Monday

First Legal Challenge to Twitter ban… A Turkey news roundup…

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via    Turkey’s Ban On Twitter Faces First Legal Challenges  Mashable! by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai A press organization and two experts in Internet law filed two challenges against Turkey’s Twitter ban on Monday.   Meltem Arıkan @MeltemArikan Youngstrs in Ankara are literally posting their tweets on to the streets#TweetterisblockedinTurkey pic.twitter.com/HfQQxKW4gA Turkey Heightens Twitter Censorship with Mandated IP Blocking Slashdot The … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: Corruption costing bloc $162 billion annually…

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MAIN FOCUS: Heavy cost of corruption for Europe | 04/02/2014   Corruption costs the EU economy around 120 billion euros per year, the EU’s first Anti-Corruption Report published  on Monday reveals. According to a Eurobarometer survey, more than half of the respondents believe that bribery has increased in the last three years. Commentators call on … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: Foxconn moved from China to western Turkey…Q&A with James Kuffner, Google Robotics Researcher

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  Foxconn whose clients include Apple Dell and HP have moved from China to western Turkey, the gateway of Europe.   In 2012 Organized Rage pointed out in a series of articles if Foxconn Technology Group which manufactures Apple, Dell, HP and other high tech companies products, are given half a chance it will bring … Read more

Turkey’s war games. Shoot the Syrian helicopter, then pilots decapitated by Al-Qaida militants… Syria updates..

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Turkey conducted ?punitive action? by shooting Syrian helicopter, Turkish FM says Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said that Turkey conducted a ?punishing operation? Raw: Turkey Says It Shot Down Syrian Helicopter A Turkish fighter jet shot down a Syrian military helicopter on Monday after it entered Turkish airspace and ignored warnings to leave, an official said. … Read more

Eurosphere roundup: “New debts despite austerity policy

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MAIN FOCUS: New debts despite austerity policy | 24/07/2013 The debts of the Eurozone countries continue to grow. Despite harsh austerity measuresthey amounted to 92.2 percent of the GDP in the first quarter – four percentage points more than the previous year, Eurostat announced on Monday. Commentators see this as proof that the stringent austerity … Read more

The 21st Day in #OccupyTurkey. Protests more or less calming down while the gov’t threatens to bring troops…

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Abbasağa Park, Beşiktaş, 17 June 2013. Citizens’ Forum. Police is ?Working on? Twitter, Interior Minister Says Reminding that 3 policemen were suspended within an investigation and announcing today?s general strikes as ?illegal?, Interior Minister Muammer Güler said they are working on social media. Turkish trade unions call for strike Workers urged to leave jobs on Monday afternoon … Read more