As police raids HDP protesters, “PM Admits Deliberate Internet Cut Off”

PM Admits Deliberate Internet Cut Off Bianet :: English About Internet cut off, PM Yıldırım has said that things will return to normal “after the threat is parried”. Problems in access to social media in Turkey a ‘security measure,’ says PM The slowdown in internet connection experienced throughout Turkey are a “security measure” taken by the government, … Read more

Nearly all the leadership of pro-Kurdish HDP is detained and massive internet shutdown follows…

Turkey arrests pro-Kurdish party leaders amid claims of internet shutdown  World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk Selahattin Demirtaş, HDP co-leader known as the ‘Kurdish Obama’, held with at least 11 MPs as post-coup crackdown continues The two joint leaders of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic party (HDP) have been detained along with at least 10 MPs because of … Read more

AL JAZEERA says “Turkey confirms military involvement in Mosul, Hürriyet says “No Turkish troops to be sent to Mosul…

 No Turkish troops to be sent to Mosul: Ankara   Ankara rules out Turkish troops participation in a ground offensive to retake Mosul but float the idea of a safe zone for refugees and security Battle for Mosul: Turkey confirms military involvement  AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) PM Yildrim confirms Turkish involvement in Iraq’s second largest city … Read more

Erdoğan insisted on the Bashiqa base, “Turkey-backed Syrian rebel forces attack ISIL’s Dabiq…

Bashiqa base in northern Iraq will remain: President Erdoğan President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Oct. 15 that Turkey’s presence in the Bashiqa military base in northern Iraq will remain, amid the ongoing row with Baghdad, which has demanded the immediate withdrawal of the Turkish military from the camp Turkey-backed Syrian rebel forces attack ISIL’s Dabiq Turkey-backed … Read more

Buddies again. Putin meets Erdoğan in Istanbul Energy Summit…

Putin in Turkey to push energy deals  EurActiv.com by Georgi Gotev Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Turkey today (10 October) for talks with counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, pushing forward ambitious joint energy projects as the two sides try to overcome a crisis in ties. Three Turkish diplomats seeking asylum in Germany after coup attempt: Report At least … Read more

For the record, despite his “insulting poetry” Boris Johnson had a good time in Turkey.

Boris Johnson lauds his Turkish washing machine on first visit to Ankara World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk British foreign secretary displays raffish style during first official trip since writing a poem about the Turkish president having sex with a goat Boris Johnson seeks to mend fences in talks with Turkish leadership  World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by … Read more

12 cute libraries in Istanbul… and an Istanbul news roundup…

12 Libraries piece is in Turkish but you might get some clues in any case;)  Iconic Istanbul neighborhoods are struggling Hurriyet Daily News Beyoğlu on the European side of Istanbul and Bağdat Street on the Anatolian side are sad. Morale is down for the owners of shops and those working Spotlight: Istanbul striving to be … Read more

Tech response to #Paris Attacks… As French jets pound #Raqqa

How Tech Learned From Past Crises And Reacted To The Paris Attacks What Facebook, Airbnb, and Uber did when terrorists attacked Paris. Brendan Klinkenberg BuzzFeed News Reporter 1. There are a growing number of technology platforms that people around the world depend on each day — a dependency that often becomes much starker in times of … Read more

It is very hard for the Turkish gov’t or AKP trolls to admit, but ISIS is the most obvious perpetrator in #AnkaraBombings

Ankara bombing: PM office confirms suicide bombings The Turkish Prime Minister’s Office has confirmed the twin blasts that rocked capital Ankara were caused by two suicide bombers Infographics: How have Turkish Internet users evaluated the Ankara bombing? Turkish Internet users have answered a number of questions about the Oct. 10 Ankara bombing in a poll conducted by … Read more

Tyranny of bureaucracy: Students under Sun, bureaucrats under shade… News from the social fabric…

113 killed in car crashes in Turkey during Eid al-Adha A total of 113 people were killed in car crashes across Turkey during the nine-day Eid al-Adha holiday as hundreds of thousands of citizens began to return amid intensifying traffic 1,500 refugees sent from Edirne to other Turkish cities Syrian refugees, who have waited over 10 days … Read more

Boing Boing is curious about “Why Q was illegal in Turkey until last month… A social fabric roundup…

Why Q was illegal in Turkey until last month Last month, Turkey repealed its 1928 Alphabet Law, and legalized the letter Q. In a short, illuminating piece in the London Review of Books, Yasmine Searle describes the history of Romanicization of Turkish writing, which was part of a larger project to assimilate Turkish minorities by … Read more

Experiencing the Feast of Sacrifice in Turkey: 2 killed 3,883 wounded until now

As amateur butchers, citizens rush to sacrifice and same casualties occur… source and more photos here.   Related articles Ten people killed in car accidents, raising Eid death toll in Turkey