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Syria crisis: US and Russia embark on diplomatic track… Syrian crisis isn?t just about chemicals, says Turkish president… Syria updates…

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Syria crisis: US and Russia embark on diplomatic track Syria’s chemical arsenal was at the center of a ramped up diplomatic effort Sept. 11 as Washington put its threat of military strikes aside and engaged with Russia’s disarmament plan Israel proposed Syria chemical plan ?long ago? Israel long ago proposed to international actors, including Russia, the confiscation … Read more

Turkish government puts Olympic loss blame [also] on media… Main opposition CHP team leaves for planned Egypt talks… A FP roundup…

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Main opposition CHP team leaves for planned Egypt talks Two senior high-ranking opposition lawmakers departed to Egypt yesterday for a three day visit Turkish PM Erdoğan says Istanbul rejection as 2020 host was unfair The choice of Tokyo instead of Istanbul to host the 2020 Olympic Games was unfair Turkish government puts Olympic loss blame … Read more

“Syria reconstruction would cost $73 billion…Turkey talks possible role in Syria with United States.. Syria updates…

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Turkey talks possible role in Syria with United States Turkey has discussed several military options on Syria with the United States in preliminary talks Syria reconstruction would cost $73 billion: report If the war in Syria suddenly stopped and reconstruction began today, around $73 billion would be needed to put the country back on track Arab ministers to … Read more

Turkey now open conflict with Iran: Deputy PM suggests ‘Hezbevil’ not Hezbullah….How Turks can travel freely to Europe

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 Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ suggests Hezbollah needs to change its name to ?Hezb-evil.? AA photo ‘Hezbevil’ not Hezbullah, Deputy PM suggests Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ has suggested that ?pro-al-Assad? Iran-based. Syrian opposition split as peace moves forge ahead International efforts to end the conflict in Syria accelerate on Monday with key … Read more

Türkiye İslamcılığının yeni bir dip noktası… Fatih Camii?nde Protesto: ?Katil İran, Katil Hizbullah?

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Haberi Haksöz‘de.  Ben Friendfeed‘de dolanırken gördüm. Birçok İslami kuruluşun dâhil olduğu Suriye Halkıyla Dayanışma Platformunun çağrısıyla bugün Fatih Camii?nde toplanan Müslümanlar Banyas?ta Esed?e bağlı çeteler tarafından kadın-çocuk demeden gerçekleştirilen katliamı ve yine Hatay?a bağlı Reyhanlı ilçesinde meydana gelen bombalı saldırıları protesto ettiler. Kusayr direnişinin selamlandığı eylemde Esed, Baas lobisi, Rusya, İran ve Hizbullah aleyhinde sloganlar … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: “Six years requested for Berlusconi

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Six years requested for Berlusconi Italian prosecutors seek a six-year sentence for former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for paying for sex with an underage girl. Cameron struggles to contain Eurosceptics With polling showing the EU is low on the list of voter priorities, Tory strategists fear eurosceptic ill-discipline will damage election prospects   Ideas on … Read more

“30 Films That Inspire Activism” and a Cinema roundup…

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30 Films That Inspire Activism from Global Voices Online by Solana Larsen Social Impact Media Awards 2013 30 documentary films from around the world have been nominated for the Social Impact Media Awards. SIDE EFFECTS and SAFE HAVEN: Out of the past from Observations on film art and FILM ART by bordwellblog   Turkish film … Read more

Zahra Abtahi: Iranian celebrities in Google Plus: Vahid HD

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Iranian celebrities in Google Plus: Vahid HD Not many Iranians use g+, as much as they use Facebook, considering the fact that g+ is not filtered, “yet”, though FB has been filtered since 2009, last Presidential Election. However, most of the people who use g+ are the ones who used to use Google Reader, or … Read more

Iran helps freeing the Turkish journalists, another symbolic blow to Turkey’s Mideast policies?

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Freed Turkish journalists arrive from Iran from Hurriyet Daily News Two Turkish journalists who went missing while reporting on the uprising in Syria two months ago ************** France: a chance to restart from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news :: Columnists by BERİL DEDEOĞLU The presidential elections in France were closely monitored in … Read more

From US, Europe to Iran, internet freedom under threat… a cyberculture roundup

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ACTA: The State of Play in the US from EFF.org Updates by maira In the last few weeks, we?ve seen surprising and significant developments with the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in both the US and the EU. As we?ve noted before, ACTA is a plurilateral agreement designed to broaden and extend existing intellectual property enforcement … Read more

Zahra Abtahi: Norouz [Nevruz]

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Norouz Norouz is the main and largest holiday in Iran. It starts from March 19 (the national day of oil independence) to April 1st (the nature day). Iran, as an Islamic country, has always been bewildered between its Iranian and Islamic identity. Depended on what government to take the power, one of its sides becomes … Read more

yet again, “friends of Turkey” meet in Syria… a FP roundup…

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In Turkey, nations meet to plan for new Syria from Yahoo news Dozens of countries on Sunday sought to set conditions for a new Syria, pushing for tighter sanctions and diplomatic pressure to further isolate President Bashar Assad, while urging the opposition to offer a democratic alternative to his regime. Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip … Read more

Zahra Abtahi: Oscar and us [iranians-E.S.]

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Oscar and us A few days ago, in 74th Academy Awards, which is known better as Oscar, Iranian movie, a separation, (original title: Jodaye Nader az Simin), won the best foreign language movie award. It was the first Iranian movie which won Oscar, though another Iranian movie, heaven kids, (original title: Bache haye Aseman) years … Read more

“Merkel apologizes for the neo-Nazi killings” .. and a Turkish FP roundup..

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more photos of mourning ceremony in Germany here. Merkel apologizes for the neo-Nazi killing from Hurriyet Daily News Chancellor Angela Merkel has apologized publicly to the relatives of 10 people, mostly immigrants, suspected of being killed by a neo-Nazi group.   EU and Turkey: talks languish, trade booms by Acturca Associated Press (AP), February 21, … Read more

Yandex debuts “social search program”; Reddit users writing a law… a cyberculture roundup..

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Yandex processes 2 million+ people searches daily, debuts ?social search program? from The Next Web by Robin Wauters Yandex, Russia?s biggest Internet search and related services company, this morning announced the launch of a?social search program? (note: links to page in Russian), aiming to inject content and account information from a wide variety of local … Read more