IFLA 2012 Conference Session 75 Sleepwalking into a control society? Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Congress track 1: Open access and digital resources. 12 August 2012 13:45 – 15:45 | Room: Session Room 1 | SI [View the story “Our #wlic2012 FAIFE panel \”Sleepwalking into a control society?\” Storified: … Read more
DO PLEASE TAKE IT AS AN EARLY DRAFT… Response: New media control in Europe -Erkan Saka, Assistant Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, School of Communication Intro: I am mostly knowledgeable about the Turkish Case. I will add the most recent developments to my piece already published in FAIFE site. My concrete examples will be from where … Read more
IFLA World Library and Information Congress 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly Thanks God, it takes 4 stops by train to reach Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Center from where I stay. I did check in and stayed around a bit to focus on issues and of course focus on my tomorrow?s presentation in this session: … Read more
I was mobile all day and I could not post before. In early morning I arrived at the Finland Embassy which is located in Gaziosmanpaşa in Ankara like many other embassies. (it is ironic: the same named district in Istanbul is a lower class district and here in Ankara it is an upper class one) … Read more
I could finally got the passport, rushed back to my parents’ place, which was on the way, used their broadband I have been paying, dealt with some departmental issues online, went over some issues related to trip and here I am: In a Nilufer Seyahat bus to Ankara. I got the bus terminal at 17.55, … Read more
… the ordeal began with the fact all State institutions in this summer seem to be under construction. In order to renew your passport, you need to go to Police Station but the one which is in the neighbourhood which is in walking distance is under repairs, so you need to drive to the new … Read more
my buddy’s sister is getting married. so we are on our way to celebrate. and this blog post is produced at wordpress android application;)
I have arrived G.Antep yesterday for a talk on new media in Zirve University. Some of the photos from the talk can be found in my Storify story i just posted. Today I am free and hanging out in the city center with Anıl Sayan, who is our research assistant and my friend. Anıl is … Read more
inet 2011 is “internet in Turkey” conference. it is the 16th one. conference posting mostly in Turkish can be followed thru twitter hashtag #inet2011 conference schedule and some papers can be found here in the official page.
fareed zakaria I and Deniz Ergurel, columnist Yavuz Baydar use #zakariatalk at Twitter to present our notes from the talk and the following panel. I’m a listener in this all men in black event organized by Turkish Textile Employers’ Association…
I had missed train journeys. I am about to finish a six-hour train journey… I did not have much time to write about my fast-paced travels… When I get back to Istanbul there is too much to write in fact… not about my travels but about Turkey’s political agenda… This route is car route not … Read more
I have yet started another trip. Not a road trip though. I took the IDO ferry from Istanbul to Bandırma. I have met friends in Bandırma, spent lots of time in several cafes and in the evening we went to Erdek as most Bandırma residents do. Erdek is a lovely seaside town half an hour … Read more
I have spent all summer until now in Istanbul except a one day break to Bolu to where we carried a friend’s dog. Yesterday I and my dear friend Özgür started a very short road trip from Istanbul to Edirne and to Keşan and to Erikli. Now I stay here, at a cafe near the … Read more
I have been expecting calmer weeks to come so that I can start working on some writing projects or planning new web related projects. However, I have had more and more challenging weeks recently. Hopefully, this week was the summit and it will be the end of a series of busy weeks. Apart from the … Read more
details to be given later. I am in the former Prime Ministry building in Ankara with a group of Turkish, American and Armenian journalists attending a meeting with Egemen Bağış, ‘current minister for EU Affairs and chief negotiator of Turkey in accession talks with the European Union’…. I have several times referred to journalism studies … Read more