23-year-old Iranian protestor Majidreza Rahnavard's dying wishes–before being hanged–reflect the living wishes of so many young Iranians living under theocratic tyranny. "Don't cry, don't read the Koran, don't pray" "Be joyful. Play happy music"pic.twitter.com/5TMHDEW5mK — Karim Sadjadpour (@ksadjadpour) December 15, 2022 Iran authorities arrest actress of Oscar-winning movie AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) / Taraneh … Read more
‘A Look At the 20 Years of Media Freedom’ report published Bianet :: English Assoc. Prof. Ulaş Karan has written an evaluation report titled “A Look At the 20 Years of Media Freedom” regarding the Media Monitoring Reports published by bianet/IPS Communication Foundation. The English version of the report has been published. Click to read … Read more
Woman cuts hair at Istanbul protest for Iran’s Amini Hurriyet Daily News A woman cut her hair on Sept. 21 as dozens of others cheered at a protest held outside Tehran’s Istanbul consulate in solidarity with Mahsa Amini, whose death in Iranian custody sparked mass unrest. Bu görsel İranlı kadınların zorunlu örtünmeye karşı protestolarının, baskı … Read more
Alex Jones ordered to pay $45.2 mln more over Sandy Hook lies Hurriyet Daily News A Texas jury on Aug. 5 ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a child who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, adding to the $4.1 million he must … Read more
I am sharing an email with you. Full of good stuff (I also collect academic resources in this mini website): We would like to draw your attention to four open access publications and translations deriving from the Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing (ASSA) <https://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology/assa/>. ASSA is a collaborative research project based at UCL Anthropology which … Read more
And the next tourist visa appointment at the US consulate in İstanbul is no earlier than November 2023! Let’s keep dreaming… Roe Is Overturned After 49 Years. It Revolutionized Life for Women Wired Top Stories by Maryn McKenna The Supreme Court on Friday overturned the legal right to abortion in the United States, returning the ability to … Read more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Turkey is a constitutional republic with an executive presidential system and a unicameral 600-seat parliament (the Grand National Assembly). In presidential and parliamentary elections in 2018, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe observers expressed concern regarding restrictions on media reporting and the campaign environment, including the jailing of a presidential candidate, that … Read more
English subtitles added. As the IVME Movement, we are proud to share our documentary “Academic Freedom and Brain Drain in Turkey” with the public. In our documentary, which is a product of more than a year of collective work and intense volunteer effort, we documented the recent developments within the Turkish academia, and intense political … Read more
It was nice to see him after a long time of Twitter friendship. His Google Scholar profile here. An enlightening session today about intl media coverage of Sweden’s infamous “light touch” COVID-19 strategy. The stereotypes, ignorance and ethnic correlation standards. @ChrChristensen @sakaerka #pub204 pic.twitter.com/AbBLOXocvN — Manahil Atcha ✨ (@manahilatcha) April 14, 2022
The report here AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: 2021 marked by rights violations and protests all across Turkey Bianet :: English Amnesty International has released its annual report on the state of human rights in the world. On Turkey, it has noted that “opposition politicians, journalists, rights defenders and others faced baseless investigations, prosecutions and convictions”. Six Turkish opposition … Read more
Two naval mines diffused in three days, minister responds to rumors blaming Ukraine Bianet :: English After a mine that was seen in the Bosphorus, the Underwater Defense teams have diffused a mine near Turkey’s Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Enter a New Phase in Istanbul NYT > Turkey by Anton Troianovski / “All the world is expecting good … Read more
The Race to Archive the Ukrainian Internet In times of war, preservation is more critical than ever—cultural artifacts, historical collections, and important records are often targeted and erased. Since Russia invaded Ukraine last month, the Internet Archive has been a crucial member of the effort to preserve Ukrainian websites, datasets, and digital resources before they’re lost forever. We sometimes think … Read more
2021 Boğaziçi University protests
Tech Stands With Ukraine Crowdsourced list of IT companies supporting Ukraine Russia’s cyberwarfare remains limited, while Ukraine is crowdsourcing its own Global Voices Online Is Ukraine’s cyberspace immunized or is worst yet to come? Originally published on Global Voices A screenshot from Today’s Companies leaving the Russian Market. by u/Tbonewiz in coolguides TikTok Was Designed for … Read more
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine International reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian–Ukrainian information war Russo-Ukrainian War List of international military aid of Russo-Ukrainian War Battle of Kyiv (2022) 2022 anti-war protests in Russia Protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Kharkiv (2022) Attack on Snake Island List of … Read more