VICE News Condemns Turkish Government But war on media is an aspect of election campaigning for Turkey’s autocrats…

VICE News Condemns Turkish Government Over Detention of Its Journalists on Terrorism Charges VICE News – Aug 31, 12:25 PM A Turkish court leveled formal charges of terrorism at two VICE News journalists and their colleague on Monday, as global rights groups have called for the reporters to be released. The two British journalists, Jake … Read more

If you still wanna come: Istanbul’s culture and arts calendar for September 2015…”Al-Istanbul: How Turkey’s largest city became a hub for Arab tourists….

GUIDE: Istanbul’s culture and arts calendar for September 2015 Istanbul offers a wide range of activities to serve Istanbulites with different tastes, from a cooking workshop to one focusing on the problems of single mothers; from a Tarkan concert to a Latin music festival. Here is a calendar for Istanbul’s culture and arts events for September … Read more

Turks and wearable technologies (!) – A social fabric roundup…

  1. Apple Türkiye şubesinden giyilebilir etek More here   AP’s Turkey Archive from the Capture of Deniz Gezmiş to 1999 Marmara Earthquake Bianet :: English bianet compiled 13 videos from AP’s archive: the moment when Deniz Gezmiş was captured, 1980 Coup d’état, Erdoğan’s imprisonment, police violence in 1990s and others… Irish-Kuwaiti ‘boxing’ tourist had surgery to … Read more