Help Ukraine Win: A collection of resources and info on how foreigners can help Help Ukraine: Another detailed resource for how those outside Ukraine can help Help Ukraine | Crowdsourced List: A list of resources to help Ukraine with crowdsourced info We Stand With Ukraine Website Badge: A simple website badge to show … Read more
Ukrainian embassy in Turkey launches aid campaign Hurriyet Daily News An aid campaign has been launched by the Ukrainian Embassy in Ankara after Russia’s attack on the country and a total of $10,800, along with 900,000 Turkish Liras, were collected as of late Feb. 26, a statement from the embassy said. Kyiv piles pressure on Ankara … Read more
As a pan-European organization, ECREA (European Communication and Education Association) Research is appalled by the aggression of one European nation against another. ECREA strongly condemns this senseless act of violence and stands firmly behind our Ukrainian colleagues, and we encourage all members to use available platforms to influence political leaders in all European countries … Read more
This map users Twitter posts to show Russian invasion of Ukraine Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder This map tracks Russian military movement in Ukraine through Twitter posts. It looks like a westward-moving wall. The Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map is a crowdsourced effort to map, document and verify information in order to provide reliable information for policymakers and … Read more
Ottoman & Turkish Studies Association The Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association, founded and incorporated as the Turkish Studies Association in 1971, is a private, non-profit, non-political I would like to share my earlier tweet and further thoughts concerning the debate about removing Fuat Köprülü's name from the OTSA (Ottoman Turkish Studies Association) prizes along with the names of … Read more
There is not much information about the project but at least there is the version in English. Check it out here: https://jewishquarterankara.com/
IPI’s survival guide for local media An IPI global network guide for sustainable news media serving local communities in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. See the full report and download a copy here Across the IPI global network of journalists, editors, and publishers, we’ve been speaking to more local media … Read more
No need to know Turkish. The appointed and very unwelcome Rector cannot find professors who would work with him so he appoints the same persons to several schools as the Dean. The majority of Boğaziçi University professors continue to protest: protests mark one year since Erdoğan’s rector appointment
Corruption Perceptions Index 2021: Turkey ranks 96th among 180 countries Bianet :: English The country has dropped 43 places in the corruption index since 2013. 2021 REPORT: Turkey ranks first in violations of freedom of expression, show ECtHR statistics Bianet :: English The European Court of Human Rights handed down 78 judgements on Turkey in 2021, ruling … Read more
Turkish journalist held over alleged ox insult against Erdoğan World news: Turkey Sedef Kabaş faces trial over use of proverb on TV and in tweet comparing palace to a barn A Turkish journalist has been jailed pending a trial for allegedly insulting the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, after she cited a proverb on television and social … Read more
The letter is available here and at participating organizations’ websites in their own languages. Ms. Susan Wojcicki, It’s been almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started. The world has seen time and time again how destructive disinformation and misinformation can be for social harmony, democracy, and public health; too many lives and livelihoods have been ruined, and … Read more
Press release Turkey: Algorithmic persecution based on massive privacy violations used to justify human rights abuses, says new report More than 13,000 Turkish military personnel have been dismissed since July 2016 on the basis of an algorithm used by the authorities to assess the alleged “terrorist” credentials or connections of military officers and their relatives … Read more
David Selim Sayers has recently penned a very long and detailed piece entitled as The Real Academy in Exile He is one of the Peace Academics but he did not join the more organizational dimensions of the movement such as joining the core mailing lists etc. The whole issue started after his application for a … Read more
Olayın geldiği nokta bu! Bu videoyu iyi seyredin https://t.co/YIMbGVpvYs — Ayfer Bartu Candan (@AyferBartuC) October 7, 2021 Bahçeli’s ‘terrorist kebab shops’ rant leaves chefs, opposition puzzled Bianet :: English In response to Bahçeli’s statements, İYİ Party leader Akşener gave the floor to a kebab shop owner at her party’s parliamentary group today. İstanbul prevents waste collectors … Read more
Freedom House report: Turkey is not free on the net Bianet :: English Turkey is the country with the fastest decline in internet freedom, according to Gürkan Özturan, the rapporteur for Turkey. The report here Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe: Release Demirtaş and Kavala Bianet :: English The Committee of Ministers of the Council of … Read more