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Tragedy in Istanbul. “Disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi – timeline
Disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi – timeline World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Bethan McKernan / Dissident went missing after visiting Saudi consulate in Istanbul to collect paperwork The longer the Saudi... Read more
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#anthropology roundup: “Recovering relationships in early anthropological research…
Confronting the Specter of Cultural Appropriation SAPIENS by George Nicholas [no-caption] kokouu/Getty Images Humans celebrate many things—from rites of passage to religious events to groundhogs. One of the most intriguing, anthropologically speaking, is... Read more
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#journalism agenda: 2 reports- Trust in news organizations…. the state of nonprofit news in 2018….
Here’s how much Americans trust 38 major news organizations (hint: not all that much!) Nieman Journalism Lab by Joshua Benton Surveys about “media trust” suffer from a definitional problem. “Do you trust... Read more
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Saudi evil: “Turkish police believe Saudi journalist was killed at consulate in Istanbul….
Turkey concludes Saudi journalist Khashoggi killed by ‘murder’ team, sources say The Washington Post – Kareem Fahim – Oct 6, 2:15 PM ISTANBUL —Turkey has concluded that Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent... Read more
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Skam – Teen drama in Norwegian style
I am watching this teen drama show from Norway: Skam Just towards the end of the second episode in Season 1, I realized I will keep watching it. Short episodes... Read more
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Cyberpunk (1990) [Full documentary in high quality]
Cyberpunk: a 1990 documentary featuring William Gibson, Timothy Leary, and Brenda Laurel In other news: Some important technical (and skeptical) notes about the Chinese-backdoored-servers story Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow / Yesterday,... Read more
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BBC Documentary: (Military prisons) in Turkey after the 12 September 1980 coup…
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Why leather? “We calculated how many cows HP will murder to make its new leather laptop
I like my HP Spectre laptop a lot. But I guess there is no need to kill cows for leathery version… We calculated how many cows HP will murder to make its... Read more
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Saudis seem to have disappeared a journalist in Istanbul…
What Happened to Jamal Khashoggi? Conflicting Reports Deepen a Mystery NYT > Turkey by By CARLOTTA GALL The Saudi journalist has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul... Read more
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Hard to hide: “Turkey’s annual inflation hits 15-year high at 24.5 pct…
Turkey’s annual inflation hits 15-year high at 24.5 pct Hurriyet Daily News Turkey’s consumer price index increased 24.52 percent in September year-on-year, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) revealed on Oct. 3.... Read more
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#Europe agenda: “European Parliament’s doubts on blockchain…
Regulate or laissez-faire: European Parliament’s doubts on blockchain The Next Web by Matthew Beedham The European Parliament has gathered in Strasbourg to debate all things Europe. But like the sneaky little, omnipresent,... Read more
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So after all, not to IMF, but to McKinsey, Turkey’s economy entrusted…
“McKinsey will have no executive powers” – Turkish Ministry of Treasury and Finance Turkey’s woes could be just the start as record global debt bills come due I... Read more
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Turkish leaders always have a way out: ” Turkey evaded cost of Euro 2024: Turkish president…
Turkey evaded cost of Euro 2024: Turkish president Hurriyet Daily News Turkey was able to evade the cost of hosting the 2024 European Football Championships as the UEFA voted Germany would... Read more
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The NYT piece on “Saturday Mothers”: “Turkey Clamps Down on a Group Erdogan Once Championed: Grieving Mothers…
Turkey Clamps Down on a Group Erdogan Once Championed: Grieving Mothers NYT > Turkey by By CARLOTTA GALL / A group of mothers held weekly vigils for missing sons for years, and... Read more
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A piece on “Seeking the good life in Turkey
One of the interviewees is my former student:) Seeking the good life in Turkey journo by Zeynep Yüncüler For more than a decade, 42-year-old Tuğba Karahanoğlu led a happy and busy life... Read more
