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Google Wave- the new goody?
It seems that Google offers us a new goody to play with. I saw some Turkish tech bloggers are using the trial versions and they seem to be happy. Well,... Read more
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Hülya Avşar and Ceylan Önkol; ending up in the same, Kurdish narrative…
After some disappointing and unnecessary remarks, a popular culture icon, Hülya Avşar was interviewed in Milliyet and this ended up with an investigation. Challenge for Infamous Prosecutor: BIA Quotes Avşar... Read more
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A few more words on the "Kurdish Opening"
Well, Turkish political agenda is full of new openings and summer was not a vacation time. Alas, I was in a sort of vacation and thus missed blogging about these... Read more
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"Why anthropologists should become journalists
Check out Lorenz’s post to learn... Read more
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"Pressure on Turkish Press"
1. It is certain that PM Erdoğan is not good at handling the media, his is a PR disaster. Or this is a matter of perspective; ordinary AKP voters and... Read more
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1 March 2009 in Turkish press…
Ciner Group is back in business. Its ambitious newspaper, Habertürk, was released today for the first time. Editor in chief is Fatih Altaylı who is a long time professional... Read more
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"Guide to Major Turkish Daily Newspapers 2008
I haven’t read it all yet but this guide seems to be a very good guide for beginners. In fact, I don’t have a similar guide around. Have a... Read more
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Abdi İpekçi, 30 years after.
A few days ago, it was the 30th anniversary of Abdi İpekçi assassination. In one of the darkest days of Turkey, he was murdered. Milliyet’s then chief editor has been... Read more
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Erkan looks at Turkey's news channels…
As a news junkie, I may live in the right country. At the moment, there are at least 6 TV channels that specialize in news, that they call themselves as... Read more
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Milliyet's xenophobia
Milliyet provides a list of Turkish NGOs that received foreign funding. "these fundings are questionable" the report says. Because American consulate funded a religious NGO and Soros funded TESEV, one... Read more
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[updated] Official Kurdish TV channels starts test broadcasting…
New TV channel uses Kurdish usage of some words in which W or X letters are used. Some Kurdish originated Turkish citizens were tried and imprisoned in the last two... Read more
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"Iraqi Journalist?s Shoes Make Turkish Media Happy
If it was PM Erdoğan, he would throw it back… A collection of cartoons on shoe throwing, mostly from Turkish press.. Iraqi Journalist’s Shoes Make Turkish Media Happy – The... Read more
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"Online journalists jailed more than other media
A personal ad for Taraf daily. As Taraf tries hard to survive financial, an ad campaign started. Readers paid for these kinds of ads. Here it says, "I switch to... Read more
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Office of Chief of Staff gives Turkish journalists a ride to Southeast region…
40 journalists are invited by Turkish army officials to have a tour in Kurdish populated southeastern regions in Turkey. So that these journalists will know better how the struggle... Read more
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Taraf daily under pressure
The latest pressure comes financially. After criticizing government, the paper is excluded from public ads – a traditional state weapon against small-scale press- and it seems that pro-government business also... Read more
