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Cyberculture agenda: Remembering Aaron Swartz…
Twitter’s Policy Reboot: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly EFF.org Updates by Wafa Ben Hassine January 12, 2016 Update: It is important to note that some of the language that... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: A big loss: “Ian “Debian” Murdock dies after threatening suicide
A Brief History of Debian – The Debian Manifesto debian.org [ previous ] [ Contents ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ A... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: Twitter urged to be more supportive for activists…
Twitter must be less cowardly and fight for activists The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal For years, Twitter has been the go-to communication medium for social and political activists and commentators.... Read more
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A metrobüs burns out in rush hour, hopefully no casualties… Istanbul news roundup…
Highway near Şirinevler… News in Turkish Good thing, no casualties reported. Metrobus (Turkish: Metrobüs) is a 50 km (31.1 mi) bus rapid transit route in İstanbul, Turkey with 45 stations which follows the... Read more
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Journalism agenda: Scandal at Telegraph. The lead political writer resigns…
New rules governing drone journalism are on the way — and there’s reason to be optimistic Nieman Journalism Lab by Matt Waite Today we got our first real look into what... Read more
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Turkey vs. Facebook over some pages allegely insulting Prophet Mohammad. Erkan also quoted…
Facebook blocks Turkish users from viewing pages deemed offensive to Prophet … National Post This comes on the heels of an ongoing government crackdown on critical political expression in Turkey.... Read more
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After Cameron (@David_Cameron) and Mogherini (@FedericaMog) break, Turkey can go back to its course of religious authoritarianism…
Britain’s Cameron to travel to Turkey to discuss ISIL foreign fighter problem PM Cameron will travel to Turkey on Dec. 9 to meet President Erdoğan to discuss how to stop Britons... Read more
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Rubens’ Three Graces is in trouble in Turkey! Barbarians at the Gates news from Turkey…
Turkey’s media watchdog goes into racy details for kiss scene RTÜK has done it again, raising eyebrows this time by going into the ‘erotic’ details of a TV drama kiss scene... Read more
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Egypt and Cyprus vs. Turkey while ‘Turkey may suspend customs deal with EU’
‘Turkey may suspend customs deal with EU’ Turkey may freeze its customs union deal with the EU if the planned trade deal between the US and EU does not cover... Read more
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FP blog take on Gülen movement… Wikileaked…
WikiLeaked: 5 Things to Know About the Islamist Empire Trying to Take Down Erdogan Legal experts point toward high court to solve judicial impasse Prominent legal experts and... Read more
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FP Agenda- US, NATO clarify Chinese missile system not interoperable…Turkey, EU resume membership talks
US, NATO clarify Chinese missile system not interoperable NATO and the US conveyed to Ankara that a Chinese missile defense system will not be interoperable with NATO systems Turkey, EU... Read more
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“10 Reasons U.S. Influence Has Fallen in the Middle East… An Americana roundup…
10 Reasons U.S. Influence Has Fallen in the Middle East By most assessments, U.S. influence in the Middle East has dramatically declined since the Arab uprisings began... Read more
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Aleppo University withdraws Turkish PM Erdoğan?s honorary doctorate (!) A FP roundup… an Egypt roundup…
Aleppo University withdraws Turkish PM Erdoğan?s honorary doctorate The council of Aleppo University has announced the withdrawal of an honorary doctorate that the university awarded to Turkish PM in 2009... Read more
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“Egyptian Foreign Ministry asks Turkey ‘not to take sides’ – An Egypt coup roundup…
Egyptian Foreign Ministry asks Turkey ‘not to take sides’: Ambassador Egyptian officials have asked Ankara ‘not to take sides,’ the Turkish ambassador to Cairo has said after being summoned to... Read more
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Many Israelis think apology to Turkey ?mistake?… A FP roundup…
Is Turkey delaying the Israeli normalization process? It has been nearly three months since Turkish and Israeli diplomats started negotiations for the terms of an agreement. Israelis think apology to... Read more
