Popular website ordered to remove entries on PM’s aide who kicked Soma mourner Popular Turkish website Ekşi Sözlük has deleted entries on the Turkish PM’s aide who made headlines after kicking a mourner in the mine disaster-struck town of Soma, upon a court order **** Jurists criticize charges over ‘insulting’ president, say matter is ‘political’ The growing … Read more
If you were taken into custody in your country, would you be safe from torture? http://t.co/UuqjZTLD8d #StopTorture pic.twitter.com/v99r4mDqld — Amnesty International USA (@amnestyusa) May 13, 2014 Court sentences founder of popular online forum for blasphemy A Turkish court has given Sedat Kapanoğlu, the founder of one of Turkey?s most popular online forums, Ekşi … Read more
Ergenekon suspects released amid chaos over legal authority between courts Several Ergenekon suspects have been released by separate courts at the same time that the former specially authorized court which dealt with the case ruled on the continuation of their imprisonment Election security does not exist for HDP, party says Attacks against the HDP in the run-up … Read more
Turkish President Gül ?sad? over former top commander?s conviction Turkey?s President has expressed sadness over the conviction of a former top commander in a coup plot court case Turkish Judicial System Takes Blow in Ergenekon Verdict Al-Monitor On Aug. 7, ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesman Huseyin Celik responded cynically to reactions to Monday’s … Read more
As recently stated Ekşi Sözlük is one of the major internet sites that harbored an internet user culture in Turkey. From time to time, it has been targeted by conservative or Islamist citizens who are quite annoyed with the existence of such a major independent site despite the growth of Facebook and Twitter. There are … Read more
Meanwhile, in Turkey: Flash sales site Evim.net lands $5m, Airbnb clone HemenKiralik $2.5m Two Istanbul, Turkey-based startups have raised millions of dollars in funding as the local e-commerce market continues to grow rapidly. Yandex set to shift up gear in Turkey Russian search engine Yandex has decided to expand its presence in Turkey with … Read more
Since the end of May, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across Turkey, using social media with great skill to propel their rebuke of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan forward. Day after day, the protesters have leaned on Twitter and other social platforms to spread information and organize demonstrations, spurring the masses into action … Read more
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Sedat Kapanoğlu, founder of Ekşi Sözlük Can Turkey’s Sour Dictionary Exist Elsewhere? TNW Middle East ? Francis Pisani ? 21 hours ago ?It?s Turkey?s major contribution to the Internet,? says professor Ozgür Uçkan of Istanbul Bigli University, of the site ironically called Ekşi Sözlük, the ?Sour Dictionary.? The site has 36,000 authors, and ******************* First … Read more
Mikail Boz adlı Marmara Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi öğrencisi fakültedeki idari yeniden yapılanmayla ilgili iki “entri” girmiş. Karşılığında uzaklaştırma cezası. Yazdıkları şöyle: marmara üniversitesi, iletişim fakültesi?nin, radyo, tv ve sinema bölümü?nün yeni başkanıdır. biraz tepeden inme biçimde getirilmiş gibi görünüyor. kendisi daha önce marmara iletişim?de hiç ders vermedi galiba. buna karşın bölümde o kadar profesör (esra … Read more
Mehmet Baransu, who is known to have published leaked military documents at Taraf daily, and Rasih Yılmaz, a Bugün columnist, movie critic and an author, led a campaign yesterday against Ekşi Sözlük. Ekşi Sözlük with more than 10,000 thousand contributors is the biggest online forum and one of the few independent sites against increasing conservative … Read more
CEO of Google Eric Schmidt (AFP/File, Thomas Coex) Mr. Schmidt is supposed to warn our president Abdullah Gül that filtering is not good…News in Turkish more photos from the meeting here. He was also interviewed by Mirgün Cabas of NTV, here in Turkish. In the mean time, there are reports that up to 52 Ekşi … Read more