Web based Turkish journalism sites’ representatives were invited to Presidential reception for the Republic’s 86th anniversary yesterday as note here.
A list of invitees:
En Son Haber
Gazeteport
Haber7
HABERTÜRK
haberciler.com
Haber Vitrini
MEDYATAVA
Sonsayfa
Süper Poligon
Türk Time
A roundup on journalism and cyberculture follows:
iRex has released a new e-reader. Last December I was too close to buy Amazon’s Kindle but because of Christmas time it was all sold out and I got back from US without much dreamed Kindle. Since then I haven’t been thinking about e-readers but a reader friendly e-reader will make my days, I know.
E-readers have had somewhat hesitant popularity to date. There is a clear interest in the developing technology, but steep price tags ($399 for a Sony Reader, $489 for a Kindle DX) have meant that they haven’t exactly taken off.
Notable readings on web-related issues:
Last Update: 21 September 2009: 21:50
A twitter account gives updates on the ban and reactions: Turkey Bans.
Özgür Uçkan writes extensively on web censorship in Turkey (all pieces in Turkish though)
Myspace, Lastfm, sansür, kültür ve “bir avuç insan”…
by Özgür Uçkan
“Türkiye’de internet sansürünün kısa tarihi… ve mümkün geleceği!
“Fransa, telifli içerik indirene ceza getiren HADOPI2 Yasası?nı kabul etti. Türkiye bu akımdan etkilenir mi?”
More ban’s in Turkey
by Internation MusingBt Arda Kutsal:Access to MySpace and Last.fm is banned by Turkish court. We are currently not fully informed about the reason of the ban, but it may be due to music copyright violations. And again, this ban may be a consequence of a case filed by Turkish Union of Music Producers (MÜYAP) in order to protect music rights.
Turkish internet users can still reach both sites via OpenDNS. Also, you can reach last.fm by changing language settings to English, since the ban on last.fm is over the address lastfm.com.tr and only users with Turkish language selection are redirected.
