activism

Milli Motor/ Milli Tüp

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Young Civilians launched two sites to make fun the web censorship. Milli Motor (National Search Engine) is an imitation of Google Search Engine but all searches end up linking to censorship news and national documents. Milli Tube (National Tube) is an imitation of Youtube and lists music videos on the right hand side that were … Read more

Hackers warn Turkish censorship authorities

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While businesses are now exposed to economic losses due to the new wave of web censorship, it looks like a small does of revanche was on stage last night. First we thought TİB mistakenly banned itself but later it was announced: It was probably a DoS attack… FF discussions and links to related news here … Read more

19 July: A major meeting against web censorship

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Press release here. Location: Kadir Has Üniversitesi Cibali Kampüsü Date: 19 Haziran 2010 Cumartesi Time: 13:00 – 17:00 An FF discussion here. Turkish Green Party’s anti-web censorship statement here. Internet Sansürüne Karşı Ortak Platform Toplantısı from Sansüre Sansür by miocaro 19 Haziran 2010 tarihinde, Kadir Has Üniversitesinde gerçekleştirilecek olan internet sansürü konulu toplantı pek çok … Read more

Petition campaign for İrfan Aktan

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Petition campaign for İrfan Aktan here.

AYŞE KARABAT – The journalist: İrfan Aktan

İrfan Aktan is ?the journalist,? for me and many other people who are trying to understand the recent developments in Turkey?s perception of the Kurdish question.

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Karizmanın çizilmesi/ Charisma shattered: Scared Israeli commandos

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Hürriyet releases some photos from the flotilla ambush… Israel has been uploading videos to defend her murder but people began to make fun of first class Israeli commandos beaten by unarmed activists…. More photos here. Daily Hürriyet publishes photos of bloodied Israeli soldiers from Hurriyet Dailynews Pictures showing bloodied Israeli commandos being overpowered by activists … Read more

Aid ship Rachel Corrie peacefully taken over- Non-violence is Israel’s new terror

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The last ship was named after Rachel Corrie.

Israeli troops take over Gaza aid ship Rachel Corrie

finkelstein reports with arraf on the flotilla massacre

finkelstein? s report with huwaida arraf who is one of the organisers of the ship to gaza campaign..

download:http://rapidshare.com/files/395438613/flotilla.rar

Divided loyalties

from BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Turkey’s Muslim heart fights its pro-Israeli head

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Erdoğan posters are sold in Gaza.

Israeli forces board Gaza-bound aid vessel, encounter no resistance

from Hurriyet Dailynews
Israeli forces seized a Gaza-bound aid vessel without meeting resistance Saturday, preventing it from breaking an Israeli maritime blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory days after a similar effort turned bloody.

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Former marine Ken O?Keefe returned to Istanbul like this after he was deported from Israel. via

Non-violence is Israel’s new terror

from Hurriyet Dailynews by HDN
With deadly attacks on aid ships bound for Gaza this week, Israel?s PR machinery is in full gear to justify its aggression.

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Prof. Ronen Shamir: An open letter from Israel to friends and colleagues in Turkey

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June 4th 2010 [43 years of occupation] An open letter from Israel to friends and colleagues in Turkey It is with great worry and sadness that I am witnessing the deteriorating relationship between Turkey and Israel. It is with horror and pain that I follow the unfolding dangerous betrayal of Israel’s own good by its … Read more

Fethullah Gülen does it again.

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Julie Platner for the Wall Street Journal

Politics make strange bed fellows. Kemalists hate Fethullah Gülen. According to them he is behind every Islamic happening in Turkey. He had to leave Turkey and now he lives in US. Now they might actually like him for his statements on the Gaza Flotilla. In fact, he has a long record of cooperation with the Power. In late 1970s, he oppossed the boycott movement in universities that was aimed at protesting headscarf ban. Since then he and his movement accused political opponents of every sort. Only lately his movement began to take an active role when they allied with AKP circles and acquired direct Power…

IHH President’s reply here in Turkish.

Who opposed Turkey’s diplomatic initiatives? In UN, US, Norway and Italy. In NATO, Canada and Chezch Republic… via

Reclusive Turkish Imam Criticizes Gaza Flotilla

By JOE LAURIA

SAYLORSBURG, Pa.?Imam Fethullah Gülen, a controversial and reclusive U.S. resident who is considered Turkey’s most influential religious leader, criticized a Turkish-led flotilla for trying to deliver aid without Israel’s consent.
Fethullah Gülen does it again: criticises the Gaza flotilla.

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IHH answers: Was the flotilla carrying anything other than humanitarian aid cargo?

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IHH (İnsani Yardım Vakfı) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Official sites:
Gaza Flotilla

IHH site.

Was the flotilla carrying anything other than humanitarian aid cargo?

No. The ships are carrying humanitarian aid only. The flotilla will deliver things like medical aid, food, clothing items, prefabricated homes, children?s playgrounds, stationery items, iron bars, cement. There is not even a razor, knife or jackknife onboard.

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Massacre aftermath III- Turkish flags in Protests all over the world

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“Humanity attacked first.”
Turkish hackers attacked Likud’s, Israel’s governing party, website. A list of Turkish activists wounded in the attacked here.

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Should they publish or not? A Journalism roundup follows

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Financial Times pulls Amnesty Vs. Shell ad

from Osocio Weblog by Tom Megginson

The Guardian reports that The Financial Times made a last-minute decision not to publish this ad, placed by Amnesty International:

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According to the article, the paper left it until the last possible moment to pull the hard-hitting ad, which was due to appear today to coincide with Shell?s annual meeting in London.

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A video: Oxfam Fair Trade Clips

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Oxfam Fair Trade Clips Clips promoting fair trade practices and shedding light on injustice.

Euro roundup: Newest Greek crisis, British elections, My Europe Day

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Greek strikers hit Athens streets from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Greek public sector workers storm the Acropolis and scuffle with riot police during a strike against austerity measures. Euroblogging journalist Prune Antoine wins two European young journalist awards by Julien Frisch Sometimes people who actually deserve it win prizes, and this time … Read more

Labor day special: Back to Taksim square since the bloody 1 May 1977 Labor day…

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[I would advise my readers to check back this post frequently] update: 3 May 2010- 13:00 Famous actors Halil Ergün, Cem Özer, Tarık Akan had also attended the event. Habervesaire has published a good photo galery here. Another gallery here. Turkish Anarchists’ photos here. Linux users were there, too: “Free Software for a Free World” … Read more

Labor Day imagery in Turkey (Part 3)

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