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Turkey’s “unexpected allies” in Europe: i.e. Former Swedish PM Bildt…

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https://twitter.com/emeyersson/status/771822923380248576   https://twitter.com/emeyersson/status/771825629746520065 https://twitter.com/emeyersson/status/771820004098441216 https://twitter.com/emeyersson/status/638694707053371392 https://twitter.com/emeyersson/status/638694218827984896 Carl Bildt'in @ecfr'ı zamanında Gülen cemaatinden fon almaya çalışmış, bak şu işe! 🙂 (Teyitli bilgi) İlgilenenler, RT lütfen — Umut Özkırımlı (@UOzkirimli) September 2, 2016   Swedish Democracy Promotion in Turkey The news coming out of Turkey these days are bleak. Earlier this week, a fifteen-year-old boy, Berkin Elvan, passed … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: “France burkini highest court suspends ban…

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France burkini highest court suspends ban BBC News | Europe | World Edition France’s highest administrative court suspends a ban on controversial full-body “burkini” swimsuits in a town on the Mediterranean coast. The burkini as a mirror  open Democracy News Analysis – by Adam Seligman Unless we are willing to live with the discomfort of what is … Read more

In the mean time in Europe: “Costume drama”

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Costume drama  BBC News | Europe | World Edition The BBC’s Pakistan correspondent asks why some object to seeing women in burkinis on the beach. German minister proposes partial Burqa ban  AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Interior minister says ban on face veils would apply to “places where it is necessary for society’s coexistence”. Swedish King and Queen … Read more

Turkey and Russia rapprochement… Who knows until when and for what…

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Putin mends broken relations with Turkey’s Erdogan BBC News | Europe | World Edition The leaders of Russia and Turkey patch up a damaging quarrel, pledging to restore close economic relations in St Petersburg. Russia-Turkey rapprochement revives Turkish Stream pipeline talks  EurActiv.com by Sarantis Michalopoulos Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday (8 August) that Ankara was … Read more

A roundup of articles on #TurkeyCoup aftermath…

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The immediate link below is produced by a fact-checking site. One should have a look. The third link is the Independent link that was widely criticized yesterday by not only pro-AKP circles but some nationalists. The author is a reliable one and what he says his candid ideas. Those critics should work for a more … Read more

After a promising Sunday- with rallies etc- Detention warrant issued for 42 journalists including Bülent Mumay and Nazlı Ilıcak #TurkeyCoup

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A list of 42 journalists: Abdullah Abdulkadiroğlu, Abdullah Kılıç, Ahmet Dönmez, Ali Akkuş, Arda Akın, Nazlı Ilıcak, Bayram Kaya, Bilal Şahin, Bülent Ceyhan, Bülent Mumay, Bünyamin Köseli, Cemal Azmi Kalyoncu, Cevheri Güven, Cihan Acar, Cuma Ulus, Emre Soncan, Ercan Gün, Erkan Akkuş, Ertuğrul Erbaş, Fatih Akalan, Fatih Yağmur, Habib Güler, Hanım Büşra Erdal, Haşim Söylemez, … Read more

#TurkeyCoup aftermath: Amnesty asks Independent monitors must be allowed to access detainees amid torture allegations…

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Turkey: Independent monitors must be allowed to access detainees amid torture allegations amnesty.org – Jul 24, 1:27 PM Amnesty International has gathered credible evidence that detainees in Turkey are being subjected to beatings and torture, including rape, in official and unofficial detention centres in the country. The organization is calling for independent   The internet … Read more

Before the coup attempt occurred, Legal shield for Turkish soldiers in anti-terror ops had become law..

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Legal shield for Turkish soldiers in anti-terror ops becomes law A proposal to provide legal protection to soldiers taking part in anti-terror operations and enable the participation of Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in operations in urban areas was made into law after being published in the Official Gazette on July 14 Gülen more dangerous than Bin Laden: … Read more

Journalism agenda: ” SMART News Agency is telling stories from Syria in virtual reality…

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How SMART News Agency is telling stories from Syria in virtual reality Journalism.co.uk ‘We are doing VR also for credibility, because you let the viewer be the witness inside Syria’ Inside Infomagical, Note to Self’s crowdsourcing project to find out how people deal with information overload Journalism.co.uk Using audio, voicemails and texts, Infomagical is a five-day experiment … Read more

EU opens new phase in Turkey membership bid talks WHILE Turkey’s parliament passes law to restructure judiciary, bolstering Erdogan…

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EU opens new phase in Turkey membership bid talks  BBC News | Europe | World Edition The EU opens a new chapter in Turkey’s controversial EU membership talks, covering budget contributions to the bloc. Turkey’s parliament passes law to restructure judiciary, bolstering Erdogan EurActiv.com Turkey’s parliament approved sweeping plans late on Thursday (30 June) to restructure the … Read more

“Significant Digits For The Istanbul Attacks

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Significant Digits For The Istanbul Attacks  FiveThirtyEight » Features by Walt Hickey You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news. Turkey Did Nothing About the Jihadists in Its Midst – Until It Was Too Late foreignpolicy.com – Paul McLeary – May 29, 2014, 5:16 PM The Islamic State has … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: After #Brexit A roundup…

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The World Changed Overnight  OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY by Maximilian Forte The European Union is now to be written as a postscript. Thanks to British voters, who were given an extremely rare chance to have a say on one of the biggest issues affecting their lives, who were allowed a rare vote on the fate of globalization and … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: A Media Analysis site for the EU Referendum 2016

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EU Referendum 2016 Media analysis from Loughborough University Centre for Research in Communication and Culture This is Twitter’s new emoji for the EU referendum  Mashable! by Rachel Thompson LONDON — Twitter has a brand new emoji, but it’s not what you think. The EU referendum matters for Global Justice Now. Here’s why.  open Democracy News Analysis – … Read more

State of Kurdish question in Turkey: “Armored ambulance starts serving in Diyarbakır…Amnesty Turkey 2015/2016 report….

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It’s Time to Kick Erdogan’s Turkey Out of NATO huffingtonpost.com – Feb 23 Anadolu Agency via Getty Images It has always been a matter of historical curiosity that one of the American diplomats who was deeply involved in the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was named Achilles. As the head of the State… … Read more

Now that Aftenposten chased from Turkey, Kurdish question will be fixed (!)

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Aftenposten is being thrown out of Turkey Aftenposten – Feb 9, 12:57 AM Silje Rønning Kampesæter is being kicked out of Tyrkey. The previous time Aftenposten experienced something similar was in 1971, when this newspaper’s Moscow-correspondent Per Egil Hegge was expelled from the Soviet Union. Aftenposten   In this picture Aftenposten’s Middle East Correspondent Silje … Read more