Turkish popular culture

For the record: After nearly 60 days of resistance, METU Administration [in Ankara] to Review Construction Plan of State Dormitory

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METU Administration to Review Construction Plan of State Dormitory Following and supporting the resistance at METU, CHP Ankara MP Taşcıer has announced that the University Administrative Committee has decided to review the construction plan of the state dormitory planned to be constructed on poplar woods…. via  Sixth Anniversary of the Death of Gezi Protester Korkmaz Bianet … Read more

Misguided justice: A social media celebrity sentenced to 6 years over promoting drug use [by praising Netflix’s Narcos]!

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Turkish social media star sentenced to 6 years over promoting drug use | Ahval A Turkish court on Friday sentenced a popular Turkish social media influencer to five years and 10- Turkey’s Erdoğan accuses Babacan of abandoning Islamist cause with new party plans | Ahval Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday said membership in … Read more

A Website for the Rights Defenders in Turkey: https://www.sessizkalma.org/

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Human rights defenders from different corners of society – lawyers, teachers, journalists, scientists, union activists – face serious pressures in doing their work in Turkey. Their aim is to protect fellow citizens from unjust and inhumane policies; they speak up and act  when people’s human rights are being infringed upon. Yet in Turkey rights defenders are … Read more

Icelanders do not know what they are up to…

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Many Turks are zealously offended with the airport treatment and with that toilet brush prank. Many of them did not care when audiences booed the French national anthem a few days ago in Konya, Turkey, and some Turkish immigrants celebrated the victory of French national team right in Paris and in other French cities with … Read more

For a few more million dollars (?), CNN International intends to keep its obviously biased Turkey partner: CNN Türk

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CNN Türk has been heavily criticized since Gezi Park Protests. However, after being sold to a different media conglomerate, it passed a new threshold in pro-government bias. You will see an exemplary case, cutting opposition mayor interview, below. CNN Türk accuses critics of being activists- as if this is actually a bad thing- and its … Read more

National unity fantasies without Kurds and women leaders

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In yet another maneuver by Erdoğan, several political leaders joined him in Samsun to celebrate the national day of Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day in Turkey This supposed national unity performance excludes Turkey’s third biggest party, that is pro-Kurdish HDP and any woman leaders. Meral Akşener of İyi Party refused to join this … Read more

The Grand Mobilization: #HerŞeyÇokGüzelOlacak

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First was anger and disappointment. There was the talk of boycotts. At that time, I thought how difficult it must be for the opposition leadership. Then Ekrem İmamoğlu made yet another good speech and de facto started the new campaign. The campaign hashtag is #HerŞeyÇokGüzelOlacak [Everything will be all right] and since then there seems … Read more

Image of an Era: Four exiles in London

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Barbaros Şansal shared this photo recently on Twitter. 4 Turkish exiles of high caliber met in London. A fashion designer and activist, an actor and two journalists. 
‏@barbarosansalfn: “The Team in London 👍🇬🇧 @memetalialabora @Besser_Deniz @candundaradasi #Gezi”
Let’s how this goes:

BBC News – Mark Lowen – Mar 20, 4:26 AM

It begins with dramatic music, edited in for effect. Then stills of the manifesto posted by the gunman in New Zealand before his terror attack, highlighting and translating the sections targeting Turkey. The video streamed live by the attacker

“I Will Never See the World Again” Remembering Ahmet Altan #AhmetAltanaÖzgürlük

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I Will Never See the World Again by Ahmet Altan review – writing behind bars World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Simon Callow The imprisoned Turkish novelist has produced a wonderful memoir about his arrest, captivity and his urge to create To review certain books seems like an impertinence. This is one of them. It speaks … Read more

#TrollWatch New Zealandars are disarmingly good at reacting against the massacre, so trolls in Turkey decides to ignore it all

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* I wonder when some trolls will find the haka dance offensive… From her leader to his citizens, New Zealanders seem to be doing their best to cope with the tragedy. Even the social media platforms did seem to be trying hard to disappear massacre videos. Pro-government trolls  Islamists in Turkey must be frustrated. So … Read more

Women’s rights group: “440 women were killed in 2018 in Turkey :(

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440 women were killed in 2018 in Turkey: Women’s rights group Hurriyet Daily News / A staggering 440 women were killed in Turkey in 2018, according to an organization that keeps a tally of femicides Colorized video from Turkish War of Independence by in Turkey Sunset squished against the front window of Metrobüs @ Okmeydanı. … Read more

#istanbul under fog.

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I hear that Istanbul under heavy fog for a few days now… Check social media for beautiful images. Fog you İstanbul!İstanbul // 2018 pic.twitter.com/AYKnqtok39 — Taylan (@taylancidam) February 20, 2019 For my Mecidiyeköy Ni🅱️🅱️as: Büyükdere Cd. after yesterday’s heavy fog by u/sakkarozglikoz in Turkey M2 Vezneciler by u/omeral in istanbul Mecidiyeköy Kedi, A.Ş. by u/alexfrancisburchard in … Read more

Hey Douglas – istiklal Re-Edit [and some #istanbul news]

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I know, I know I am late to discover Hey Douglas. I have been listening to his remixes continuously nowadays. Such as this one *************** Article | Orhan Pamuk on Cihangir Mostly. Mavi Boncuk (Click map to enlarge) Mavi Boncuk | Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk: A love letter to Istanbul Orhan Pamuk is a novelist and the … Read more

It is now a global curiosity: “Fate of castles in the air in Turkey’s £151m ghost town

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I wish they did not squeeze them that close. I believe there is a chance this can become a park or something… Fate of castles in the air in Turkey’s £151m ghost town  World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Bethan McKernan in Istanbul Drone footage of 300 chateaux in abandoned development lays bare challenges facing Turkish economy … Read more

Facebook’s #10yearschallenge encounters with veiling politics in Turkey

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The Wired piece is heavily shared and I am quite sure nothing Facebook does recently should be taken at its face value. Leaving this fact aside, when users began to play with the hashtag, an unexpected situation emerged: Many women who used to wear headscarves took this opportunity to show that they gave up headscarves, … Read more