Not a very well designed museum, more like a photo gallery. Still, why now? here is the link: http://www.mit.gov.tr/emuze/hakkimizda.html Turkey’s intelligence agency opens digital museum of espionage Hurriyet Daily News Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has opened an online museum dedicated to the history of espionage on its website. From Turkish intelligence reports on Lawrence … Read more
What Ara Güler, the Eye of Istanbul, Saw in His Homeland The New Yorker “A photograph, too, has a mise-en-scène,” Güler says in “The Eye of Istanbul,” a 2015 documentary about his life and career. “A photograph has a Istanbul metro receives first reverse vending machine Hurriyet Daily News Istanbul’s İTÜ-Ayazağa metro station has become the first station … Read more
I regularly watch something(s) but rarely I can concentrate for a long time. I guess I have gone through most of the thrilling stuff already. However, I am into binge-watching The Blacklist now. I don’t think it is a super-qualified TV show but I love James Spader’s performance- as I liked a lot some of … Read more
The Saudis’ Explanation of Khashoggi’s Death, in Five Acts (and Counting) NYT > Turkey by By BENJAMIN MUELLER Officials now say that new evidence indicates the dissident journalist’s killing was “premeditated,” a conclusion most of the world reached some time ago. Saudi Arabia Rejects Turkey’s Extradition Request in Khashoggi Killing NYT > Turkey by By BEN HUBBARD and DAVID … Read more
Public Statement on the AAA’s “Repository for the Common Good” The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has recently announced its intention to create what its president has termed a repository for the common good—a “freely accessible repository for all kinds of anthropological knowledge, including article preprints, conference papers, technical monographs and gray literature reports, datasets, project … Read more
My 5-day intense trip ended last night as I arrived back to lovely Irvine. The only problem was the last part of the trip. Instead of continuing the train trip to Los Angeles, I had decided to take the bus from San Jose to Anaheim in order to shorten the trip. I was recommended to … Read more
I have attended (or attending right now) this workshop. That was the reason I cut short my trip and got back to this fantastic workshop: UCI Open Anthropology Seminar Anthropological Publishing Through an Anthropological Lens FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 11:30-4:30 UCI (ROOM TBA) 11:30am: Introduction and lunch 12:00pm: Launching a New, Open Access Journal: Teaching and Learning … Read more
Yes, I am on a trip. I flew to Seattle 2 days ago. I have been meaning to see Seattle for ages and it definitely did not disappoint me. Tomorrow I take a train trip to Portland – another city I was very curious about- and after only staying a day- because there is a … Read more
Revealed: Met Police ignored Brexit campaign evidence for months open Democracy News Analysis – by James Cusick and Adam Ramsay Scotland Yard claimed it didn’t receive key evidence about Leave campaigns until September. But the evidence was ready from May. They just didn’t bother to collect it. London Mayor Sadiq Khan was told by the Met that … Read more
Turkey should look to its own brutal treatment of journalists | Kenan Malik World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Kenan Malik We must not forget the country’s appalling treatment of its own dissidents since the failed coup in 2016Five months ago, I wrote of Osman Kavala, a Turkish public intellectual arrested by the Turkish authorities. He has now … Read more
Saudi Arabia uses Twitter trolls to silence critics: Report Hurriyet Daily News Saudi administration used an “army of Twitter trolls” to silence critics and slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was one of the targets, the New York Times has said in a report. Saudis’ Image Makers: A Troll Army and a Twitter Insider The New York … Read more
Trump says it appears Khashoggi is dead and consequences could be ‘severe’ World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Bethan McKernan in Istanbul Julian Borger in Washington Remarks follow briefing and end administration’s refusal to discuss Saudi journalist Donald Trump has said he presumes Jamal Khashoggi is dead and that the consequences for Saudi Arabia could be “very … Read more
A history of the tech worker uprising Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Tech-sector workers have enormous market-power: companies find it easier to raise cash than to use it to hire qualified developers. Twitter’s ‘Russia-Iran’ troll tweet trove made public BBC News | Europe | World Edition Millions of tweets published by suspected state-linked accounts are made public by Twitter. An Indian … Read more
Suspects in Khashoggi Case Had Ties to Saudi Crown Prince The New York Times – David D. Kirkpatrick ( @kirkpatricknyt ) – Oct 16, 3:25 PM ISTANBUL — One of the suspects identified by Turkey in the disappearance of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi was a frequent companion of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — seen disembarking from airplanes with … Read more
Here’s John Oliver’s take on the disappearance of Saudi journalist in Istanbul Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder As usual, John Oliver does a great job of explaining the circumstances surrounding the likely murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a US resident and Washington Postcolumnist who was last seen entering the Saudi Arabia embassy in Istanbul last week. Turkish police say … Read more