in the last decade, more Turkish soldiers committed suicide than killed in action…

In the last 10 years, 818 Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes, while 934 committed suicide during their military service… News in Turkish here.

Cyberculture agenda: “The Internet’s Own Boy”… “Germany Ends Contract With Verizon…

  “The Internet’s Own Boy”: How the government destroyed Aaron Swartz A film tells the story of the coder-activist who fought corporate power and corruption — and paid a cruel price NSA Fallout: Germany Ends Contract With Verizon Mashable! by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai The German government has decided not to renew a contract with Verizon out of fear … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: Remembering Aaron Swartz

  A Year After Aaron Swartz’s Death, Lawmakers Still Demand Answers On the eve of the anniversary of Aaron Swartz‘s tragic death, a group of eight lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are still looking for answers regarding the criminal investigation he was the subject of   Remembering Aaron One year ago, we lost Aaron Swartz, a dear friend … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: 108 soldiers commit suicide since 2012…Columnists As Biggest Hate Speech Makers in Turkey…

108 soldiers commit suicide since 2012, Turkish defense minister says The Turkish defense minister said that 166 soldiers have committed suicide or been killed in accidents across the country in the last year and a half 50 Percent of Rape Victims Are Children, TÜİK Says According to Statistics Institute of Turkey, sexual assault crimes have … Read more

Into the darker ages. Turkish court condemns Apollinaire?s book, Turkish board cites ?telekinesis? as possible cause of mysterious suicides…

Turkish court says French book ?too explicit? Turkey?s Supreme Court of Appeals said Guillaume Apollinaire?s did not fall under freedom of speech Turkish board cites ?telekinesis? as possible cause of mysterious suicides The suspicious suicides of four engineers working at the ASELSAN could have been caused by telekinesis, report says  

An anthropologist explains: Yemen is not a terrorist factory

Yemen is not a terrorist factory CNN International Editor’s note: Daniel Martin Varisco is a professor of anthropology at Hofstra University and has visited Yemen over a dozen times for development consulting and research since 1978. He moderates Tabsir, an academic blog on Islam and the Middle East. (CNN) — Domino theorists love the Middle … Read more