6-7 Eylül albümü. [6-7 September Istanbul Pogrom Album]
BACKGROUND: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_riots A historical evidence to what populists and angry political leaders lead to… Burada bir sürü foto var
Red Hot Chili Peppers was in Istanbul. A few photos. A few complaints
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Document: Academic Freedom and Professional Responsibility: A Handbook for Scholars and Teachers of the Middle East
Attempts to undermine professors’ abilities to teach and do research are increasingly directed at scholars who seek to provide a contextualized and critical view of recent international developments and their interaction with US foreign policies and practices. The first draft of the handbook was based on research undertaken by the Taskforce on Middle East Anthropology … Read more
Serhatcan Yurdam (@syurdam) derledi: “Taksim’de Özgür Basın Emekçileri için Eylem
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Cengiz Aktar: Yeni modellerimizden kesitler
Yeni modellerimizden kesitler Temmuz ayında Kremlin?de gerçekleşen Erdoğan-Putin görüşmesinin videosunu görmediyseniz bir göz atmanızı öneririm. Görüşmenin özü ?Suriye?ye rağmen ticarete devam? idi. Bunun bir haber değeri yok. Esas, Erdoğan ve mahiyetindekilerin Putin karşısındaki yüz ifadeleri ve vücut dilleriydi ilginç olan. Erdoğan?ın, kendisiyle aynı ligde olup kendisinden daha kudretli olan Putin?e nasıl imrenerek baktığını görmek lâzım. … Read more
Construction of Istanbul new Bosphorus bridge starts with many old trees killed… Istanbul Design Biennial… An Istanbul news roundup..
news in Turkish here and here. Istanbul: A shock to the system Scholars and Rogues Istanbul, Turkey has been a shock to my system. It all started when our plane arrived 45 minutes early (but curiously took off 10 minutes late) into Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport. Delirious and exhausted, we exited the plane at 4:30a.m. to … Read more
Meanwhile in Europe… A Eurosphere roundup: Hollande’s love life, France’s Roma policy, News from Eurozone crisis…
France: New Pro-Roma Employment Policy Strikes a Nerve from Global Voices Online by Chellsy Alis Manning [All links forward to French articles unless otherwise stated] The recurring tensions surrounding ?nomadic? Eastern European migrants have yet again made the news this summer in France. On August 22, 2012, a new policy was enacted by the French … Read more
NY Times: “Turkey’s Kurdish Problem Morphs But Remains
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdigan addresses his party members in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. Erdogan said Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime is engaged in “state terrorism” an criticized the world for just watching the “slaughter of Muslims” there. Turkey has become the Assad regime’s strongest critic and is host to Syrian opposition … Read more
Sosyal Medya alanında çalışan ajanslar (44): ?CREAMIVE? (@creamive)
Erkan?s Field Diary sosyal medya alanında çalışan ajansları tanıtan seriye devam ediyor. sakaerka@gmail.com adresine logo, iletişim bilgileri, kısa tanıtım, varsa birkaç ekip fotosu gönderirseniz sizin ajansı da bu seriye dahil etmek isteriz? Ya da en azından haberdar ediniz;) CREAMIVE Sosyal Medya Ajansı, 2000’lerin ilk zamanlarında çıkılan bir yolculuğun evrimleşme sürecindeki son halidir. Mottomuz ise ismimizden gelir, … Read more
Haluk Şahin (@wiseoldturk)’den Poyrazaltı yazısı: ADA İLE İDA
POYRAZALTI HALUK ŞAHİN ADA İLE İDA Tuhaf şey, dağlar beni seviyor: Hayatım dünyanın en ünlü dağlarından Ağrı?nın (Ararat) eteklerinde başlamış, bir başkasının eteklerinde sonbaharını yaşıyor. Elbette, İda?dan ya da Kaz Dağı?ndan söz ediyorum. Kaz Dağı dedim ama, çok zirveli bir dağ olduğu ve geniş bir alana yayıldığı için pek çok kişi Kazdağları demeyi tercih ediyor. … Read more
Turkish social fabric roundup. AKP’s most ambitious social engineering project starts with the new education system while “bedroom watch” continues…
Also this article has a very timely content: Leman, Penguen or Uykusuz: Turkey’s comic books vs. Erdogan from cafebabel.com by Marie Jackson Utter the names of these satirical comic magazines in the presence of any Turk, and their eyes will light up with recognition. Yet these publications are a serious thorn in the side of the government. Despite … Read more
As an expert in uncovering state terrorism cases Turkey now states Syria “a terrorist state”, before it was Israel…
Turkey Warns Syria Is ‘A Terrorist State’ from Yahoo news Turkey’s prime minister has said neighbouring Syria is a “terrorist state” that is massacring its own people, just hours after the new UN-Arab League envoy to the country called the death toll in the uprising “staggering”. A roundup: Turkey protests ?genocide? move in France, … Read more
Erkan will be in Manchester, UK on 6-7 Sept to attend Careers #BeyondBorders.
This is an international seminar “bringing together language learning professionals, career development experts and the international press around the topic of ?Global careers in a challenging economy?. Erik Qualman, the International Best-Selling Author of Socialnomics & Digital Leader, together with EF Management and internationally recognized authors and personalities of the business and academic world will participate in this event. The seminar … Read more
New heights at Copyright trolling: “YouTube Flags Democrats’ Convention Video on Copyright Grounds- American elections roundup
Congress releases report on the effects of patent trolls, could this mean litigation? from The Next Web by Emil Protalinski YouTube Flags Democrats’ Convention Video on Copyright Grounds from Wired Top Stories by Ryan Singel A seemingly rogue copyright complaint brought down the Obama campaign’s live feed of its own convention Tuesday night, just minutes … Read more
.@altbilisim den sosyal medya’da sansür haberleri üzerine açıklama (+diğer açıklamalar)
Sansürün bahanesi bu kez nefret söylemi Yaygın medyayı çeşitli yollarla baskı altında tutan Hükümet, halkın tepkisini en rahat dile getirebildiği sosyal medyayı sansürleme derdinde. Bu kez sansüre gerekçe son dönemde artan nefret söylemi. Kamuoyunun bildiği gibi 20 bini aşkın sitenin engellenmesinin bahanesi çocuk ve aileyi korumaktı. Çıkarılan 5651 sayılı yasa ile youtube, wordpress, blogspot, googlesites … Read more