Turkey ranks 97th among 100 countries in COVID-19 transparency Bianet :: English According to a chart prepared by TotalAnalysis research company, the most transparent countries in terms of COVID-19 data are Belgium, Norway, the US, Chile and Denmark.
Erdoğan calls Boğaziçi University protesters ‘terrorists’ as 15 more people briefly detained Bianet :: English The president’s appointment of a rector who is a member of his party has sparked protests among students and academics. Erdogan accuses CHP Istanbul head as being terrorist | Ahval Canan Kaftancioğlu, the Istanbul head of the main opposition Republican People’s Party … Read more
I was just checking my private Aktroll list. Oh, they are so upset. Their discourse is not different from the MAGA accounts. Qanon lives here among them in their twisted imagination… Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Twitter The Next Web by Napier Lopez It finally happened: Twitter has permanently suspended @realDonaldTrump, the outgoing President’s … Read more
How the mob broke into the U.S. Capitol FlowingData » Visualization by Nathan Yau The Washington Post pieced together video footage from multiple sources for a timeline of the events. Terrible. The Most Surreal Images From the Pro-Trump Riot at the U.S. Capitol Slate Articles by Holly Allen, Madeline Ducharme, and Josh Levin What the president wrought, in … Read more
Students are treated as if they are terrorists. Some tweets, in the end, show how harsh police is ambushing homes students live. APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF BOĞAZİÇİ: Bulu: Our students, academics don’t see the big picture Bianet :: English Appointed by President Erdoğan as the new president of Boğaziçi University, Bulu has said, “If we will become … Read more
It is sad to watch the news. I graduated from Boğaziçi University (Sociology BA and MA). The university had a tradition of electing its presidents. Erdoğan killed that before by appointing a professor who was not even in the election instead of a person who got more than 80% of the votes. This time Erdoğan … Read more
More here: Graphics: Global COVID vaccine distribution and inoculations AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Vaccinations increase divide between affluent nations and poorer countries as roll-out continues across the world.
RESILIENCE PROJECT: Hate and disinformation narratives in Turkey Bianet :: English Released as part of the “Resilience” project in partnership with a series of media organizations including bianet, “Hate and Disinformation Narratives in the Online Mediascape in Turkey” report analyzes the narratives against four main target groups. Sinem Aydınlı’s report here In other news: Turkey has failed … Read more
One of the major victims of the pandemic is the coffeehouses. I always found them as a place of refuge. I had spent so much time when I was younger when I was continuously depressive. That’s where I would lose some of the despair by playing cards or other games with my few close friends. … Read more