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Journalism roundup: a new report from the Pew Research Center says your news sources changes according to your choices on issues…
Where you get your news depends on where you stand on the issues Nieman Journalism Lab by Justin Ellis Strong liberals and strong conservatives disagree on an awful lot —... Read more
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Some ups and downs, some caprices… Turkey Says No Deal Yet on U.S. Use of Bases in ISIS Fight
U.S. Troops to Use Bases in Turkey NYT > Turkey by By ERIC SCHMITT and KIRK SEMPLE The agreement to allow American and coalition troops to use bases in Turkey in... Read more
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A long night for Turkey. Rallies all over the country for #Kobane
This blog in Turkish collects images from several rallies… Sendika.org also provides live updates. Boots on the ground in Syria ‘if the US strategy includes going after Assad,’ says Turkish PM... Read more
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Turkish Parliament accepts all-purpose Military Motion..
Turkish government gets OK for military operations in Syria, Iraq Hurriyet Daily News Turkey’s Parliament passes a controversial motion to grant the army to enter Syria and Iraq, ostensibly to take... Read more
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Our Chief Technology Office, also our President declared: New iPhone same as the last. News from Turkey…
Turkish President Erdoğan dismisses new iPhone: ‘Same as the last’ Erdoğan brushed off the frenzy surrounding Apple’s new iPhone 6, saying it was much the same as its iPhone 5 predecessor... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: “27 Acquitted, 1 Convicted For Insult in Twitter Case
27 Acquitted, 1 Convicted For Insult in Twitter Case Bianet :: English İzmir 22nd Assize Court ordered the acquittal of 27 out of 28 defendants charged with “igniting public to violating... Read more
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ISIL hostages freed and announcement made in the most theatrical way possible…
Captive Turkish diplomat resisted ISIL with gun on his head Hurriyet Daily News ‘Our consul general faced great difficulty. Two or three times, [the ISIL militants] tried to force him to... Read more
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Looks like President wants to bankrupt a bank, Bank Asya…
Trading of Bank Asya shares suspended again after sharp fluctuations Turkish stock exchange Borsa Istanbul briefly suspended the trading of Islamic lender Bank Asya shares Sept. 18, citing extraordinary movements in... Read more
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Erdoğan slams credit agencies, Turkey’s Culture Minister slams Wikipedia, Euro court criticizes Turkey to amend religious courses.. Life goes on…
Euro court calls on Turkey to amend religious courses The Turkish education system is still inadequately equipped to ensure respect for parents’ religious convictions, Euro court says Turkey’s Erdogan warns Moody’s and... Read more
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Fethullah Gülen ad in US papers condemns ISIS while Erdoğan slams New York Times over ISIL story…
Gulen Ad | ISIS Cruelty Deserves Our Strongest Condemnation Mavi Boncuk Mavi Boncuk | ISIS Cruelty Deserves Our Strongest Condemnation Turkish President Erdoğan slams New York Times over ISIL story President Erdoğan has... Read more
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No Surprise here: “Turkey to welcome seven top Muslim Brotherhood members, Erdoğan says.
Turkey to welcome seven top Muslim Brotherhood members: Erdoğan Seven top figures from the Muslim Brotherhood who are being forced to leave Qatar are welcome to come to Turkey, according to... Read more
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After messing up more and more in MidEast, “President Erdoğan to ‘prioritize EU bid’ after October
President Erdoğan to ‘prioritize EU bid’ after October Hurriyet Daily News President Erdoğan says he is planning to carry out frequent visits to European capitals after Parliament reopens on Oct. 1... Read more
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Journalism roundup: “19 Pulitzer winners in support of NYT reporter James Risen… BuzzFeed…
BuzzFeed Is the Apple of Media, and Everyone Else Is Microsoft Wired Top Stories Edward R. Murrow’s storied radio broadcasts from the London blitz might seem as distant from today’s... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: New logos for @Foursquare and @Airbnb … Propaganda at Social Media…
I still don’ t get it what Fousquare does. It should have kept Foursquare and integrate new functions instead of creating Swarm. I feel like they themselves are destroying their... Read more
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Cyberculture agenda: “Changing World Cup fans [in Facebook], “The brief history of Facebook apologizing…”The Amazon Hachette War
Changing World Cup fans FlowingData » Visualization by Nathan Yau Shan Carter and Kevin Quealy for the Upshot have a look at sports fandom once again using Facebook usage as a... Read more
