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Hundreds of HDP executives detained as death toll reaches 44 in the latest Istanbul bombed attack….

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  HDP Executives Detained in Simultaneous Operations 118 people from the HDP have been detained during operations launched against HDP’s provincial and district executives in İstanbul, Ankara, Adana, Manisa and Mersin. HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş suffers heart spasm in prison: MP Bilgen Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş suffered a heart spasm in jail on Dec. … Read more

#TurkeyVotes News, Online sources…

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We are organizing an election watch program hosted by Public Relations and Corporate Communication MA program in İstanbul Bilgi University. Facebook event page here. Event photos and relevant stuff will be posted there. Citizens are invited to socialize and watch the game together. In the mean time, a group of my students producing special coverage at SosyalKafa.net Sosyalkafa Twitter, … Read more

Before the Nov 1 election, Ruling AKP plays its last cards: Confiscates opposition media entities #MedyaDokunma, Extrajudicial killings and possibly committing many other crimes we are not aware of…

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Trustee Appointed to Koza Holding Bianet :: English Koza İpek Holding including Channel Kanaltürk, Bugün daily and other 22 corporations, has been appointed a trustee. 5 Websites Blocked in a Day Bianet :: English Presidency of Telecommunication blocked access to five news websites in a day. Turkish woman shot during police operation dies at hospital A Turkish woman … Read more

Looks like Ali Babacan, the only capable minister, will continue to do the dirty work….

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PM convinces Babacan to run in Nov. 1 election before candidate list deadline Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu convinced former Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan to stand as a candidate for the AKP in the Nov. 1 election on the last day before the deadline for the party to submit their candidate lists to the Supreme Election … Read more

[Erkan also quoted] “Case of Vice reporters underlines Turkish crackdown on Internet freedom….

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Case of Vice reporters underlines Turkish crackdown on Internet freedom  Al Jazeera America Al Jazeera America Case of Vice reporters underlines Turkish crackdown on Internet freedom Al Jazeera America “Turkish authorities are very pragmatic in stigmatizing encryption,” said Erkan Saka, a professor of communications at Istanbul’s Bilgi University. “They want a media blackout in the region,” … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: ISIS vs Twitter a data visualization… Prolific twitterbots…

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ISIS vs Twitter: A cautionary tale told through data visualization  Boing Boing by Bob Parks A report by the Brookings Institution analyzed a sample 20,000 ISIS-supporting Twitter accounts, and sought to answer the question of how suspending accounts impacts the community.   Meet the Editors Fighting Racism and Sexism on Wikipedia Wired Top Stories by Issie Lapowsky Wikipedia’s … Read more

Journalism agenda: 6 news orgs’ Snapchat stories…

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Snapchat stories: Here’s how 6 news orgs are thinking about the chat app  Nieman Journalism Lab by Joseph Lichterman When Sam Sheffer, The Verge’s social media editor, launched the site’s Snapchataccount at the end of July last year, he meant it to be a small-scale experiment. “I only promoted it on my personal Twitter account,” Sheffer … Read more

Anthropology roundup: “Cybersecurity algorithms, techniques being developed through anthropology methods…

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  Cybersecurity algorithms, techniques being developed through anthropology methods   This article is a repost from Newswise and is written by Kansas State University?s Greg Tammen. Experts in anthropology and cybersecurity at Kansas State University are examining the unspoken knowledge shared by cybersecurity analysts as a way to develop new automated tools that help analysts … Read more

Seçil Altınışık: “bangkok?ta kazık tezgahı ve ihtişam iç içe”

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bangkok?ta kazık tezgahı ve ihtişam iç içe   ikinci gün sabahtan dolaşmaya çıkıyoruz biraz, sağımız solumuz tapınak, bir iki tanesine bakınarak turislik sokaklardan yürüyoruz. tapınaklar dışında yol kenarlarında sağda solda çiçek ve renkli kumaşlarla süslü budist köşeleri var. restoran ve dükkanların kapıları bahçeleri buda, fil, maymun, yaratık heykelleri dolu. bir tuk tuk durağından geçerken tuk tukçulardan … Read more

Seçil Altınışık: “kokular, çiçekler ve gökgürültüsü: bangkok”

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seçil altınışık: kokular, çiçekler ve gökgürültüsü: bangkok   bangkok?a thy?nin direk uçağı ile geldik, dokuz saatte. uçağımız sao paulodan döndüğüm uçak kadar afilli diil ama yine de güzel, thy gerçekten türkiyenin gururu olmuş dünyada, çok kaliteli, hatta artizz. uçaktaki neye gittikleri belli olan kalabalık ve coşkulu erkek grubu uzaktan bile son derece nahoş ama menümüzdeki su … Read more