There Is Risk Turkey Could Import Civil War From Syria: Expert RIA Novosti Turkey let US-led forces use its bases against the IS, yet, whether it’s going to take a more active part in the international coalition – is still unclear. So, what is it that makes Mr. Erdogan uneasy about fighting the IS? Radio … Read more
https://twitter.com/OccupiedTaksim/status/521582854934122496 Anti-ISIS Students Attacked Again on Campus Bianet :: English Around 25 students have been detained after the clashes between an allegedly pro-ISIS group and those who protest ISIS presence in Kobane. The former group reportedly attacked the latter with batons and machetes on Istanbul University campus. Police detain 26 at Istanbul University, confiscate batons and machete … Read more
In the mean time, I am also quoted in this BBC piece: Half a million ‘internet censorship’ tweets Why Turks say they are being muzzled online Half a million ‘internet censorship’ tweets BBC News Traditional media in Turkey is heavily regulated and, according to Erkan Saka, a political blogger and professor of communications at … Read more
Turkey?s unruly rule of law from open Democracy News Analysis – by Firdevs Robinson After ten years of the aggressive, ?Islam and democracy? experiment, Turkey is increasingly being torn apart between contrasting world views and life styles. Writing about Turkey requires a conscious effort to avoid clichés. 57 students detained after clash at Istanbul … Read more
Festival website Crime and Punishment at Istanbul Film Festival by By SUSANNE GUSTEN The Crime and Punishment Film Festival, which opens on Friday, will juxtapose artistic and academic viewpoints of the quest for justice, with a special focus on coups d’état. Miniaturk to show mini Gymnasium by SALİHLİ – Anatolia News Agency The miniature … Read more
FOR JUSTICE, WE TAKE SIDE, BESIDE PINAR SELEK from KARAKOK OTONOMU TR/CH by Karakök This is an urgent call from Amargi Women?s Solidarity Cooperative to all intellectuals, writers, artists, feminist associations, lawyers, journalists, human rights activists and politicians Feminist, sociologist, anti-militarist peace activist, writer and founding member of Amargi Women?s Solidarity Cooperative Pınar Selek is … Read more