A Turkey based gaming site Sanalika banned now. Grou.ps is also banned. Toplumsal Bellek [Social Memory] is a website dedicated to murdered journalists. here is the link for English version. Gerçekler ortaya çıksın, kim incinecekse incinsin!
Last night, I had the opportunity to meet with two veterans of Turkish journalism. Hakkı Devrim has been a long time columnist at Radikal. Not only he has nothing to do with internet, he is determinedly against it. He was our guest at Sosyal Medya TV show and he had a full-scale attack on cyberculture … Read more
here is the explanation in Turkish…
A longer list can be found in International Federation of Journalists’ site via here and here. 1- Abdulcabbar Karadağ, Azadiya Welat Gazetesi Mersin Temsilcisi, Mersin E Tipi Kapalı Cezaevi 2- Ahmet Birsin, Gün TV Genel Yayın Koordinatörü, Diyarbakır D Tipi Cezaevi 3- Ali Buluş, DİHA Mersin Muhabiri, Karaman-Ermenek M Tipi Cezaevi 4- Ali Çat, Azadiya … Read more
FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK – An obvious end Many have called the resignation of Hürriyet daily chief columnist Oktay Ekşi from the paper, in the wake of insulting the prime minister and other ministers, a tragic and exemplary case. Löning Criticised Legal Proceedings against Journalist Ekşi from Bianet :: English The German Human Rights Commissioner, Markus … Read more
and he will probably get a short sentence and be out soon… Dark alliance behind this triggerman remains unraveled… Triggerman Suspect to be Tried at Juvenile Court from Bianet :: English The 15th hearing of the trial regarding the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is currently held in Istanbul – the first session after … Read more
A very good comparative post: Freedom of speech in Turkey, 1994-2010 by istanbulnotes Last week?s release of the 2010 edition of the annual Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index made for more uncomfortable Turkish reading. Turkey was placed in 138th position in a list of 175 countries, down from 99th position in 2002 when … Read more
New radical design for Radikal Daily from Editors Weblog – all postings by Heather Holm The Radikal Daily, a newspaper in Turkey, has adopted a tabloid format and new columnists under editor Eyüp Can, states Today’s Zaman. “The Doğan Media Group recently decided to merge Referans, a daily economic review, and Radikal and replaced former … Read more
… with a supposedly radical content, with new columnists, new size…. I am not sure if the daily will provide more radical and provocative content than Taraf daily already brings. However, based on the new columnist list, there might be more academic substance in the content… here is an ad of new Radikal http://vimeo.com/15851724 and … Read more
Conscientious Objector Süver Remains in Prison from Bianet :: English The Izmir Şirinyer Military Court dismissed the request for the release of conscientious objector İnan Süver. Süver is said to have been sentenced to imprisonment of 35 months. The case was adjourned to 15 November. from the CNN Turk’s new ad campaign found in CNN … Read more
I don’t think it has much scientific substance but According to a poll by Ayaklı Gazete, Ece Üner of CNN Turk has been selected as the Best anchorwoman in Turkey… Nearly 100,000 voted… Ece Üner Poll results:
It is just like that. In another round of never ending headscarf issue, Higher Education Council (YÖK) sent university presidents a memo to actually lift the ban. But of course it will take more time to legally change the situation… It is only after the miserable defeat of Kemalist forces in referendum, this shameful ban … Read more