freedom of speech

Journalism agenda: #HaberNöbeti- In solidarity with journalists under threat “8 Journalists Head for Diyarbakır Wednesday for News Watch…

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8 Journalists Head for Diyarbakır Wednesday for News Watch  Bianet :: English News Watch organized by journalists to act in solidarity with their colleagues working in cities under curfew begins tomorrow. OSCE slams severe charges against prominent journalists The severe charges against journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül could further increase the already critical pressure that opposing … Read more

“Stiglitz at Davos Blasts Turkey’s Blacklisting of Professors” While Ankara Mayor’s son’s website targets academicians by listing them with photos…

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Stiglitz at Davos Blasts Turkey’s Blacklisting of Professors Bloomberg – Isobel Finkel – Jan 21, 1:21 AM You can’t become a knowledge economy by going after your brightest minds. So says Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize winner in economics, speaking after Turkey’s highest education authority last week announced an investigation into more than 1,100   … Read more

Journalism agenda: A BBC selection of viral news images that mislead us in 2015…

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The haunting picture shared during the Nepal earthquake This was one of the most shared photos in the wake of the Nepal earthquake in April. It’s not a fake, but misleading nonetheless. Labelled as showing a “two-year-old sister protected by four-year-old brother in Nepal”, it was shared across Facebook and Twitter and prompted calls for … Read more

Before the Nov 1 election, Ruling AKP plays its last cards: Confiscates opposition media entities #MedyaDokunma, Extrajudicial killings and possibly committing many other crimes we are not aware of…

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Trustee Appointed to Koza Holding Bianet :: English Koza İpek Holding including Channel Kanaltürk, Bugün daily and other 22 corporations, has been appointed a trustee. 5 Websites Blocked in a Day Bianet :: English Presidency of Telecommunication blocked access to five news websites in a day. Turkish woman shot during police operation dies at hospital A Turkish woman … Read more

Erdoğan toll today: A local Journalist, Mine Bekiroğlu, sentenced to prison…

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An EU-Turkey Reset Project Syndicate by Martti Ahtisaari, et al. Never have the European Union and Turkey needed one another more, and yet rarely have they been so distant. The EU should redouble its efforts to revitalize the relationship, strengthening both its criticism of Turkey’s democratic backsliding and the credibility of the accession process. Turkey and EU … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: Anti-corruption parties shake Spain… “Germany ends teacher headscarf ban….

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Why we occupy: Dutch universities at the crossroads open Democracy News Analysis – by Enzo Rossi, Johan Hartle, Robin Celikates and Nicholas Vrousalis The Netherlands, a mere 10 years behind the UK, seems eager to catch up. Twin pressures of authoritarianism from above and neoliberalism from below make it necessary to develop the democratic alternative put … Read more

As AKP’s Security Bill about to be passed, Amnesty Turkey starts a petition campaign…

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Amnesty Turkey campaign at Change.org Turkey: The last exit before the police state A cartoon guide to Turkey’s nosedive in human rights. In other news: European Court of Human Rights fines Turkey over length of investigation The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has fined Turkey for violating Article 3 of the European Convention on Human … Read more

“US Congressmen send Kerry letter about Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen-linked media…Dispatches from Turkey…

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US Congressmen send Kerry letter about Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen-linked media US Congress members have written a letter to Kerry about Turkey’s crackdown on media organizations linked to Gülen In the footsteps of the murders of Hrant Dink and Nihat Kazanhan Today’s Zaman After an investigation was launched into Ergenekon — a clandestine organization nested within … Read more

As Facebook caves in, Turkey’s authoritarian march continues: “Specially authorized courts to be reintroduced

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Zuckerberg’s free-speech rhetoric proves empty as Facebook censors Charlie … International Business Times UK “In comparison with Twitter and YouTube, Facebook cooperates with the Turkish authorities much better,” Yaman Akdeniz, a professor in cyberlaw at Bilgi University in Istambul, told the New York Times. “Therefore it’s not surprising that Facebook . Facebook Caves to Turkish Government … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: 10 major tech conferences in 2015….. Ethan Zuckerman pieces on Global Voices Summit

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  10 tech conferences around the world to attend in 2015 The Next Web by Ashley Hefnawy Ashley Hefnawy is an associate editor for Shutterstock’s blog. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has been reprinted with permission. Sexual insecurities found in Google search results  FlowingData » Visualization by Nathan Yau Seth Stephens-Davidowitz continues … Read more

Probably there are more supporters of #CharlieHebdo murderers in Turkey… #BugünBirCumhuriyetAl

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   Turkish police raided Cumhuriyet daily last night. The daily announced to publish some of the Charlie Hebdo cartoons…  This staunchly pro-AKP columnist called for similar massacres…  sxfsgs

Censorship and Digital Surveillance in Turkey Country Report September-2014 by @altbilisim Alternative Informatics Association

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Alternative Informatics Association’s Censorship and Digital Surveillance in Turkey Country Report September-2014 There is Censorship on the Internet and Freedom of Expression is Restricted in Turkey. With the central filter implemented and public access points being arbitrarily censored/filtered, the blocking of Internet access in Turkey has turned into an escalating mechanism for the censorship/control of Internet … Read more

Not only jailing journalists, Turkey tops Google content removal request list…EFD Rights Watch

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Turkey tops Google content removal request list Government requests to remove content from Google continued to rise in the first half of this year   ******************** Five more released in Feb 28 trial, no arrested suspect left A Turkish court has released five more arrested suspects in the ongoing Feb 28 trial Switzerland Convicted of … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Turkey to sign Euro human rights protocol… Maybe it will help…

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PEN International and Turkish publishers call on Turkey to extend freedom of expression Turkey holds almost one tenth of all intellectuals imprisoned for freedom of expression in the world, according to PEN International Villagers killed in aerial attack officially alive, lawyer says   Twenty-five of 38 villagers killed in an attack in southeastern Turkey almost … Read more

Into the darker ages. Turkish court condemns Apollinaire?s book, Turkish board cites ?telekinesis? as possible cause of mysterious suicides…

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Turkish court says French book ?too explicit? Turkey?s Supreme Court of Appeals said Guillaume Apollinaire?s did not fall under freedom of speech Turkish board cites ?telekinesis? as possible cause of mysterious suicides The suspicious suicides of four engineers working at the ASELSAN could have been caused by telekinesis, report says