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Former President Süleyman Demirel Passed Away. He was certainly more educated, he had humor, still his human rights record was terrible…

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Süleyman Demirel – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Süleyman_Demirel Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel (Turkish pronunciation: [sylejˈman demiˈɾel]), 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish politician and statesman who Turkey’s iconic late political big beast Demirel, in 22 memorable quotes With his village background and “man of the people” image, Demirel was known as a powerful … Read more

Apparently Erdoğan does not take a dump on golden seats in his Palace… #TurkeyElections

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Turkey’s Erdoğan invites opposition to get to bottom of gold toilet seat claims  World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Associated Press in Ankara President invites Kemal Kiliçdaroğlu to inspect lavatories in his palace after secular party leader accused him of spending public money on luxuries Turkey’s president has invited the country’s main opposition leader to inspect … Read more

Freedom House (@freedomhousedc) releases Freedom on the Net 2014 report… Cyberculture agenda…

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Report link here Turkey partly free ************** Angela Merkel calls for end to net neutrality Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow The German Chancellor — whose party is closely aligned with the telcoms sector — says she wants a two-tier Internet; on the “fast” Internet, carriers will be allowed to slow down access to services that haven’t paid … Read more