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“3D City Modelling of #Istanbul and other news…
Wandering In Istanbul BLOUIN ARTINFO A veteran of the Istanbul arts scene, Guleryuz has spent decades running alternative galleries and even comes with a family pedigree as the son of the 3D... Read more
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#TrollWatch Theological pressure, Hagia Sophia and Syrian Refugees
Dear readers, let me tell you about a few incidents I have followed from my troll list at Twitter. This is about Aktrolls but I have some other lists that... Read more
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The last month in California
Despite several trips to the US before, California was one of the least known places for me. I believe I had a good opportunity in my first part of Sabbatical... Read more
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Most read posts in 2018 in Erkan’s Field Diary…
image via I have unintentionally created some clickable posts, I guess. 1 grams7enufi7jmdl.onion Gram: “Google for the dark web.” A Cyberculture roundup… 2 A video: Turkish Porn Star Şahin K’s... Read more
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Istanbul is ready for New Year’s Eve with nearly 40K security personnel…
image via 39000 security personnel to be on duty on New Year’s Eve in Istanbul Hurriyet Daily News The director of Istanbul undercover police units announced on Dec. 29 that security measures have... Read more
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Quoted in “Fact-checkers seek out grain of truth in Turkey’s fake-news onslaught
Fact-checkers seek out grain of truth in Turkey’s fake-news onslaught POLITICO.eu ISTANBUL — The truth is having a hard time in Turkey these days. A government-led crackdown has shuttered scores... Read more
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Paying tributes to metal gods in Anaheim, CA
Wherever I go, I pay my tributes to metal gods (Do you remember my Black Metal sites visit in Norway?). Now I am thinking it has been 30 years I listen... Read more
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The Protector (from Netflix)
Just finished the Protector. I don’t know why but the show reminded me of Netflix’s failing “Iron Fist”. The only reason I finished the first season was to see places... Read more
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Why Gezi again?
The easy answer is it is the election time and He and his followers like to have an enemy at this time. There is no need to look for a... Read more
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Orhan Pamuk has a new book (Balkon) – another one on #İstanbul- that many might have missed…
Honestly, I have missed it although I am a Pamuk fan. Maybe because it is a visual work that consists of thousands of Istanbul photos he has taken… I have... Read more
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My first take on cryptocurrency cultures
After the AAA, I was busy with other stuff and I could not write about how our conference took place. I was meaning to start my presentation with an anectode... Read more
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Cats of #Istanbul- last week edition
A cute picture from Turkey. from Turkey A Starbucks in Istanbul, Turkey from Turkey This may not be from Istanbul though: Pisi from Turkey... Read more
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In Munich, Germany between 8-12 December…
I have been recently busy with overviewing recent literature on political trolls. This is for a workshop that will take place next weekend in Munich, Germany. I have been to... Read more
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Just to make this worse, “Inner city fast ferry lines in #Istanbul to be halted
Inner city fast ferry lines in Istanbul to be halted Hurriyet Daily News The seabus and fast ferry company of Istanbul, known as İDO, has decided to shut down inner city... Read more
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Passing through the fires…
After a long train trip, I have arrived in San Jose last night. It is the AAA Annual meetings time. I may be posting about the meetings in the next... Read more
