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Turkish state finally allows Funerals of 13 YPG/YPJ waiting in the border for more than 10 days… “7.5-year prison sentence sought for 18 Turkish journalists…

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Funerals of 13 YPG/YPJ Members Delivered to Families  Bianet :: English Funerals of 13 YPG/YPJ members were delivered to their families while 11 funerals are still being kept in Mürşitpınar border gate, near Syria. 7.5-year prison sentence sought for 18 Turkish journalists Istanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office has prepared an indictment against 18 journalists who are accused of … Read more

In sum: Killing the leftist militant; Gentle with the ISIS suspect…

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Senior ISIL leader detained in Istanbul operations A senior Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader based in Istanbul was among those detained in a series of sweeping police operations, according to Anadolu Agency One killed, over 290 detained as Turkish police raid suspected ISIL, PKK militants Backed up by helicopters, thousands of police officers … Read more

After all delaying tactics, coalition talks start today in Turkey…

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No preconditions for coalition: Turkish PM Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said the Justice and Development Party (AKP) is heading into the coalition government formation process with no preconditions nor prejudices. HDP open to coalition with unwilling AKP: co-chair Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ has said her party has not closed the door on … Read more

Anthropology roundup: “The Archaeology of Star Wars…”Intel’s lead anthropologist: ….

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Anonymity, Ethnography, and Alice Goffman: Welcome, journalists  Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology I think I’ve written and thrown away three separate posts on the Alice Goffman debatetrying to find something to say that people will find interesting. I personally don’t find the case to be very interesting, or to speak to core issues of what ethnography is … Read more

#TurkeyElections- HDP co-chair mocks Erdoğan’s nationwide inaugurations… Main opposition CHP’s election truck towed away in Erzurum…

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HDP co-chair mocks Erdoğan’s nationwide inaugurations Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş celebrated opening a soda can during his meeting with Turkish humorists and cartoonists in Istanbul, teasing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s successive inauguration meetings on the run up to the June 7 elections. Main opposition CHP’s election truck towed away in Erzurum An election campaign … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: “Spain’s hologram protests

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France outcry over school skirt ban  BBC News | Europe | World Edition France faces a fresh backlash against its ban on religious signs in schools after a 15-year-old Muslim girl is sent home for wearing a long black skirt. Charlie artist ends Muhammad cartoons BBC News | Europe | World Edition Charlie Hebdo artist “Luz”, who … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: Kremlin’s Twitter Bot Campaign…Snapchat’s first transparency report…

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Social Network Analysis Reveals Full Scale of Kremlin’s Twitter Bot Campaign  Global Voices Online by Lawrence Alexander Profile pictures from a large network of pro-Kremlin Twitter accounts. Image by Lawrence Alexander. With the aid of open-source tools, Internet researcher Lawrence Alexander gathered and visualised data on nearly 20,500 pro-Kremlin Twitter accounts, revealing the massive scale of … Read more

Pro-gov’t daily, Yeni Şafak’s desperate agenda-change attempts: A purported document that İnönü poisoned Atatürk…

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Turkish university students demand Jedi, Buddhist temples amid mosque frenzy Thousands of Turkish students have raised their voices in online campaigns to build Jedi and Buddhist temples at their universities, after a series of mosques were constructed on their campuses by rectors who stressed “huge demand.” Boycott Call After Death of Rebuked Teacher Halil Serkan Öz Bianet … 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

The spectre of #BerkinElvan is haunting the AKP rule. Police threatening with machine guns!

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Police Points Rifles Towards Civilians During Berkin Elvan Protests Bianet :: English Police intervened a group in Istanbul’s Okmeydanı district who started a memorial march for Berkin Elvan, a 15 year old Gezi protestor who died last year after 269 days of comatose. Check out more of Berkin Elvan imagery in my Storify collection. Gezi victim remembered … Read more

Turkish lira at historic low… Dispatches from Turkey…

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Stakeholder Reactions to Öcalan’s 10 Measures to Resolution  Bianet :: English Several stakeholders of Turkey’s resolution process reacted to PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan called for a PKK congress in spring to decide on quitting arms and 10 measures. Here is a compilation by bianet English. Interior minister addresses intelligence service for leaking Oslo talks Interior Minister Efkan … Read more

Erkan also quoted: BBC Trending: “Anger over new powers for Turkish authorities online…

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Anger over new powers for Turkish authorities online BBC Trending What’s popular and why Restricted access to the internet in Turkey saw widespread demonstrations in Istanbul last year Continue reading the main story Last year Turkey entered the headlines for briefly blocking Twitter and YouTube. Now, with both unblocked, activists are using them to highlight a … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: Merkel Pessimistic on Ukraine peace, Germany rules out arming Kyiv….

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MAIN FOCUS: Merkel and Hollande negotiate in Ukraine conflict | 06/02/2015  euro|topics French President François Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have started a new initiative to find a solution to the Ukraine conflict, presenting a peace proposal in Kiev on Thursday before travelling to Moscow today, Friday. Commentators see the move as the last hope … Read more

10 favorite Kebap places in İstanbul… Grand Bazaar haggling for survival… İstanbul news roundup…

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  İstanbul Ocakbaşı Rehberi ve Şişin Kebabın Akıl Uçuran 14 Adresi ListeList by Engin Özer Kurtuluş Adana Ocakbaşı   Japanese art comes to Istanbul Japanese art of painting Sumi-e, which has a significant place in Far Eastern culture, has been brought to Turkey by SushiCo. Istanbul to host global energy regulation forum The sixth World Forum on Energy … Read more

Turkey vs. Facebook over some pages allegely insulting Prophet Mohammad. Erkan also quoted…

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Facebook blocks Turkish users from viewing pages deemed offensive to Prophet … National Post This comes on the heels of an ongoing government crackdown on critical political expression in Turkey. “There is a continuous, routine crackdown on media,” said Erkan Saka, a communications professor and new media expert at Istanbul’s Bilgi University. Facebook blocks pages … Read more