Cyberculture roundup: GNU turned 30 years old, Free Software still important… Pew report: 15% of American adults ages 18 and older do not use the internet or email…

Why Free Software Is More Important Now Than Ever Before GNU just turned 30 years old. But much has changed since the beginning of the free software movement; now there’s SaaS and more. Malware is common in proprietary software products since users don’t have control over them. Why does this control matter? Because freedom means having … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Last night- 12 protesters detained in “tea party” event in Istanbul; Police buildings are rocket- attacked in Ankara

  Initial findings say outlawed leftist group likely to be responsible for Ankara attack: Police Initial findings point to the DHKP/C, police said Rocket attack targets police social facilities building in Ankara An attack involving three rockets targeted a police social complex in Ankara Protesters briefly detained in demo against the privatization of ferry dock in Istanbul?s … Read more

Here is the road to the Museum of Innocence from Istiklal Street (!).. and more images…

The photo credited to Hakan Kumuk University students who protested Turkish PM face 6 years in jail An Ankara prosecutor has demanded six years of imprisonment for the 45 university students who had protested against prime minister Taksim Square to have trees planted due to locals? demands, Istanbul Mayor Topbaş says Istanbul?s Taksim Square will have … Read more

#SerdarKadakal is a(nother) victim of excessive pepper gas usage… #OccupyTurkey

Serdar had a heart condition and when exposed to excessive pepper gas in Kadıköy during the last 2 days, he lost his life… God bless Serdar and shame on government motivated police violence… Serdar Kadakal’ın kalbi biber gazına dayanamadı VAGUS.TV ? 9/14/13 ? Kadıköy’de günlerdir yoğun polis gazına maruz kalan Serdar Kadakal dün gece kalp krizi geçirerek … Read more

Today is 12 September 2013. This is the 33rd anniversary of 1980 coup d’etat…

via @iskenderbaydar If not prevented, another coup to come not through army but police forces… The photo below taken in Kadıköy, İstanbul is from the early hours of 12 September 2013 as protesters clash with police…. A few images of 1980 coup…      

A scene of how police a protester detained in Kadıköy.. Videos, Images…

Hell yeah! via @onudemekistedim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUfdD4mBiKY Police detaining a protester in Kadıköy, 10 September 2013 Kadıköy Caferağa Barlar Sokağı Polis Saldırısı I guess the angle to throw a pepper gas capsule is problematic here… This is from İzmir: Fireworks at work: The photo-Journalist and the police via @kemal_aslan (I heard that that journalist is Ahmet Şık) @AlperTurgut01 … Read more

güncelleniyor- Duvar yazıları (ve yazılamalar) geri döndü…

via @DirenGeziParki @Gilorya via @theRedHack via @kolektifler via @DirenUmraniye @tomagrafi via @wrzl via @DirenIcadiye @wrzl via @DirenGeziParki via @wrzl via @muhsinakgun via @mudahalevar via @forumfest1     ?@didemgencturk @ayagakalktaksim @brtrkmn @NilMerdan Yaz deftere! #direnkadıkoy @onudemekistedim ?@Kocabasoglu @aytavsani Kadıköy

Citizens rise all over Turkey despite police violence. #OccupyTurkey

I am switching to my Twitter account for immediate reporting… [I will tweet mostly in English] Taksim head injury in Taksim.   Antakya Occupiers occupy the boat from Kadıköy to Karaköy Kadıköy  

Russell Crowe’s Istanbul… and an Istanbul news roundup…

This is the photo he tweeted while he was in Istanbul…   This is where I am pic.twitter.com/THqHRgk4DB ? Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) July 31, 2013 ***************** Turkish PM Erdoğan favors ?city park? over ?Central Park? in Istanbul Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said a planned park to be built in the Zeytinburnu district of … Read more

Ali İsmail Korkmaz, another martyr of Gezi Resistance. God Bless Him.

Ali İsmail Korkmaz was attacked by thugs in Eskişehir on 2 June. Since then he was in coma. We hear today the sad news… Like in the case of the man with the machete in Istanbul, security forces do not prevent these thugs and in fact allow them to attack protesters… Here is yet the … Read more

Turkey’s shame record at #OccupyGezi grows: Pepper Gas thrown at British Consulate, more Police violence over protesters this evening…

  Excessive use of force during Gezi protests should be punished: Council of Europe The Council of Europe commissioner has said the excessive use of force during the Gezi protests should not go unpunished Istanbul’s Gezi Park closed to public again hours after official opening Taksim Gezi Park, which has become the heart of the anti-government … Read more

Biji Biratiya Gelan [Long live the fraternity of peoples] Gezi Occupiers now in Solidarity with killed Kurdish peasants…

Solidarity with Lice march tonight in Kadıköy, İstanbul… via @pilkiz   From Marginal March To Mass Movement How the Turkish government has fanned a simple protest by overreacting and then blaming scapegoats.   RedHack launches cyber attack on Istanbul Special Provincial Administration The Turkish hacker group Redhack announced The fight for the square ?The fight … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Rape scandal in Bingöl continues… Annual transsexual pride demonstration marches for rights, Gezi Park…

Court rejects arrest demand for officers in southeastern Turkey rape case The demand for the arrest of four sergeants accused of raping a minor in Bingöl was rejected   Court orders demolition of park considered sacred in Tunceli, stirring outcry A park in an area considered sacred by the local Alevis in the eastern province … Read more

Resistance evolves along civic lines, PM Erdoğan calls for a Police State… Round up in #OccupyTurkey

Turkey’s ‘standing people’ protest spreads amid Erdoğan’s crackdown Protesters turn to passive resistance after four people die in Erdoğan’s brutal response to Taksim Square demonstration Lunchtime in the waterfront district of Beşiktaş in Istanbul on Tuesday and Ismail Orhan has been standing silently under a yellow parasol in the blistering heat for more than four hours. … Read more

Serhatcan Yurdam (@syurdam): Türkiye’de ilk Vegan Onur Yürüyüşü

Türkiye‘de ilk Vegan Onur Yürüyüşü İstanbul, Kadıköy‘de bugün yapılan Türkiye’deki ilk Vegan Onur Yürüyüşü’nün derlemesi…     via     [View the story “Türkiye’deki ilk vegan yürüyüşü” on Storify]