From Turkey with love 2- Turkey’s top religious body takes time to slam ‘Jedi religion’

Turkey’s top religious body slams ‘Jedi religion’ After recently slamming the warped theology of the ISIL, Turkey’s top religious body may have another formidable enemy: The Jedi ‘Green Road’ construction protested in Rize A group of protesters read a press statement near the Rize Governor’s office against the decision to resume the construction of a road project … Read more

From Turkey with love 1- Irish tourist that kicks abusive storeowners’ asses become an instant hero

This was the wish of many Turkish citizens. The Irish man can kick taxi drivers’ asses, too… Social media reactions here. [mostly in Turkish] In yet another case: Turkish woman feeds 35 Syrian refugees, leaves restaurant without paying A heart-warming story in Istanbul turned into a heart-breaking one for a business owner, when a local woman … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “Car information security is a complete wreck…

Pirate Music Site Op Pleads Guilty, Faces Five Years in Prison TorrentFreak Over the past five years, Operation in Our Sites, the U.S. initiative tackling copyright-infringing websites, has produced several arrests and the seizure of thousands of domains.   Car information security is a complete wreck — here’s why  Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Sean Gallagher’s long, … Read more

Filiz Taylan Yüzak (@ftaylanyuzak): Meraklısına Çeşme Cep Rehberi

Meraklısına Çeşme Cep Rehberi Efendiiim, “Çeşme Vakti Geldii, Ahalii!” başlıklı yazımın devamı niteliğinde, Çeşme’de benim sevdiklerimin listesi aşağıda. Buyrun tepe tepe kullanın! 🙂 Gidilebilecek plajlar: Sıcacık suyu olan, Maldivler mavisi ama dalgalı deniz sevenlereIlıca Halk Plajı (giriş bedava, duş 2 tl, kendi şemsiye ve sandalyelerinizi götürebilirsiniz, ama kiralanacak şezlong-şemsiye de var) Burada içine ılıca suyu akan noktayı bulun … Read more

At least 8 killed in Hopa, Artvin floods partially caused by environmental damage by dam constructions…

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November snap poll announced while “Civilian entry blocked in 127 eastern Turkish zones since early June…

Civilian entry blocked in 127 eastern Turkish zones since early June Some 127 zones in 15 provinces in eastern Turkey have so far been declared “temporary military secure zones,” amid tightened security measures against outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attacks Turkey to vote in November snap poll BBC News | Europe | World Edition Snap elections are … Read more

Anthropology roundup: ““Anthropology” in the Snowden Surveillance Archive

“Anthropology” in the Snowden Surveillance Archive  Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by Adam Fish A search for “anthropology” in the Snowden Surveillance Archive results in two hits. Both documents were created and presented by the UK GCHQ’s Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group (JTRIG) which sees anthropology as a method with … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: [Probably a futile attempt:] “Merkel, Hollande urge unified EU response to refugee crisis

Merkel, Hollande urge unified EU response to refugee crisis  EurActiv.com A new wave of migrants began entering the European Union from Serbia Monday (24 August), as the leaders of France and Germany called for a unified response to the continent’s biggest migrant crisis since World War II. Migrants in Kos Inspire Both Hospitality and Anger in Greeks … Read more

Ayşe Özer: Nefes: Vatan sağ olmasın!

Nefes: Vatan sağ olmasın! Analar evlatlarının boynundan alır kokusunu. “Evlat kokusu, cennet kokusudur” der büyükler. Analar, cennet ayaklarının altına serilsin diye sermezler ömürlerini evlatlarının önüne, onlar yanıbaşlarındaki cennetin, evlatlarının varlığının mutluluğuyla yetinirler. Canından bir parça denilmez, canından öte candır evlat anaya. Baba, evdeki otoritedir, sevilmesi izne tabidir. Sevdiğini göstermez çocuklarına, maksat şımarmasınlar. Velakin bir zarar … Read more

Journalism agenda: “Native apps still matter in the Age of Distribution

New Pew survey: Not all Twitter users tweet news, but those who do tweet a lot of it  Nieman Journalism Lab by Shan Wang A study published last month confirmed what we already know: Americans across all demographics are increasingly getting their news from Facebook and Twitter. Nearly two-thirds of Facebook and Twitter users saying they … Read more

A maths teacher @ekolhoca uses @Periscopeco for educational purposes and already covered in the Independent…

Ekol Hoca, from Izmir in Turkey, is not an ordinary maths teacher. Every day he’s at the whiteboard by 5.30am, ready to instruct more than 1,000 students via the livestreaming app Periscope – and he doesn’t even get paid for it. Continue to read here ********* Housing, food and transport total over half of household spending … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: “Schengen in crisis…

Playing dirty in the EU Referendum Ideas on Europe Carb-loading for the autumn ahead Schengen in danger, Germany warns  EurActiv.com France’s President François Hollande and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss quotas for accepting migrants at their meeting today (24 August), French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said yesterday. MAIN FOCUS: Schengen criticised after attack in Thalys | 24/08/2015 euro|topics … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “Most popular programming languages shift at Github

Most popular programming languages shift at Github Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza Driven by the web and Android, Javascript and Java reign. Ruby and C lose ground. PHP lumbers on, impervious. Somewhere in the distance, a Perl script barks mournfully. Wargames-style map shows ongoing internet attacks Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza The Norse Map is a Wargames-style … Read more

Nov. 1 as snap election date proposed and under normal conditions HDP could be Turkey’s 3rd biggest party…

HDP could be Turkey’s 3rd biggest party, says pollster head The Kurdish problem-oriented Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) could become Turkey’s third biggest political party, according to the head of the polling company which had made the most accurate estimations prior to the June 7 parliamentary election Turkey’s top election board proposes Nov. 1 as snap election date … Read more

Anthropology roundup: Malinowski’s Legacy in the Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea… Tristes Tropiques by Claude Lévi-Strauss…

Tristes Tropiques by Claude Lévi-Strauss – melancholyanthropology The Guardian (blog) Perhaps you are a lover of travellers’ tales. If the voice of this French anthropologist conveys to you nothing more than academic curmudgeonliness, let’s leave it there. But isn’t it a kind of fastidiousness that seems to belong to a vanished .   Malinowski’s Legacy: One … Read more