turkish cybersphere

Twitter increasingly creates political agenda in Turkey…

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CHP leader announced his arguments on headscard thru his Twitter account. MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli also joined Twitter. the President has already been active. PM Erdoğan seems to be leading the unfriendly camp against Twitter (and Web culture in general). http://twitter.com/yorumluyorum/status/2736144458457088 Superonline hails ‘the age of fiber’ in Gaziantep from Hurriyet Dailynews Superonline, Turkcell?s profitable … Read more

@sosyalmedyatv – Sosyal Medya tonight. @PuCCaa, @yildarado, @resatcalislar, @alibabaoglan. Good news is that TRT orders 13 more episodes!

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Tonight we have the 12th episode of Sosyal Medya. The good news is that TRT wanted to continue the program after the first 13 episodes and another 13 episodes are ordered! Tonight we will have Taraf daily’s chief editor Yıldıray Oğur. Taraf is a not good social media using daily but its columnists are very … Read more

Sevcan tells us about DMG ?New Media Order? Conference

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(photo source here) I know that it was a late post about this activity. Please accept my apology. My workload and the thesis semester take all my time and I cannot even find time to go to the meetups regularly. I want to add that, there will be Diwali Festival in UAE and India. Indians … Read more

YouTube ban lifted for the moment after 2,5 years…

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Four videos that insult Atatürk have been removed and the ban is lifted for the moment. It is a just a matter of time. Upload a video again and Turks will apply for the ban and they will continue to embarras themselves… news in Turkish Turkey lifts its ban on YouTube: agency from Yahoo news … Read more

Turks celebrate Republic Day in Facebook profile photos

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From my Facebook news flow:) By the way, Google’s contribution to Republic Day: Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul (4th L), accompanied by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (2nd L) and Kemal Kilicdaroglu (3rd L), leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), attend an official ceremony to mark the 87th anniversary of Republic Day at Anitkabir, … Read more

the 10th and 11th episodes of Sosyal Medya @sosyalmedyatv

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On Monday we will have the 11th episode of Sosyal Medya. Last Monday we had Nazlı Ilıcak, the queen of Twitter in Turkey some call. She is one of the most well-known columnists and despite her old age- she challenges the stereotypes that older people do not understand the web- she is an efficient user … Read more

@sosyalmedyatv – Sosyal Medya: the 9th episode tonight @emretok @AltanSan @selalekadak @OlcaytoCengiz

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Here comes the 9th episode of Sosyal Medya. I just heard that our program will be broadcasted on Monday nights after this week. I was told it is good. But I do not what the criteria are really. Sabah columnist Şelale Kadak will discuss mobile internet and journalist-internet relations. Vatan columnist, Sanem Altan who happens … Read more

Turkish relationship sites- Introducing Turkish Cybersphere (14)

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Here is a list of relationship/matchmaking sites that are located in Turkey or focus on Turkish audiences… Suggestions are always welcome… 1) Sites like OkCupid are increasingly used in Turkey… 2) I have not included any sites that focus on Gay matchmaking. In fact, I could not find… Gay focused sites I could find offer … Read more

@sosyalmedyatv @rahsangulsan @ecevahapoglu ? Tonight, the 8th episode of Sosyal Medya

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Here comes the 8th episode of Sosyal Medya. We expect relatively high ratings tonight as Ekşi Sözlük‘s lawyer, Başak Purut, and one of its 20 thousand users are our guests. We have two more popular guests: Ece Vahapoğlu, TV journalist and columnists at Takvim. and we have Rahşan Gülşan of Habertürk. Ms. Gülşan (@rahsangulsan) is … Read more

Turkish marketing sites- Introducing Turkish Cybersphere (13)

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(photo source) Some are not particularly Turkish but Turkish users rely on. (the source of the list: via) http://www.marketingturkiye.com http://www.mediacatonline.com http://www.digitalage.com http://www.thebrandage.com/ http://www.digitalage.com.tr http://marketingmagazine.co.uk/ http://www.internetretailer.com/marketi… http://www.bizcommunity.com http://www.brandingstrategyinsider.com/ http://www.satisteknikleri.org http://www.pazarlamadunyasi.com/ http://www.gennaration.com.tr http://www.adage.com http://marketing.about.com http://yukselonur.blogspot.com http://www.gelistrend.com http://www.marketoloji.com http://bpi.somee.com http://www.pazarlamaokulu.com http://www.sosyalmedyapazarlama.com/ http://www.pazarlamadunyasi.com/ http://www.pazar-lamaca.com/ http://www.marketallica.com http://fistikyesili.com/reklampazarlama/

Mr. Yıldırım is likely to make history by a possible Facebook ban…

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He must be suffering from not getting enough attention from the giants of web…. Facebook should appeal to court, Turkish minister says from Hurriyet Dailynews The Turkish minister responsible for communications urged Facebook Inc. on Wednesday to appeal against Turkish court rulings.

“Sözlük”s- Introducing Turkish Cybersphere (12)

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Ekşi Sözlük initiated a new form of collaborative new media experience for many Turks. “Sözlük” literally means “dictionary”. It is described as a collaborative hypertext ‘dictionary’ based on the concept of Web sites built up on user contribution. Here is a list of major sözlük projects in Turkish cybersphere… Ekşi Sözlük deusozluk.com fokurfokur.com ihlsozluk.com itusozluk.com … Read more

@sosyalmedyatv @mesutyar @ismailhpolat Tonight, the 7th episode of Sosyal Medya

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Here comes the 7th episode of Sosyal Medya. I was less involved in this episode in choosing guests. Still, sort of satisfactory issues to be discussed. Our main guest is Mesut Yar, a popular satirist TV news commentator and also Posta daily columnist. He will talk about relations between humor, media and social media. Mesut … Read more

Turkey has no shame: Vimeo censored now… #vimeobannedinturkey #censorshipinturkey #turkey #vimeo

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Turkey Adds Video-Sharing Site Vimeo to List of Blocked Websites

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Tonight, the 6th episode of Sosyal Medya @sosyalmedyatv @cuneytozdemir @ardakutsal

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Tonight comes the 6th episode of Sosyal Medya. I was a bit disappointed with the last episode as my involvement in choosing guests were minimised and we have had a lower rating. Today we are back at business. Our main guest will be Cüneyt Özdemir, the well known TV Journalist whose one of new projects … Read more