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Literati roundup: R.I.P. Ulrich Beck…. “Smithsonian galleries release massive Asian art collection online for non-commercial use…

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Ulrich Beck – an appreciation open Democracy News Analysis – by Robin Wilson   openSecurity editor Robin Wilson reflects on the work of German intellectual – and frequent openDemocracy contributor – Ulrich Beck, who sadly passed away on 1 January. Ulrich Beck (1944-2015). Wikimedia commons. Public domain. Huge trove of Smithsonian art digitized; over 40,000 works  kottke.org by Jason … Read more

Surveillance a la Turca: ” Surveillance camera turns away as police beat civilian during Gezi protest

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Ekrem Dumanli: Turkey’s witch hunt against the media washingtonpost.com – Jan 1 – Ekrem Dumanli is editor in chief of the Zaman daily newspaper in Turkey. When I first appeared in court after last month’s raid on my newspaper in Istanbul and 80 hours of detention, I asked the judge: “Two columns and a news … Read more

New democratic networks emerge [in French, Erkan quoted too] as “Turkish novelists Orhan Pamuk and Elif Shafak accused of being Western stooges by pro-government press…

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Turquie : les nouveaux réseaux démocratiques1   Un an et demi après la contestation de Gezi, où en est la démocratie en Turquie ? Et pour quelles nouvelles formes de mobilisations ? Journalisme citoyen, tweets et sites, mais aussi squatt-maison de quartier, face à un État de plus en plus autoritaire. Enquête multimédia interactive d’Eric … 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

Organic food places in İstanbul… “Istanbul’s Fading Metabolism…News roundup…

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Organik Alışverişin İstanbul’daki 9 Adresi  ListeList by Çağla Gillis   EkoOrganik   Istanbul’s Fading Metabolism AuthorJesse Honsa SummaryThe acute city versus obtuse urban redevelopment: Istanbul’s urban structure is being replaced by big, slow, and stupid projects. Fikirtepe urban redevelopment. Image: Bülent Kılıç. Istanbul municipality prepares to evacuate city’s first squat house used as social center The … Read more

Haluk Şahin (@wiseoldturk) EFD’ye özel yazdı! ÇOK SATAN ROMANIN FORMÜLÜ ÜZERİNE

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Haluk Şahin ÇOK SATAN ROMANIN FORMÜLÜ ÜZERİNE Geçenlerde bizim gazetelerde de çıktı.  ?Çok satan? kitabın, daha doğrusu romanın, formülü bulunmuş! Böyle şeylere kim kafa yorar?  Amerikalılar.  Evet, bir Amerikan dergisi çok satan kitapları, onların dünyaya tanıttıkları terimle ?bestseller?leri inceden inceye irdeledikten sonra ortaya çıkan temel özellikleri açıklamış. Bu formül şöyle özetlenebilir:  ?Bestseller? bir aşk serüvenidir. … Read more