The US has failed its allies once again. The ways it chooses its allies are problematic, the way it makes decisions are problematic. I do not categorically think the US was wrong to retreat from Afghanistan. But only the fools in the decision-making process of this hasty retreat could not see what would happen. I … Read more
President Erdoğan ousts Boğaziçi University rector Hurriyet Daily News Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on July 15 replaced a top Istanbul university rector whose appointment led to months of student-led protests against his rule. APPOINTED RECTOR DISMISSED: Boğaziçi University | Vice rector appointed as acting rector Bianet :: English Shortly after Melih Bulu, the appointed rector of … Read more
Danish academics fear for freedom after MPs condemn ‘activism’ ECREA protests against political attacks on academic freedom and is deeply concerned about the erosion of academic freedom in Denmark Dear ECREA members, ECREA is deeply concerned about the erosion of academic freedom in Denmark and the mounting political attacks on particular research areas within the … Read more
Boğaziçi academics released ‘damage assessment report’ | Ahval The academics of Boğaziçi University released a report addressing problems that emerged following… In other news: The rise and fall of Clubhouse in Turkey Global Voices Online by Arzu Geybullayeva After a brief period of popularity among opposition activists, pro-Erdoğan figures have now flooded the app Screenshot from the website … Read more
Israeli settlers’ aggressive takeover of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem is part of a decades-long struggle Global Voices Online by Yasmeen Omera 122 Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes, including 31 children Screenshots from Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah resident Mona ElKurd’s Instagram video of her encounter with an Israeli settler who tells her: “If I don’t steal your house, … Read more
Çocuklarımızın bize "Ülke bu hale getilirken ne yaptınız" demesinden korkuyorum. pic.twitter.com/kOe3j6jGHK — Batuhan Çolak (@batuhancolak33) May 11, 2021 Ethnographic maps of European Turkey Mavi Boncuk Mavi Boncuk | Ethnographic map of European Turkey from 1877. Author Carl Sax, Austro-Hungarian diplomat in Adrianople. Source: The Bulgarians in their historical, ethnographical and political frontiers. (Atlas with 40 maps.) Preface … Read more
Faculty members continue to protest the rector appointment. Photo by Ömer Ak via Boğaziçi rector dismisses election for institute head, appoints his deputy instead Bianet :: English Prof. Naci İnci, a physicist, will head the university’s social sciences institute. PROTESTS AGAINST APPOINTED RECTOR: ‘We were all there,’ say Boğaziçi University students Bianet :: English Boğaziçi University students … Read more
By Bülent Kılıç AFP Vaccination efforts in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. via A citizen’s guide to viruses MIT Technology Review by Katie McLean The deluge of news about covid-19 can be overwhelming, but chemical engineering professor Arup Chakraborty has written a guide to help: Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity (MIT Press, 2021, $19.95), coauthored with Genentech scientist Andrey Shaw. “People … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IKTb4HHGKI PROTEST AGAINST VICE RECTOR: ‘Weren’t you ashamed at all when your two students are arrested?’ Boğaziçi University students met Prof. Naci İnci, who is appointed as the new vice rector. “The trustee will leave; so will you. 2 vice rectors for the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University Bianet :: English Five weeks after … Read more
Things are bleak. But some people continue to try… Kurdish Digital Journalism eBook has come out. Edited by Murat Bayram, the book has been prepared based on the discussions held during the Kurdish Digital Media Workshop. Prepared based on the discussions held during the Kurdish Digital Media Workshop, the Kurdish Digital Journalism eBook is now online. via
Dear colleagues, We invite you to consider submitting an abstract to “Rethinking Expertise under COVID-19: a New Look at Digitization and Decentralization”, panel @ 4S Annual Meeting, 6-9 October, Toronto and worldwide. Submission Deadline: March 8, 2021 via https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ssss/ssss21/ Keywords: enabling technologies, maker movement, expertise, healthcare, 3D printing This session takes its inspiration from transformations in … Read more
From media outlets to social media accounts, from Erdoğan’s speeches to bureaucratic authorities’ statements, many academics (mostly women) are targeted, students criminalized… Yes, Soros is mentioned, too: Erdoğan says that Osman Kavala's wife, Boğaziçi Professor Ayşe Buğra, is among "provocateurs representing (George) Soros" https://t.co/eQZtgwDidi — Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) February 5, 2021 Twitter blocks MHP … Read more
SOLIDARITY WITH BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY: 3,317 academics from around the world call on Turkey to respect university autonomy Bianet :: English 3,317 academics, thinkers and writers from around the world have released a joint statement condemning the actions against the Boğaziçi University students and calling on the appointed rector to resign. Statement here PUBLIC SURVEY: ‘69 percent of … Read more
Prestigious Istanbul University Fights Erdogan’s Reach The New York Times – Carlotta Gall – Feb 1, 11:29 AM ISTANBUL — For several weeks — rain, shine, or even snow — a rebellion has been underway in one of the most hallowed establishments of Turkish academia: the campus of Bogazici University in Istanbul. Every day, faculty members … Read more
Police intervention into Boğaziçi University protests: 2 students detained Bianet :: English The protests of students against the “trustee rector” appointed to Boğaziçi University continue in front of the South Campus today. HDP’s Kemalbay has indicated that around 35-40 students have been detained at the gate of the nearby North Campus. Academics of Boğaziçi University: Release our … Read more