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Latest victim of Insulting Erdoğan is an academic… A roundup..
Bilgi University Lays Off Academic over ‘Insulting President’ Bianet :: English İstanbul Bilgi University has laid off the academic, Prof. Dr. Balıkçıoğlu following the news of her insulting the President.... Read more
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Yarın akşam bekleriz: #BilgiPRCC Kurumsal İletişim Sohbeti- Eşref Günaydın (Microsoft Bilgi İçerik Deneyimleri Grubu Ülke Müdürü)
PRCC Kurumsal İletişim Sohbetleri-8 Tarih: 18 Aralık 2014, Perşembe Saat: 18.30- 20.00 Yer: santralistanbul Kampüsü, ÇSM-403 Konuşmacı: Eşref Günaydın (Microsoft Bilgi İçerik Deneyimleri Grubu Ülke Müdürü) İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Halkla İlişkiler ve Kurumsal... Read more
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My Cyber-Anthropology Course readings for 2014 Fall Semester
Just revised my stuff and decided to assign readings below. I hope we will have a productive semester. I will need to polish it up a bit but this will... Read more
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#IGF2014 notes- Meeting with the head of EU Delegation #FHDel
A high level EU Commission official led a meeting with Freedom House delegates, whom I belong to at IGF2014. In principle the EU may be one of the most committed... Read more
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A day before the Presidential Election. #TurkeyVotes
#BBCtrending in Istanbul BBC News #BBC Trending is in Istanbul to talk trends and online battles in a country where social media has in the past been blocked. Presenter Mukul... Read more
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A talk by +JeffJarvis (@JeffJarvis) at Bilgi University this evening…
Jeff Jarvis of Buzz Machine gave a speech at our Communication School. We have a fantastic guest today. @jeffjarvis speaking now at @ifbilgi — Erkan Saka (@sakaerka) May 26, 2014... Read more
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DNS change explained on Turkey Streets (!) and a roundup on the Twitter Ban
I got the phone from this Twitter account. A few news/op-ed I was also quoted and some others: ‘Twitter schmitter?’ Turkey’s prime minister vows to block the social … Public Radio... Read more
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Protests against Internet censorship law expected this evening in many cities..
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... Read more
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Washington Post piece on Laureate, the owner of Bilgi University
Laureate, a for-profit education firm, finds international success (with a Clinton?s help) Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg – Douglas Becker, the chairman and chief executive officer of Laureate Education, listens during a panel discussion... Read more
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Youtube partially blocked. Turkish government is messing up with our Internet Freedom. Current situation
A few hours ago two ISPs, Turknet and Uydunet announced blockage. Not other ISPs yet apply the court rule. A few days ago Vimeo was blocked first, then unblocked. But... Read more
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17-18-19 Haziran 2013’de Bilgi’de: “Kitleleri Yeniden Düşünmek: Şiddet, Hukuk ve Demokrasi
Tarih: 17-18-19 Haziran 2013 Saat: 9.30-17.30 Yer: santralistanbul Kampüsü, E1-301 Gün geçtikçe daha da büyüyen, çoğalan, farklı etnik yapılara ve sosyal sınıflara dağılan kitle şiddeti, artık hukuk sistemlerini ve adına demokrasi dediğimiz... Read more
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Erdoğan talks, Turkish EFD falls 6%… Videos, photos, commentaries from the civic resistance #OccupyTurkey
Erdogan defies Turkish protesters – live updates Follow live updates after Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted that he will go ahead with plans to develop Taksim Square Protests threaten Turkey’s economy Protests threaten... Read more
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by the way, “Beautiful minds” meet up at BİLGİ…plus Isaac Asimov, Grateful Dead archive and more..an academic roundup…
Beautiful minds meet up at BİLGİ Hurriyet Daily News Nobel prize winners Eric Maskin (2nd L), John Nash (C), Reinhard Selten (2nd R) and Roger Myerson (R) delivered a joint... Read more
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BITS Summer School attendants’ blogs for their Istanbul experience
Throughout July, I will be teaching the course, Social Media and Corporate Communication, for a group of students from BITS University, Germany. There is a summer school, hosted at Bilgi... Read more
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Dear Prof. David Harvey, here is why the open letter adressed to you about Bilgi U. is bullshit:
Dear Prof. Harvey, I am deeply honored that you will be our guest at Istanbul Bilgi University. I realized that an open letter is addressed to you about your visit... Read more
