISIL, as al-Qaeda’s Syria affiliate threatened reprisals after a key operative was reported killed … Read more
Kadıköy is one of the busy, secular and settled district in the Anatolian side of Istanbul. It is governed by CHP, main opposition party, but water supply is provided by İSKİ, of Istanbul Municipality of AKP, governing party. 4 days is a bit long time and probably intentional… A Kadıköy resident, Cem Hakverdi @cmhkvrd_ published some photos: kadıköy’de 4 gündür su yok. … Read more
Gov’t frees headscarf for students, bans make-up, tattoos and piercings Hurriyet Daily News A government decree changing the regulation on the dress code in public schools is published in the Official Gazette Turkey is Building 207 Prisons, 103 Courthouses Bianet :: English Justice Ministry has announced that they will build 207 new prisons and 103 courthouses with … Read more
Alternative Informatics Association’s Censorship and Digital Surveillance in Turkey Country Report September-2014 There is Censorship on the Internet and Freedom of Expression is Restricted in Turkey. With the central filter implemented and public access points being arbitrarily censored/filtered, the blocking of Internet access in Turkey has turned into an escalating mechanism for the censorship/control of Internet … Read more
US-led strikes hit jihadists attacking Syria Kurd town on Turkish border The US-led coalition hit Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets around a Syrian town on the Turkish border where tens of thousands have fled a jihadist assault Turkey ‘to do whatever needed’ in anti-ISIL coalition, Erdoğan says President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has given … Read more
Turkey is doing her best to be selfie champions… if you don’t believe here is the video. ***************** Turkeys turtle beach, saved from bulldozers in the 1980s, faces new threat from developers World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Liz Boulter The 91-year-old Englishwoman who famously saved the beach a key nesting site for loggerhead turtles … Read more
Ello Cofounder Doesn’t Think Facebook Is a Social Network Mashable! by Karissa Bell Ello, the independent, invitation-only and ad-free social network that went viral almost overnight, is often compared to Facebook. Indeed, the still-nascent social network has already gained a reputation as the “anti-Facebook.” Everything you need to know about Ello, the latest trendy social network … Read more
Turkish Leader Erdogan’s Misstep in NYC huffingtonpost.com – Stephen Schlesinger – Sep 17, 5:56 PM – The president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has a problem. Through his battles at home in recent years to ward off criminal investigations of his administration, his insistence on dismissing wiretaps that show he and his aides involved … Read more
Snowden on winning the alternative Nobel prize media/anthropology by John Postill via The Guardian Edward Snowden issues a recorded statement after being awarded Sweden’s Right Livelihood Honorary Award, dubbed the ‘alternative Nobel Prize’. The National Security Agency whistleblower says he accepts the award on behalf of those who risked their lives to help ‘resist unlawful … Read more
Turkey’s EU strategy creates action plan for accession Turkey’s new EU strategy, which is ostensibly designed to accelerate the EU accession process, was published in the Official Gazette on Sept. 25 Isis onslaught against Kurds in Syria brings man-made disaster into Turkey World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Constanze Letsch In the border town of Suruç, there … Read more
Belki başına Bilgi’de demeliydik. Daha çok Bilgi İletişim’de yapılan ödevlerden ya da tezlerden derlediğimiz ekitap serisinin ikinci kitabı yayında. Ben, Anıl Sayan ve Vehbi Görgülü’nün editörlüğünde seriye devam edeceğiz. Aslında amacımız sırf Bilgi İletişim değildi ama doğal ortamımız bu olduğundan ilk iki kitapta baskın eğilim bu oldu. Bu satırları okuyan ve bundan sonraki kitaplara katkıda bulunma arzusunda … Read more