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“Too much democracy” as a political party’s office raided gangsta style and Turkey becomes the world leader in imprisoned journalists…

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Night Raid on HDP Provincial, District Buildings  Bianet :: English Last night at 3 a.m. police raids were launched at the HDP İstanbul Provincial Organization building and 10 district buildings. 15 HDP members have been detained. HDP İstanbul il binasına gerçekleştirilen polis baskınından sonra il binasının fotoğrafları paylaşıldı. @ohdistanbul pic.twitter.com/7LZL0jWXTM — 140journos (@140journos) August 11, 2016 … Read more

Jussi Parikka: “Earwitnesses of a Coup Night: The Many Media Infrastructures of Social Action”

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Earwitnesses of a Coup Night: The Many Media Infrastructures of Social Action The particularly cruel scenes in Ankara and Istanbul from July 15th and 16th circulated quickly. From eye witness accounts to images detached from their context, media users, viewers and readers was soon seeing the graphic depictions of what had happened with the added … Read more

Turkey and Russia rapprochement… Who knows until when and for what…

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Putin mends broken relations with Turkey’s Erdogan BBC News | Europe | World Edition The leaders of Russia and Turkey patch up a damaging quarrel, pledging to restore close economic relations in St Petersburg. Russia-Turkey rapprochement revives Turkish Stream pipeline talks  EurActiv.com by Sarantis Michalopoulos Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday (8 August) that Ankara was … Read more

A survey by @kondaarastirma shows most of the participants “Democracy Watch” rallies are AKP voters…

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Good to stuff to analyse further. Unfortunately it is in Turkish. Here is the survey In other news:  My Father, Academic, Arrested In Turkey Purge huffingtonpost.com – Aug 8 As the massive crackdown on critics was in full-swing across Turkey, we did not rule out that our father could be the next victim. But it … Read more

Even the talk of death penalty is a further distance from European Union…

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All the death penalty talk maybe tactical as it is hard to catch up with Turkish leadership’s discursive tactics, but some of these are so primitive that even mentioning them signifies where one heads to… Well, you can also say, EU is not a target for a long while now.. Erdoğan: I will approve death penalty if parliament … Read more

A fake satellite image about Rally in Yenikapı is widely used…

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This image has been used by many, in Turkey but also internationally until it is debunked. In fact, despite the debunking, all pro-government media continues to use. We are going through a massive nationalist theatre in which there is no place for factuality or no place anything smaller than “mega” scale. The rally must be … Read more

#TurkeyCoup aftermath: Turkey in rhetorical fight with the West, particularly US, Austria and Italy…

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Turks Can Agree on One Thing: U.S. Was Behind Failed Coup  NYT > Turkey by By TIM ARANGO and CEYLAN YEGINSU Turks of all stripes believe the United States was involved in the coup attempt, especially because the cleric suspected of leading it lives in Pennsylvania. Austria is capital of radical racism, says Turkish foreign minister  World … Read more

Beware Gamers! GTA 4 cheat codes might be declared as code words for coup plans…

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This happened in a a pro-government TV channel, A Haber. The reporter finds some documents thrown at garbage by coup planning Gülenists. She says, labeled as exclusive news, these are probably encrypted messages and shows a piece of paper (above). Any gamer will immediately realize that this is about GTA 4 game. In the paper: … Read more

An update on academics’ travel ban in Turkey – Not too good-

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There was an easiness on academics’ movement abroad before but it seems that this has changed. However, things are getting weird. Although we have not received a written statement about the issue, academics cannot use their annual leaves any more for an indefinite period. You may travel within Turkey but you are not supposed to go … Read more

A web project: “Hafıza Kaydı’ – A Civil initiative that chronicles collective memories…

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Civil initiative ‘Hafıza Kaydı’ chronicles collective memories Cyclist Çağatay Avşar was killed in a hit and run traffic accident in Ankara on June 17, 2010 http://www.hafizakaydi.org/   in the mean time,    Visa Showdown Between Turkey, EU Bianet :: English The Minister of Foreign Affairs has demanded exact date for legislation to grant visa waiver for citizens … Read more

A roundup of articles on #TurkeyCoup aftermath…

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The immediate link below is produced by a fact-checking site. One should have a look. The third link is the Independent link that was widely criticized yesterday by not only pro-AKP circles but some nationalists. The author is a reliable one and what he says his candid ideas. Those critics should work for a more … Read more

A short escape-

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Using part of my annual leave, I could fly to Italy to meet my brother and sister – twins- for a vacation on Monday night. There was no extra document required when I was passing through the passport control. Tomorrow night I will be back in Istanbul.  A dear close friend joined us, too and … Read more

After a promising Sunday- with rallies etc- Detention warrant issued for 42 journalists including Bülent Mumay and Nazlı Ilıcak #TurkeyCoup

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A list of 42 journalists: Abdullah Abdulkadiroğlu, Abdullah Kılıç, Ahmet Dönmez, Ali Akkuş, Arda Akın, Nazlı Ilıcak, Bayram Kaya, Bilal Şahin, Bülent Ceyhan, Bülent Mumay, Bünyamin Köseli, Cemal Azmi Kalyoncu, Cevheri Güven, Cihan Acar, Cuma Ulus, Emre Soncan, Ercan Gün, Erkan Akkuş, Ertuğrul Erbaş, Fatih Akalan, Fatih Yağmur, Habib Güler, Hanım Büşra Erdal, Haşim Söylemez, … Read more

#TurkeyCoup aftermath: Amnesty asks Independent monitors must be allowed to access detainees amid torture allegations…

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Turkey: Independent monitors must be allowed to access detainees amid torture allegations amnesty.org – Jul 24, 1:27 PM Amnesty International has gathered credible evidence that detainees in Turkey are being subjected to beatings and torture, including rape, in official and unofficial detention centres in the country. The organization is calling for independent   The internet … Read more

Anti-coup imagery after the 15 July Coup Attempt…

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Not a full list of course, I am still working on it, suggestions are welcome… Biriz beraberiz, hep birlikte Türkiyeyiz pic.twitter.com/CuxzxUuwmb — Sernur (@SernurY) July 22, 2016 #Turkey almost had a #coup, but didn't. It was pretty crazy, but what would it look like if this was in the #UShttps://t.co/DuTVYM3ApI — Mehmed (@konsolidasyon31) July 23, … Read more