Foreign journalists targeted so that like #Soma, locking-down of all Turkey cannot be heard

Plainclothed Turkish cops detained CNN cameraman Joe Duran briefly during crackdown on Istanbul's Istiklal, twisted,hurt his arm & shoulder — Ivan Watson (@IvanCNN) May 17, 2014 According to IMC TV’s reporters’ data from the municipalities, 321 already buried. BUT Turkish government’s official death toll is 301 and rescue search is officially completed today… EXPLAINED: The Soma mine … Read more

Japan quake roundup while Turkey forges ahead for nuclear energy…

photo via Forging Ahead on Nuclear Energy in Turkey by By SUSANNE GÜSTEN As governments around the world scramble to freeze or review their nuclear energy programs in response to Japan?s crisis, Turkey announced plans for the first of its own nuclear plants. Japan nuclear crisis: The downside of using sea water to cool reactors … Read more