Turkish FP news 2- After President Erdoğan’s cue, Turkey approves draft bill approving troop deployment in Qatar…

We Will Sustain Our Relations with Qatar, Says Erdoğan Bianet :: English Erdoğan has said that he doesn’t find seven countries cutting ties with Qatar for “supporting terrorism” wrong. Turkey approves draft bill approving troop deployment in Qatar Turkey’s parliament on June 7 approved a draft bill allowing its troops to be deployed to a Turkish military … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “Wikipedia-Mining Algorithm Reveals World’s Most Influential Universities…

Negotiating the WSIS+10 and the Future of the Internet Dipnote – U.S. Department of State Official Blog by Daniel Sepulveda After two and a half years of technical analysis and discussions, six months of deliberations among all stakeholders, and intense negotiations at the United Nations, at three o’clock in the morning on December 12, 2015, the … Read more

Journalism agenda: “Award-Winning Citizen Journalist Ahmad Almossa Killed in Idlib, Syria…

Award-Winning Citizen Journalist Ahmad Almossa Killed in Idlib, Syria  Global Voices Online by Amira Al Hussaini Ahmad Mohamed Almossa, a member of Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), was assassinated in Idlib, Syria, by unknown masked men, according to a tweet from RBSS. Here’s the Article on Saudi Arabia That Al Jazeera Blocked The Intercept by Cora … Read more

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 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ISIL drawing a steady stream of recruits from Turkey: Report Hurriyet Daily News Turkey is one of the biggest source of recruits … Read more

Islamist vandals last night attempted to attack Israel Consulate in İstanbul; destroyed a 30-year-old statue instead…

  VIDEO: Turkish police fire tear gas to disperse anti-Israel protesters Turkish deputies rallied for Gaza, before protesters pelted Israeli missions in Ankara and Istanbul with stones 20,000 Gazans in UN Shelters as Israel Launches Ground Invasion Israel launched a massive military offensive on Thursday, sending thousands of troops into Gaza   Turkey condemns Israel’s ground invasion of … Read more

A Qatari plane brings Turkish pilots held hostage in Lebanon back home…

Just another case of Turkey‘s misery in Middle East. Looks like they needed some Qatari help…  Turkish pilots held hostage in Lebanon arrive in Istanbul A Qatari plane carrying both pilots has landed at Istanbul airport tonight at 11:05 p.m Turkey rejects EU view of handling of protests, pleased with report ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey … Read more

Beşiktaş defeats Bursaspor 1-0; 3 Bursaspor fans stabbed in the pre-game fights and a football roundup including World Cup economics

It looks like Bursa fans did strike first on their way to İstanbul, but Beşiktaş fans were already ready:) There is a feud between two team fans and it was the first after a few years that opponent team fans were allowed to watch the game… game info here in Turkish. photos from Hürriyet. and … Read more