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

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

#TurkeyCoup aftermath: Turkey in rhetorical fight with the West, particularly US, Austria and Italy…

Turks Can Agree on One Thing: U.S. Was Behind Failed Coup  NYT > Turkey by By TIM ARANGO and CEYLAN YEGINSU Turks of all stripes believe the United States was involved in the coup attempt, especially because the cleric suspected of leading it lives in Pennsylvania. Austria is capital of radical racism, says Turkish foreign minister  World … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: Refugee crisis growing daily…

MAIN FOCUS: Dozens of refugees suffocate in lorry | 28/08/2015 euro|topics The Austrian police on Thursday discovered the bodies of more than 70 refugees in a truck abandoned on the hard shoulder of a motorway. Minister of the Interior Johanna Mikl-Leitner has said asylum seekers with a chance of being allowed to stay should be permitted … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: UK Tribunal Declares NSA’s Data-Sharing with British Intel Illegal …Adidas is the first major brand to use Twitter’s Group DM for marketing…

10 Reasons Why Millennials Follow Brands on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest  All Facebook by Shea Bennett A new study has identified ten distinct reasons why millennial social media users follower brands on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. And the top reason varies from platform to platform.   Youtube ditches Flash, but it hardly matters Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow … Read more