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Clue for AKP authoritarianism: “Intelligence + religious affairs” set to take huge share of Turkey’s 2016 budget

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Intelligence, religious affairs set to take huge share of Turkey’s 2016 budget Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency (MİT) and Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) will see dramatic rises in their shares of the upcoming year’s budget Turkish Nobel laureate blames Erdoğan for bringing country to brink Turkey’s Nobel laureate has warned the country could collapse into sectarian conflict … Read more

Literati roundup: Blogging or tweeting about research papers? “Umberto Eco’s How To Write a Thesis…

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  The verdict: is blogging or tweeting about research papers worth it? Eager to find out what impact blogging and social media could have on the dissemination of her work, Melissa Terras took all of her academic research, including papers that have been available online for years, to the web and found that her audience … Read more

I wonder what Scandinavians feel as Erdoğan’s Interior Minister believes that “Mixed-student apartments home to terrorist and illegal organizations

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Since government’s delusional conservative politics do get domestic and global reactions, it now aims to use the “security” card. However, connections made are hard to hold logically, only the ideologically determined conservatives get them…. Mixed-student apartments home to terrorist and illegal organizations, interior minister says Muammer Güler brought another dimension to the debate on mixed-student housing, … Read more

My first day in 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly (#wlic2012)

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IFLA World Library and Information Congress  78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly Thanks God, it takes 4 stops by train to reach Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Center from where I stay. I did check in and stayed around a bit to focus on issues and of course focus on my tomorrow?s presentation in this session: … Read more

#wlic2012- Day 2 in Erkan?s adventures to go to Finland. Finland is now the most beloved European country for Erkan. here is why:

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I was mobile all day and I could not post before. In early morning I arrived at the Finland Embassy which is located in Gaziosmanpaşa in Ankara like many other embassies. (it is ironic: the same named district in Istanbul is a lower class district and here in Ankara it is an upper class one) … Read more