Finland Starts Handing Out a Basic Income MIT Technology Review A few unemployed Finns are receiving a monthly check with no strings attached—but it’s unlikely to tell us whether universal basic income is a good idea. Eurozone inflation surges to 1.1% in December BBC News | Europe | World Edition Eurozone inflation surges to 1.1%, … Read more
CHP urges fair trial, cites 1 million sufferers in post-coup process The number of people who have suffered from the government’s “reckless measures” against suspected Gülenists within the civil service has hit 1 million, the main opposition leader has said Turkish schools reopen after purge of teachers suspected of coup links World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk … Read more
Social Network Analysis Reveals Full Scale of Kremlin’s Twitter Bot Campaign Global Voices Online by Lawrence Alexander Profile pictures from a large network of pro-Kremlin Twitter accounts. Image by Lawrence Alexander. With the aid of open-source tools, Internet researcher Lawrence Alexander gathered and visualised data on nearly 20,500 pro-Kremlin Twitter accounts, revealing the massive scale of … Read more
I was among many who did not appreciate such an action against the prosecutor. If there could be any reason to lessen the severity of this act, what I understand after reading hours of Twitter messages and official statements, the militants were to make a show off and were to highlight the slow pace of Berkin Elvan … Read more
Turkish police saw Gezi activists as morally-problematic ‘others’ Police viewed the activists in the Gezi Park protests as ‘morally problematic outsiders’ Diyarbakır-based Dutch journalist faces jail term for ‘PKK propaganda’ A lawsuit has been opened against Frederike Geerdink on charges of making propaganda on behalf of PKK Indictment of Dutch journalist in Turkey heightens press freedom fears World … Read more
[TIMELINE] Hrant Dink Memorials on 8th Anniversary Bianet :: English Murdered on 19 January 2007, Agos Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink will be remembered with a march from Istanbul’s Taksim district to Osmanbey where the murder scene and Agos newspaper headquarters are located. [FULL TEXT] Murathan Mungan’s Hrant Dink Memorial Speech Bianet :: English On the 8th anniversary … Read more
Graft probe prosecutor claims he was ?threatened? by Turkish gov?t Öz says he was ‘threatened’ by two people sent by PM Erdoğan to stop the probe Turkey’s under-fire Erdogan sidles up to military Turkey’s embattled Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears willing to mend fences with the once all-powerful army which he fought … Read more
Amnesty seeks justice for 14-year-old victim of police brutality during Gezi protests AI has issued a call to Turkish authorities to launch a fair investigation to find the police officer responsible for firing a tear gas capsule that struck Berkin Elvan ?I tripped him up, police beat him,? confesses civilian suspect charged with killing Gezi … Read more
of his police deeds but because he changed sides….He became critical of the current political elites configuration…. Ex-police chief Hanefi Avcı sentenced to 15 years Former Eskişehir Chief of Police Hanefi Avcı has been sentenced to prison for 15 years and fined 10,000 Turkish liras Devrimci Karargah Case Verdict Announced 24 defendants acquitted in Devrimci … Read more