Pope Francis visits Blue Mosque…. İstanbul news roundup…

Pope in Istanbul ‘silent adoration’  BBC News | Europe | World Edition Pope Francis stands in “silent adoration” in Istanbul’s Blue Mosque alongside the city’s top Muslim cleric, on the second day of his Turkey visit. VIDEO: Pope Francis visits Blue Mosque  BBC News | Europe | World Edition Mark Lowen reports from Istanbul in Turkey on … Read more

“10 issues Turkish media are banned from reporting on” Dispatches from Turkey…

10 issues Turkish media are banned from reporting on Hurriyet Daily News The media ban on the corruption inquiry is a first for Parliament, but Turkey has seen 150 gag orders in four years. Here are 10 of them 650 New Child Abuse Cases in Turkey Every Month Bianet :: English A political note drafted by various … Read more

11 places for Turkish coffee in İstanbul and an İstanbul news roundup…

İstanbul’da 40 Yıllık Hatıraya Patlayacak Türk Kahvesi için 11 Adres  ListeList by Çağla Gillis Mandabatmaz   Being an Armenian today in Istanbul Hurriyet Daily News I had an Armenian intern at that time and I mentioned casually to the bunch I was eating with that it must be hard to be an Armenian in Istanbul during … Read more

New Gezi Park crisis simmering While Turkish intel, security to get exclusive authority on personal data…

Artillery Barracks project in Gezi Park back on municipal agenda Istanbul Municipality has again included a controversial construction project on the site of Gezi Park Turkey to go ahead with Istanbul park plan Aljazeera.com Turkish authorities have said they intend to go ahead with the redevelopment ofIstanbul’s Gezi Park, the same project that spurred deadly nationwide … … Read more

Vintage stores in İstanbul… a news roundup…

By Retro The piece in Turkish here: Sizleri 1960’lara Kadar Götürecek 10 Vintage Dükkan ListeList by Çağla Gillis ************ Grimshaw Releases New Images of World’s Largest Airport Terminal in Istanbul ArchDaily New images have been released of Istanbul‘s new airport, designed by Grimshaw, Nordic Office of Architecture and Haptic Architects, assisted by Istanbul New Airport will be one of … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Turkey now BANS Wikipedia Turkish entries on Vagina and Human Penis…

You can access particular entries through https:// but not through http:// ……… The Anatomy of Vagina Censorship in Turkey Bianet :: English Wikipedia’s entry in Turkish for “vagina” has been censored. However, both service provider, telecommunication authorities and service providers union deny the situation, leaving the actor and reason of the censorship as mystery. ******************************* Columnist Acquits … Read more

Contemporary Istanbul 2014 starts… The Istanbul Marathon tomorrow… İstanbul news roundup

Satellites capture Istanbul’s ‘gray’ transformation over past decade  Hurriyet Daily News A comparison of 20 satellite photos hosted by Google Earth reveals how Istanbul has changed with more concrete and less green spaces in the past decade Istanbul once again the capital of arts One of the world’s leading international art fairs, ‘Contemporary Istanbul,’ starts today. … Read more

Egypt and Cyprus vs. Turkey while ‘Turkey may suspend customs deal with EU’

  ‘Turkey may suspend customs deal with EU’ Turkey may freeze its customs union deal with the EU if the planned trade deal between the US and EU does not cover all Customs Union members, including Turkey, says the European Union Minister With Egyptian President on his side, Greek Cypriot leader accuses Turkey Greek Cypriot President Nicos … Read more

US just replied Erdoğan again. Turkey doing Ballet internationally but with the last legal package more authoritarian domestically…

Turkey’s Curious Ballet  NYT > Turkey Turkey is to allow Iraqi Kurds cross into Syria to fight Islamic State. US airdrops to Kobane were not wrong, Washington says after Erdoğan criticism Washington does not think the US airdrop of weapons to the Syrian border town of Kobane was wrong, Marie Harf has said PYD not terrorist under US … Read more

Turkey continues to pay for her foreign policy choices. Fails in UN Security Council bid…

Venezuela Gets Security Council Seat; Turkey Fails  NYT > Turkey by By SOMINI SENGUPTA After two rounds of voting at the General Assembly, the five new rotating members will be Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela. Ankara strikes upbeat note despite failure in UN Security Council bid New Zealand and Spain win the seats in the … Read more

In 2 days, Turkey’s HSYK shaped by gov’t, Erdoğan slams nearly all opposition as traitors and Police powers increased….

There Is Risk Turkey Could Import Civil War From Syria: Expert RIA Novosti Turkey let US-led forces use its bases against the IS, yet, whether it’s going to take a more active part in the international coalition – is still unclear. So, what is it that makes Mr. Erdogan uneasy about fighting the IS? Radio … Read more

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 part in the coalition against ISIL Turkey’s mandate includes ‘military action abroad, opening bases to foreign troops’ Hurriyet Daily News 2d  //  keep unread  //  hide … Read more

Pro-gov’t journos fill (!) empty seats at Erdoğan’s UN talk…

Turkey’s EU strategy creates action plan for accession Turkey’s new EU strategy, which is ostensibly designed to accelerate the EU accession process, was published in the Official Gazette on Sept. 25 Isis onslaught against Kurds in Syria brings man-made disaster into Turkey  World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Constanze Letsch In the border town of Suruç, there … Read more

Mass exodus of Syrian Kurds into Turkey…

MAIN FOCUS: IS causes mass exodus into Turkey | 22/09/2014 euro|topics Around 100,000 Syrian Kurds fled over the border into Turkey on the weekend to escape fighting between IS terrorist militias and Kurdish troops, according to UN sources. At the same time 49 Turkish hostages who had been held by the IS in Iraq were set … Read more

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 slammed the New York Times for a recent story claiming that Turkey is one of the biggest sources of recruits for ISIL militants   Erdoğan holds … Read more