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A few notes on the Doğan Group’s media sale
There is no Doğan Media Group (DMG) anymore. This triggered a great anxiety among the government critics. Well, nearly 90 % of all mainstream media is owned by people who... Read more
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Watching the Atatürk Cultural Center in Taksim Square being demolished…
Istanbul Jazz Festival announces program Hurriyet Daily News The 25thIstanbul Jazz Festival, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), will offer a festival experience full of discoveries between June 26 and July 17.... Read more
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“Video: Massive Cargo Ship Smashes Historic Seaside House in #Istanbul
Video: Massive Cargo Ship Smashes Historic Seaside House inIstanbul Newsweek A massive cargo ship crashed into a historic seaside mansion on Istanbul’sBosphorus Strait on Saturday afternoon (April 7). According to Anadolu... Read more
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The new Turkish aesthetic in practice: Taksim Square now…
In other news: Dog fights and sex parties: the man who photographs Istanbul after dark World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Tom Seymour Çağdaş Erdoğan captures the explosion of underground rebellion in... Read more
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The Guardian piece on Grup Yorum: “Grup Yorum: the jailed band Turkey can’t silence”
In my brief anti-imperialist and anti-Western period in high schools days, Grup Yorum was my favorite… I am pretty sure many Islamists who occupy powerful positions at the moments were also Grup... Read more
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Recently quoted in vice.com and in a Doğan News Agency item
Cansel Kirazlı from DHA recently interviewed me and Ramazan Subaşı on Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica crisis. News in Turkish here. The chosen photo is fantastic. We were interviewed in my office. Me,... Read more
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The story of an iconic newsboy photo in Istanbul
Hürriyet daily found out the story of this photo. It was taken in 1958 in Küçükayasofya, Istanbul by a veteran Turkish press photographer, Hilmi Şahenk, who passed away back in 1972.... Read more
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A National Geographic piece asks “Will Istanbul’s Massive New Canal Be an Environmental Disaster?…
Will Istanbul’s Massive New Canal Be an Environmental Disaster? National Geographic IstanbulOn a bluff overlooking the Sazlıdere Dam just west of Istanbul, a bust of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, modern Turkey’s founder, is accompanied... Read more
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Index Anatolicus. A website to find out previous place names in Anatolia…
“The purpose of the project is to document all the place names already existing and used in the territory of the Republic of Turkey. There are currently 42156 current records... Read more
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Cats of #Istanbul again: “Besiktas charged by Uefa after cat wanders on to pitch during Bayern Munich game…
Besiktas charged by Uefa after cat wanders on to pitch during Bayern Munich game BBC News | Europe | World Edition Besiktas have been charged after a cat wanders on to... Read more
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Conspiracy theories added to Über vs. Taxi drives battle in #Istanbul
Uber a Jewish conspiracy – Istanbul taxi drivers’ head Ahval The president of the Chamber of Istanbul Taxi Businesses has accused Uber of being a targeted attack on his industry carried out by what... Read more
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Region by region, brief notes on academic job search
As some of my careful readers already know, I have been looking jobs abroad for a while. I would say, this is not as intense as I had started at... Read more
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Istanbul’s most irritating occupational group, that is, taxi drivers, attacking Uber drivers in mafia style..
So far with impunity… and of course not all taxi drivers but most of them are quite irritating… Bu izleyeceğiniz video kaydının izahı yok! pic.twitter.com/xXwzVaKTeW — Uberhizmet (@uberhizmet) March 10,... Read more
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Istanbul in 1961 and in 1975. Two BBC videos…
600 Istanbul drivers withdraw buses as part of strike action to protest financial hurdles Hurriyet Daily News The private owners of at least 600 public buses in Istanbul withdrew their buses from service on... Read more
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The Istanbul95 project: Innovative data-based policy-making tool from @@TESEV2015 [in Turkish]…
Innovative data-based policy-making tool from TESEV TESEV, in partnership with Bernard Van Leer Foundation and Kadir Has University Istanbul Studies Center has developed a unique policy tool. The... Read more
