National security

A nation of informants: “Turkey pays TL 2.4 million in rewards to citizen-informants in 2016”

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Turkey pays TL 2.4 million in rewards to citizen-informants in 2016 || http://turkeypurge.com/mukhtar-bans-gulenists-from-neighborhood-sets-up-247-informant-hotline …   ************ Turkish Central Bank keeps rates unchanged in unexpected move Hurriyet Daily News   Turkey’s Central Bank unexpectedly maintained interest rates on Dec. 20, noting that the aggregate demand developments had restrained negative foreign exchange movements. Gov’t-led charter changes bring constitutional dictatorship: CHP … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “Cybersecurity is the new battleground for human rights..”online trolling between Western and Russian diplomats…

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A brief history of online trolling between Western and Russian diplomats  BBC News | Europe | World Edition A brief history of online trolling between Russia and the West US state department trolls Russian newspaper  BBC News | Europe | World Edition US state department pokes fun at a Russian newspaper which it says faked aletter by … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: “Facebook, German Officials to Target Refugee-Related Hate Posts…

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  Google to donate up to $5.5M to help European refugees Google’s charitable arm is pledging to donate an additional $5.5 million to groups trying to help the thousands of refugees pouring into Europe Refugees Met with Generosity and Suspicion in France Global Voices Online by Gaetana DiRoberto Demonstrations in large European cities in favor of refugees … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: Thanks to partially Snowden, “The NSA is no longer authorized to spy on US citizens

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The NSA is no longer authorized to spy on US citizens — for now  The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal The US Senate failed to pass legislation extending legal authority of the country’s spy agencies — including the National Security Agency (NSA) — to collect data on American citizens’ communications on Sunday, reports Reuters. Senator Rand … Read more

With the sinister AKP move, security bill approved…

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Turkish Parliament approves controversial security bill after 16-hour debate  The Turkish Parliament passed a stripped down version of the government’s controversial domestic security bill on March 27, after another fractious 16-hour debate. Turkish main opposition CHP to appeal for the annulment of the security package Turkey’s main opposition party has said it will appeal to the high … Read more

Turkey ranked 149th out of 180 in world press freedom index as the arrested Turkish TV chief writes an open letter from his jail cell…

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Arrested Turkish TV chief writes an open letter from his jail cell theguardian.com – Roy Greenslade – Feb 11, 9:55 AM – Hidayet Karaca, an executive with a leading Turkish TV network, has been in prison since 14 December last year on charges of leading a terrorist group. The charges relate to the screening five … Read more