an update here via [Not anything surprising here though…] I am trying to figure out what happened. The future seems to be bleak. It took some time to figure out who was behind the coup attempt. Still, there are mysteries. So far it seems for sure that the coup attempt was not staged by Erdoğanists as some … Read more
I could not attend this years Global Media Forum organized by Deutsche Welle. It is one of my favorite conferences to attend. I have also been a Jury member at DW’s BOBS Awards for three years. As far as I could observe, Freedom of Speech Award nomination process was not much transparent and we are not … Read more
The Peace Declaration came out of a growing anxiety of increasing number of civilians, older age citizens, women, children killed. For the regime, collateral damage can be ignored. The regime continuously blamed Israel or US but it is more fatal in collateral damage it causes… I know personally many academicians who signed up the statement … Read more
Geleneksel medya zihniyeti yeni medyacıları da etkileyince. İki yurttaş gazeteciliği kolektifiyle ilişkimi kesmeme dair… Hemen bir not: “İlişki kesmek” retorik bir kullanım. Kurulan ilişki kurumsal ya da organik olmaktan çok kişiseldi, bir tür gönül bağıydı. Burada kopuşun hikayesi var. Ama güzel örnekler geldikçe ki geleceğine inanıyorum, bu kolektiflerin çalışmalarına referans vermeye, onları örnek göstermeye devam … Read more
Probably this has been staged. This image was widely shared to imply Erdoğan’s grandeur over Obama. How unfortunate for the AKP leadership that their G20 show has been shadowed by Paris Attacks and G20 is not as televised in global scenes as they expected. Besides, there is the long held inferiority complex in the background: … Read more
This photo was released officially after Erdoğan’s talk with Obama before the G -20 Summit. The photo with what it contains and with what not contains gives out much to think about. Among the many possible many symbols, we see that a symbolic ‘Rabia’ sculpture on the left is particularly focused. The photo does not contain a … Read more
There is probably some rigging, but in the end this is what citizens want. I felt really bad after witnessing 5 months of violence. Many young and old citizens lost their lives, because June 7 election was not satisfactory for the One. Many gross violations of freedom of expression occurred in the mean time. AKP continued to … Read more
The report here View image | gettyimages.com The unfortunate report by Amnesty accused Syria Kurdish forces of “war crimes” The “documented cases” are at best violations in a heavy fight against IS but not war crimes. A previous widely circulated accusation was explicitly based on pro-IS sources. This report seems to be better produced but it is in … Read more
22 Temmuz Suruç katliamı sonrası sosyal medya haberciliği ERKAN SAKA Sosyal medya hesaplarının önemli bir bölümü haberi paylaşırken olgusal ve etik hatalar yaptı. İşte bir özet… Burada
Kaybına en çok üzüldüğüm insanlardan biri Özgür Uçkan. Bir süredir ağır bir hastalık geçirdiğini biliyordum ama yine de bir ümidim vardı. Olmadı, ne yazık ki acı haberi aldık: Otuz Yıldır ayni dil'e koyun olup ayni şehrin koynuna, Paris'e sığındığımız sevgili kardeşim, dostum, arkadaşım ÖZGÜR UÇKAN ı kaybettim. — mustafa arikan (@mustafaarikan) July 11, 2015 Etrafımızda … Read more
I was among many who did not appreciate such an action against the prosecutor. If there could be any reason to lessen the severity of this act, what I understand after reading hours of Twitter messages and official statements, the militants were to make a show off and were to highlight the slow pace of Berkin Elvan … Read more
Bülent Arınç proved himself several times to have no weight against Erdoğan’s hegemony. So his latest political trolling means: Erdoğan is now aiming for Turkish nationalist votes and the remaining AKP gov’t intending to maintain their Kurdish voter base. I so much admire their mastery of electoral tactics. They use regional mutually exclusive tactics and they mostly win… … Read more
This is in reaction to Mashable headline linked below. The Mashable author is surprised that Erdoğan was critical of violence against women but when you deconstruct his arguments, one can see that he is one of the most vocal critic of modern women rights. Erdoğan was critical of rape and murder of Özgecan Aslan but during the same period … Read more
İnternet sansürüne sivil toplum desteği! P24 – Bağımsız Gazetecilik Platformu Sosyal medyaya ilginin “ruhsal sorun” olduğundan dem vuranlar, çocukları internetten korumaya çalışanlar, fetva verenler size itirazımız var Devamı için tıklayınız efendim… güncelleme: Dernekten bir açıklama geldi. Bence yazımdaki argümanlara karşılık vermiyor ama yine de açıklamayı okuyucularımla paylaşmak isterim: Yukarıda yer alan makalenizi okuduk. Derneğimizle ilgili bölüm … Read more
On the one hand, the ruling government under the leadership of President Erdoğan accelerates its move towards Islamization of society. Introducing mandatory of Ottoman courses, religious education courses for the first year primary school students, thinking of ending co-ed education- not initiated yet-, opening mosques in every university campus just few recent examples). On the other … Read more