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Turkey second at government requests from Facebook… Arbitrary justice: “3 Different Case Procedures For “Hitler-Seeming” Erdoğan Banner

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Redhack members acquitted in terror case An Ankara criminal court ruled on March 15 for the acquittal of ten Redhack members charged with supporting left-separatist terror organizations. 3 Different Case Procedures For “Hitler-Seeming” Erdoğan Banner  Bianet :: English A banner depicting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a Hitler-like mustache resulted in 3 insult cases across Turkey with different … Read more

“A day in the life as a Syrian living on İstanbul’s streets… İstanbul news roundup.

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  A day in the life as a Syrian living on İstanbul’s streets BGN NEWS A day in the life as a Syrian living on İstanbul’s streets … southeastern border, many have flocked over to the western provinces — as far as İstanbul. Istanbul Rail Systems Mavi Boncuk Museum houses taking off in Istanbul Istanbul is rich … 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

İstanbul’s islands…. Istanbul news roundup….

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In this post in Turkish there are good views of islands and places:  20 Maddeyle ‘Adalardan Bir Yar Gelir’ Bizlere: Prens Adaları ListeList by Nurten Bengi Aksoy Marmara’nın orta yerindeki takım adalar ************* Syria girls: CCTV shows UK teenagers at Istanbul bus station BBC News CCTV pictures have emerged showing three UK schoolgirls on the Turkish … Read more

Filiz Taylan Yüzak (@ftaylanyuzak): A Contribution To “My Migration Story To the UK”, a GuardianWitness Project

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A Contribution To “My Migration Story To the UK”, a GuardianWitness Project  You probably heard of GuardianWitness, a relatively recent project of my beloved British newspaper, The Guardian. This page is created to cover the experiences, opinions and ideas of the paper’s readers. There is a different theme being regularly published and anyone can contribute a related media … Read more

Supposed “details” of Kanal İstanbul revealed… İstanbul news roundup…

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Kanal Istanbul Project details revealed Daily Sabah Details about the Kanal Istanbul Project, an artificial sea-level waterway and a new town to be located across 95 acres of land, have been released, … Erdoğan’s giant Istanbul canal back on agenda with a new look – Hurriyet Daily News İstanbul Canal project back on agenda with a … Read more

Dear @Mashable There is nothing surprising about Erdoğan’s stand on Özgecan murder…

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This is in reaction to Mashable headline linked below. The Mashable author is surprised that Erdoğan was critical of violence against women but when you deconstruct his arguments, one can see that he is one of the most vocal critic of modern women rights. Erdoğan was critical of rape and murder of Özgecan Aslan but during the same period … Read more

Snowfall paralyses İstanbul. No more boasting about AKP’s municipalities…

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AKP boasts about its philosophy of municipal administration and we see it deteriorates day by day. Istanbul’s traffic and infrastructure has entered a stage of decline after successful first years under AKP rule..  Istanbul paralyzed due to snowfall as 841 traffic accidents reported  Hurriyet Daily News A new wave of cold air and snowfall has hit … Read more

Orhan Pamuk raises his harshest critique against AKP while high schools students arrested for insulting Erdoğan, Advocates Protest Homeland Security Reforms…

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Pamuk: ‘Authoritarian and Islamist government’ replaced soldiers in Turkey Hurriyet Daily News The AKP is ‘destroying the balance of powers’ and ‘authoritarian soldiers were (pushed) out, (an) authoritarian and Islamist government took their place,’ Nobel laureate Pamuk says Turkey’s premier author anxiously observes his changing home The Times of Israel Turkish Nobel laureate author Orhan Pamuk … Read more

Protesters denouncing ‘Islamisation’ of schools met by Police Water Cannons today in Turkey…

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Boycott of schools begins across Turkey A boycott of schools was launched on Feb. 13 upon a call from the Eğitim-Sen teachers’ union and a number of Alevi associations to protest the government’s recent education system implementations, including on compulsory religion classes. Dozens detained around Turkey in school boycott Dozens were detained around Turkey on Feb 13 … Read more

Such a shame for the memory of Che Guevara…

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Turkish President Erdoğan presents Cuba mosque project to Castro Erdoğan has told Castro that Cuban officials had already made an agreement with Saudi Arabia for the construction of a mosque, but Ankara would like to conduct its own project similar to Istanbul’s iconic Ortaköy mosque Turkey’s Erdogan proposes building Istanbul-style mosque in Cuba Fox News Erdogan … Read more

That’s all new Turkey: Council of Europe report: “Detained suspect ratio highest in Turkey

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Detained suspect ratio highest in Turkey: Council of Europe report Turkey is the country with the highest rate of arrested suspects in Europe, with almost one-third of inmates in the country still awaiting their final verdict, according to a Council of Europe report released on Feb. 11 Turkish courts being turned into ‘revenge’ instruments says outgoing top … Read more

Turkey’s lira record low… “Bureaucrats in rush to run for AKP in election…

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  Turkey’s lira drops to record low after US jobs data The currency has hit record lows for weeks as government officials make repeated calls for the Central Bank to cut Turkish interest rates Turkey is Ranked #23 in SwissLeaks Bianet :: English According to the latest leaks that reveled HSBC’s data in Switzerland, Turkey is ranked … Read more

İstanbul traffic second-worst in world… İstanbul news roundup…

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Company denies plans to build shopping complex in area neighboring Istanbul’s Emirgan Grove Allegations that a shopping complex and skyscrapers will be built on a plot of land neighboring Istanbul’s famous Emirgan Grove have sparked fresh debate over spoiling the city’s historic silhouette Index confirms İstanbulites’ biggest gripe: İstanbul traffic second-worst in world Today‘s Zaman İstanbul … Read more