Theresa May in Turkey: UK agrees £100m defence deal BBC News | Europe | World Edition Theresa May discusses trade with Turkey’s president, and a deal to develop fighter jets is sealed. UK’s £100m weapons deal with Turkey ‘turns blind eye to rights abuse’ World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Jamie Doward Arms sale in … Read more
Lindsay Lohan visits President Erdoğan, shares gracious Instagram post Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan early on Jan. 28 shared an Instagram post from her visit to the residence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and First Lady Emine Erdoğan, which was also accompanied by seven-year-old Syrian Baba al-Abed, who came to international attention with her tweets giving … Read more
Over 5,000 Turks file cases at European court over purge EurActiv.com by admin More than 5,300 Turks have filed complaints before the European Court of Human Rights over their government’s purge following a failed coup last July, the president of the court said Thursday (26 January). Over 201,000 inmates in Turkish prisons: Justice Ministry There are … Read more
State of emergency may offer ‘comfortable ground’ for the referendum, Erdoğan says Having the referendum on charter amendments under the state of emergency may create a “comfortable ground” for the country, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said. ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ campaign for charter referendum goes online Celebrities, athletes and TV figures have waded into the … Read more
Nail Zain’s (Syria origin) flight was cancelled after Trump’s order. He was stranded in Istanbul Atatürk Airport. via Dozens stranded in Istanbul airport NT News Dozens of people have been stopped from flying to the United States from Istanbul Ataturk Airport, Turkish airport officials say, after US President . Stranded and Stuck Students and scholars are … Read more
When Immersive Journalism Met Open Ethnography Global Ethnographic Get PDF: Miller, Faye. 2017. When Immersive Journalism Met Open Ethnography. Global Ethnographic. Faye Miller University of Canberra It’s a rare occasion when a large group of documentary enthusiasts, filmmakers, journalists, popular writers and academic researchers (including ethnographers) are brought together in the same room: an … Read more
III. Ulusal Yeni Medya Çalışmaları Kongresi 9-10 Mart 2017’de Cer Modern Ankara’da… III. Ulusal Yeni Medya Çalışmaları Kongresi, Alternatif Bilişim Derneği tarafından 9-10 Mart 2017 tarihlerinde Ankara’da düzenlenecek. Kongrenin ana teması ise “Hak odaklı yeni medya”. İnternet’in ve yeni medya teknolojilerinin gelişmesi ve artan baskı ortamı sonucu yeni medya ortamları bir “hak mücadeleleri” alanına dönüştü. … Read more
Turkey protests Greek rejection of extradition of 8 fugitive troops Turkey said it protests Greek rejection of Turkish demand of extradition of eight fugitive troops, vowing it will evaluate the impacts of this decision on different aspects of bilateral ties between the two countries. Greece’s Top Court Rejects Extradition of Turkish Officers NYT > Turkey by … Read more
US judge blocks Trump’s order to ban Muslim travellers AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Ruling temporarily ends detention of those with valid documents and prohibits their removal from the US. Trump shuts the door on men and women who have sacrificed for America washingtonpost.com – Op-Ed Columns by Matt Zeller We are permanently harming … Read more
Journalists across the country are using a Slack channel to tackle Trump Mashable! by Marcus Gilmer In the new era of “alternative facts,” journalists will need all the help they can get in covering the Trump administration and administering the correct Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to hold the administration accountable. The future of journalism … Read more
Martin Schulz’s rapid rise from Brussels man to chancellor candidate EurActiv.com by Albrecht Meier Martin Schulz is known in Germany mainly as a European politician and an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel. But later this year they will face off in the country’s leadership race. Trump will be a gift to Europe’s lost unity EurActiv.com by … Read more
Americans and Cybersecurity Pew Internet Rss Feed: Reports by Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech (jmiks/iStock.com)Cyberattacks and data breaches are facts of life for government agencies, businesses and individuals alike in today’s digitized and networked world. Just a few of the most high-profile breaches in 2016 alone include the hacking and subsequent release of … Read more
Turkey’s press freedom woes worse than you think Stockholm Center for Freedom – Scf – Jan 25 Almost 300 journalists in Turkey, a member state of the Council of Europe and a candidate country to the European Union, are languishing behind bars or facing outstanding arrest warrants, a report released by the Stockholm Center for … Read more
Cybersecurity Experts Uncover Dormant Botnet of 350,000 Twitter Accounts MIT Technology Review A massive botnet secretly infiltrated the Twitterverse in 2013 but has lain mysteriously dormant since then, say researchers. Twitter and TV Superfans (Study) All Facebook by David Cohen How do “superfans” of television show behave on Twitter, and what should marketers do … Read more
On the difference between rhetoric and practice with regard to Turkey’s national search engine project. Turkey’s communications minister Ahmet Arslan recently announced in an interview with a local TV station that Turkey was “building a domestic search engine and email service compatible with national culture and values”. But he did not expand on what “national … Read more