Jussi Parikka: “Earwitnesses of a Coup Night: The Many Media Infrastructures of Social Action”

Earwitnesses of a Coup Night: The Many Media Infrastructures of Social Action The particularly cruel scenes in Ankara and Istanbul from July 15th and 16th circulated quickly. From eye witness accounts to images detached from their context, media users, viewers and readers was soon seeing the graphic depictions of what had happened with the added … Read more

Turkish government puts Olympic loss blame [also] on media… Main opposition CHP team leaves for planned Egypt talks… A FP roundup…

Main opposition CHP team leaves for planned Egypt talks Two senior high-ranking opposition lawmakers departed to Egypt yesterday for a three day visit Turkish PM Erdoğan says Istanbul rejection as 2020 host was unfair The choice of Tokyo instead of Istanbul to host the 2020 Olympic Games was unfair Turkish government puts Olympic loss blame … Read more

As its Construction Lobby loses Olympic bid, AKP leadership begins its blaming rhetorics…

Let the blames begin; Yeni Safak accues Reuters of sabotaging Olympic bid by …showing the news? http://t.co/MHFEzbIYFw via @yenisafak ? Andrew Finkel (@FinkelAndrew) September 8, 2013   A long list of possible construction work planned for Turkey’s bid can be found here. From NYT piece:  For the International Olympic Committee, environmental concerns in Japan appeared … Read more

Tokyo wins, Istanbul loses… IOC’s 2020 Olympics decision….

https://twitter.com/barry_stocker/status/376440369241546752 Istanbul reaches the final round in IOC’s 2020 Olympics host city vote Istanbul and Tokyo reach the second round of IOC’s voting for the host city of the 2020 Olympics. Madrid was eliminated Armenian community members in Argentina protest against Istanbul 2020 bid Members of the Armenian community in Argentina protested over the presence Istanbul’s bid … Read more