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Anthropology roundup: Nancy Scheper-Hughes on the Catholic Church…”Dialogs before Suicide…

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Nancy Scheper-Hughes shares reflections on the Catholic Church anthropologyworks by Culture In Global Affairs Republished with permission from Berkeley News Nancy Scheper-Hughes. Source: Berkeley News In her research, writing and teaching, medical anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes focuses especially on violence, suffering and premature death on the margins of the modern world. Best-known for her work on the … Read more

Journalism agenda: “Majority of Journalists Wouldn’t Be Able to Function Without Social Media”

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Report Finds Majority of Journalists Wouldn’t Be Able to Function Without Social Media  Social Media Today by Andrew Hutchinson Study: Journalists Increasingly Rely on Social for News  Social Media Today by Carianne King A recent survey by Oglivy PR revealed social media’s role in the increasingly dynamic landscape of modern media communications. Co-operatives: redefining local journalism?  open Democracy News Analysis – by Alon … Read more

Massive rally with world leaders to start in Paris while an Arson attack on German newspaper that reprinted Charlie Hebdo cartoon…

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France’s trauma: a hard question open Democracy News Analysis – by Paul Rogers The Paris massacre and its aftershocks must also be considered in the context of the larger war being fought in the Middle East and Africa. The attack in Paris on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on 7 January 2014 continues to have a … Read more

AKP leadership attacking Supreme Court as 4 former ministers’ corruption case to be determined today…

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Supreme Court plotted against AKP, health minister claims Hurriyet Daily News Mehmet Müezzinoğlu diagnosed the Supreme Court as ‘the main element which plotted against the ruling party’ Inquiry panel to vote on fate of former ministers A parliamentary inquiry commission is expected to decide whether to send four former ministers to the Supreme Council for trial on … Read more

İstanbul Coffee Festival 25-28 December- İstanbul news roundup…

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http://www.yelp.com.tr/events/istanbul-istanbul-coffee-festival ******************************* From Constantinople to Istanbul: The Residences of the Venetian Bailo Maney Online Medieval Italian city-states with access to the sea, most notably the Venetian and Genoese, were in need of safe ‘stopovers’ that would allow their Arthur Miller’s ‘Crucible’ revived in İstanbul, 45 years on Today’s Zaman (press release) (blog) “Cadı Kazanı,” a … Read more

Pope Francis visits Blue Mosque…. İstanbul news roundup…

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Pope in Istanbul ‘silent adoration’  BBC News | Europe | World Edition Pope Francis stands in “silent adoration” in Istanbul’s Blue Mosque alongside the city’s top Muslim cleric, on the second day of his Turkey visit. VIDEO: Pope Francis visits Blue Mosque  BBC News | Europe | World Edition Mark Lowen reports from Istanbul in Turkey on … Read more

As the Pope about the legitimize Erdoğan’s palace, “Turkey’s former EU Minister Bağış admits receiving gifts from key graft probe suspect

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Turkey’s former EU Minister Bağış admits receiving gifts from key graft probe suspect Former EU Minister Bağış has admitted receiving gifts including ‘chocolate, shirts and ties’ from Iranian-Azeri businessman Reza Zarrab and said he helped some of Zarrab’s friends receive visas Egemen Bağış: Gift is A Turkish Tradition  Bianet :: English Former EU Minister Egemen Bağış testified … Read more

The Pope visits Turkey, Turkish Nationalist leader Bahçeli visits Dersim (Tunceli)

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Pope Francis set for Turkey visit  BBC News | Europe | World Edition Pope Francis is set to visit Turkey for what is being billed as a historic trip to help interfaith dialogue in the country. Pope set to visit Turkey under security clampdown Pope Francis is set to visit Turkey to meet with top officials and … Read more