activism

as if hostages, detained May Day activists are still not released…

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Mighty Turkish State with mighty “Palaces of Justice” cannot find prosecutors to process the detainees situations. Lawyers and media personnel are waiting activists to be released… Michelle Demishevich ?@demishevich #1MayısGözaltılarıSerbestBırakılsın eylemini takipteyiz #press #media #pressfreedom #CaglayanAdliyesi pic.twitter.com/1JpqZvgXjg Çağlayan Adliyesi önü. (11.00) 1 mayıs gözaltıları için bekleniyor. pic.twitter.com/hhnWKX8itW  

#MayDayinTurkey News Sources #1MAYISDİRENİSTİR

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[News sources] 1- @140journos ve @dokuz8haber ve @onurerem http://birgun.net/haber/1-mayistan-canli-yayin-goruntuleri-13750.html ? [News sources] 2- DHA Canlı yayınlar- http://dha.com.tr/dhayayin/  ve http://dha.com.tr/dhayayin-2/  ve http://dha.com.tr/dhayayin-3/  ı [News sources] 3: Diken Canlı http://www.diken.com.tr/vitrin/polis-taksimi-kusatti-diskin-onunde-toplasma-basladi/ ? ve @ayagakalktaksim ve @otekilerpostasi  [News sources] 4- @canli_bbcturkce http://www.bbc.co.uk/turkce/haberler/140430_canli_1mayis.shtml ? Bianet: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bianet-org ? [News sources] 5- @sendika_org http://www.sendika.org/2014/05/ve-istanbul-1-mayisa-girdi/ ? – sahadan @erenerdemnet – @AJTCanli http://canli.aljazeera.com.tr/Event/1_Mays  Istanbul Turkey… Happy Labour Day. pic.twitter.com/BwJL7DcST4 … Read more

International Women’s Day celebrated in Istanbul and elsewheres…

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The march was without much incident. Police did not let women enter Taksim Square but this was relatively quiet a peaceful and joyful event… AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto-Women clash with Turkish police on Istiklal Avenue to mark World women day pic.twitter.com/5xEAVCarr8 This was a minor clash with a particular left wing group and police…. Police close Gezi Park … Read more

So some were on the streets on Saturday Night to protest Internet Censorship…

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Unfortunately, many digital natives’ circles are not involved especially in the last 2 anti-web censorship protests that took place in Taksim, İstanbul and some other major cities. Many of them give digital support, especially in cases of police violence but some radical leftist groups increasingly alienate internet activists. Some groups take initiatives and leave internet … Read more

Citizens resist against Censorship Law. #SansüreDurDe #Nocensorship #internetimedokunma

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all photos from 8 February 2014 evening… You can follow my Twitter account for more info, streaming sources and photos etc.      

Protests against Internet censorship law expected this evening in many cities..

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In the mean time, I am also quoted in this BBC piece: Half a million ‘internet censorship’ tweets   Why Turks say they are being muzzled online Half a million ‘internet censorship’ tweets BBC News Traditional media in Turkey is heavily regulated and, according to Erkan Saka, a political blogger and professor of communications at … Read more

Erkan is off to Skopje, Macedonia for the The ninth ?e-Society? conference… #esociety14

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I fly this evening and will be around in Skopje until Sunday… Here is the program:  e-Society: Youth and Media is a two-day conference organized by the Metamorphosis Foundation and the Youth Educational Forum, exploring media from a youth perspective, youth led media, media literacy, information quality, digital media activism, music and movements. The conference is … Read more

Video: Protests and police violence on the Internet Freedom rally on 18 Jan

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Activists take stage for Internet Freedom this evening. #18Ocak18deSokaklara #SansüreDurDe

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  Turkish police break up protest against law curbing Internet Riot police fired plastic bullets, tear gas and water cannons at hundreds of people in Istanbul protesting a government plan to expand controls over the public’s use of the Internet on Jan. 18 I will probably be around in Taksim and will switch to my … Read more

18 Ocak’a doğru. Bilgilendirmeler. #SansürüDurdur #internetimeDokunma

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p.s. eksik gördüğünüz paylaşımları yorumlara eklerseniz, ana sayfaya eklerim… Change.org kampanyası  Görseller için buraya bakınız: http://erkansaka.net/archives/29005 Sayfalar Ortak Platformu’nun Facebook etkinlik sayfası. 18 OCAK #SansürüDurdur Yürüyüşü Facebook sayfası. İnci Sözlük & Uludağ Sözlük destekli Sansürü Durdur sayfası. Yeni İnternet Yasasını açıklayan güzel bir listeleme. Alternatif Bilişim Derneği Açıklaması Korsan Parti Açıklaması Çevrimiçi güvenlik araçlarıdan seçmeler url tabanlı … Read more

Facebook closes yet another Ötekilerin Postası (@OtekilerPostasi) Page, a new one opened…

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Facebook continues to have a negative relationship with activist news service Ötekilerin Postası who provides activist news with a radical left and pro-Kurdish perpestive. Today, it announced from its Twitter account its Facebok page was closed again and it listed the not much reasonable reasons to close down its pages or cases of censorship… Because of … Read more

Erdoğan’s corrupt regime protested all over Turkey tonight (27 December 2013)

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I switch to my Twitter account for immediate coverage. God Help Us all…

Turkey. A Sunday of protests. Roundup from @140Journos reports…

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Clashes in Amed (Diyarbakır) now after #Gever killings protest

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Not exactly clashes but more like police intervention… @bdpgenclik2013 via @mergesor   BDP Gençlik Meclisi @bdpgenclik2013 4 taraftan saldıran kolluk kuvvetleri ve #Amed halkı…. #direnAmed pic.twitter.com/EmCun0dqJX      

Ukraine’s Black Saturday… #Euromaidan protests continue…

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  Ukraine’s Black Saturday Yesterday was Black Friday in the west ? people out shopping; in Ukraine, today will be remembered as Black Saturday ? people running for their lives. Have the Ukrainians been shopped by the Europeans? Ukraine: Understanding the #Euromaidan Protests It may seem to many that the #Euromaidan protests in Ukraine grew out … Read more