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Cyberculture agenda: “Internet Society Statement on the 2015 UN Sustainable Development Summit

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  Internet Society Statement on the 2015 UN Sustainable Development Summit Internet Society – News Headlines Language English Date: Fri, 09/25/2015 Internet Society President and CEO Kathryn Brown issued the following statement: This week, the United Nations is hosting the Sustainable Development Summit (SDS) where the international community will embrace a global agenda to alleviate poverty, … Read more

Journalism agenda: AKP is killing the remnants of opposition media in Turkey.. #ÖzgürMedyaSusturulamaz

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US urges Turkey to meet democratic values on the arrest of VICE journalists The United States State Department has voiced its concern over the arrest of two British journalists and their translator in Diyarbakır, urging Turkey to revise its actions to match up with democratic values Turkish daily publishes empty columns on front page to protest gov’t … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “The Secret Gear Connecting Google’s Online Empire….

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Revealed: The Secret Gear Connecting Google’s Online Empire Wired Top Stories by Cade Metz For a decade, Google has been building the networking equipment that runs its online empire in secret. Today, it’s raising the curtain. Who benefits from the ‘internet space race’?  Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by Adam Fish … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: biggest-ever Eurovision…”Juncker greets Orbán with ‘Hello dictator!”…

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Stage set for biggest-ever Eurovision  BBC News | Europe | World Edition Sweden, Russia and Italy are among the favourites to win the 60th annual Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place in Vienna later. Juncker greets Orbán with ‘Hello dictator!”  EurActiv.com European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker teased Hungarian Premier Viktor Orbán over his strongman reputation Friday, jokingly … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: Merkel Pessimistic on Ukraine peace, Germany rules out arming Kyiv….

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MAIN FOCUS: Merkel and Hollande negotiate in Ukraine conflict | 06/02/2015  euro|topics French President François Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have started a new initiative to find a solution to the Ukraine conflict, presenting a peace proposal in Kiev on Thursday before travelling to Moscow today, Friday. Commentators see the move as the last hope … Read more

Eurosphere agenda:”Europe in the global app economy….”Croatia and Serbia fail with genocide claims…

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How Europe can win in the global app economy  EurActiv.com As the European Union prepares its plan for a Digital Single Market, policy-makers must take full account of the fastest growing segment of that market – the app industry, writes Sophie Mestchersky.   MAIN FOCUS: Croatia and Serbia fail with genocide claims | 04/02/2015 euro|topics The International … Read more

Erdoğan defends police brutality and claims Turkey avoided being Ukraine, Egypt…

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  Turkey, Egypt in fresh quarrel after Erdoğan’s remarks The foreign ministries of Turkey and Egypt have traded a fresh round of accusatory statements, with the latter condemning Erdoğan’s latest remarks and his ‘flagrant intervention’ in Egypt’s internal affairs Turkey avoided being Ukraine, Egypt: Erdoğan Turkish police has behaved softly to demonstrators when compared to the U.S. … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: the EU pressures Google more: right to be forgotten’ to be applied on global search results

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Europe wants Google’s ‘right to be forgotten’ to be applied on global search results  The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal The European Union wants Google to wipe search results mentioning people who invoke their ‘right to be forgotten’ across all its sites, and not just its European versions, reports Reuters Majority of global population agrees Internet access … Read more

Pro-gov’t journos fill (!) empty seats at Erdoğan’s UN talk…

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Turkey’s EU strategy creates action plan for accession Turkey’s new EU strategy, which is ostensibly designed to accelerate the EU accession process, was published in the Official Gazette on Sept. 25 Isis onslaught against Kurds in Syria brings man-made disaster into Turkey  World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Constanze Letsch In the border town of Suruç, there … Read more

Access now declares Heroes and Villains on Digital Communications. A winner (!) from Turkey

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Access, Partners Recognize Heroes, Villains on Human Rights and Communications Surveillance 12:58pm | 22 September 2014 | by Access Team, Today, Access recognizes individuals and groups around the world for their work as it relates to theInternational Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance (“the Principles”). The Principles, endorsed by more than … Read more

EFD Haftanın sitesi: IGF’a alternatif proje: Internet Ungovernance Forum #ungov

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Alternatif Bilişim Derneği’nin girişimiyle İstanbul’da Eylül başında BM’nin düzenleyeceği Internet Governance Forum‘a alternatif forum. Ana sayfa burada.  Nedir? Internet Governance Forum 2014, 2-5 Eylül tarihleri arasında İstanbul’da gerçekleştiriliyor. IGF, dünyanın birçok ülkesinden ilgililerin katılacağı ve yakından takip edeceği önemli bir toplantı olacak. Artık hayatımızın her alanının bir parçası hâline gelen internetin bir anlamda masaya yatırılacağı … Read more

Anthropology roundup: “Saving Syria’s Antiquities

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Saving Syria’s Antiquities tabsir.net The turmoil and ruthless slaughter that is destroying both lives and heritage in Syria has multiple consequences. Beyond the humanitarian crisis, which is huge, there is widespread looting of antiquities in a country where there is a valuable heritage. Dr. Amr Al-Azm has started a campaign to save these antiquities. Details below. Click … Read more

Gazeteci arkadaşlara: 2 Eylül’de İstanbul’da başlayacak Internet Governance Forum’u izlemek için….

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Şu adresten kaydolmanız gerekiyor:  https://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2014/09/02/14/-/ninth-annual-igf-meeting?Itemid=28&filter_reset=1 15 Ağustos son tarih… Ninth Annual IGF Meeting From Tuesday 02 September 2014 To Friday 05 September 2014 The Ninth Annual IGF Meeting will be held in Istanbul, Turkey The registration period is from 18 June to 15 August.   Journalists and other media representatives interested in applying for accreditation for the IGF 2014 … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: “Netherlands partly to blame for Srebrenica…”Plane crash in eastern Ukraine…

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Change vs more of the same (40 reasons to support Scottish independence, 39) open Democracy News Analysis – by Adam Ramsay Independence offers a rare chance to change a British system built before anything to protect itself.   MAIN FOCUS: Netherlands partly to blame for Srebrenica | 17/07/2014   The Dutch state bears partial responsibility … Read more

AKP officials’ beautiful statements (!) on women… News roundup from Turkey…

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source More than 500,000 child brides married in Turkey in the last decade 504,957 girls between the ages of 16 and 17 got married according official data Women?s participation in politics ?still low? in Turkey Turkey needs to make imrovements for women?s political participation, reproductive health, education and labor force, according to the United Nations 10 maps that … Read more