Turkey Pushed for Its Own Astronaut on Space Shuttle from Yahoo news In exchange for buying Boeing jets, Turkey wanted a Turkish astronaut to fly on a NASA space shuttle, according to a classified state department message recently released by Wikileaks. Wikileaks: cables show that US diplomats are key part of Boeing sales force from … Read more
WikiLeaks details US-Turkey arms negotiating from Hurriyet Dailynews by ANKARA-Hürriyet Daily News WikiLeaks has disclosed new cables on how US Secretary of State Robert Gates promoted Sikorsky helicopters and Raytheon Patriot PAC-3 systems during an Ankara visit. Cables also show how Turkey pressured the US for an urgent sale of Cobra helicopters due to a … Read more
Well-known Turkish columnist Fehmi Koru allegedly got in touch with the American diplomat Mr. Edelman to help firing İbrahim Karagülle, Yeni Şafak’s world news columnist. Mr. Koru today refuses the allegations and claims that Edelman’s man swore at him instead. However, Mr. Koru lost his position at Yeni Şafak after the emergence of allegations. Mr. … Read more
2010-12-19 New Whistleblowing Sites from WL Central by GeorgieBC Online whistleblowing conduits appear to be an exciting new trend. From technological tools to what looks a lot like old fashioned investigative journalism, here are some of the up and coming whistle blowing sites. IndoLeaks Jakarta Globe says this appeared on December 10. Rospil An extension … Read more
Israeli Ambassador to Turkey Gaby Levy (C), pictured in June 2010. Turkey summoned the Israeli envoy to convey its unease over a deal between the Jewish state and Cyprus over economic rights in the Mediterranean, officials and media reports said on Sunday.? Read more »(AFP/File/Bulent Kilic) Obama says US-Turkish ties ‘more important than ever’ – … Read more
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange granted bail from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin 07:00 AM PT: A bail hearing for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is under way as I type this blog post. Assange is being held in the UK on allegations of sex crimes involving two women in Sweden. Journalists in the courtroom have been … Read more
Obama calls Turkish PM over leaked cables The Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) ? President Barack Obama called Turkey’s prime minister to mend ties following the release on the WikiLeaks website of US diplomatic cables Obama joins WikiLeaks assault The Australian … action by WikiLeaks, and the two leaders agreed that it would not influence or … Read more
WikiLeaks cables: Pope wanted Muslim Turkey kept out of EU from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Andrew Brown, Heather Brooke Vatican diplomats also lobbied against Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez and wanted ‘Christian roots’ enshrined in EU constitution The pope is responsible for the Vatican’s growing hostility towards Turkey joining the EU, previously secret cables sent … Read more
I haven’t had time to start with a more proper roundup. here is what I have had collected so far. More to come soon.. Lieberman: New York Times may be investigated for espionage from Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza Assange arrested in Britain from Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza Clay Shirky’s Nuanced Position on WikiLeaks … Read more
Bir gizli Amerikan belgesinden Türkiye?ye ve CHP?ye dersler – İsmet BERKAN from Hürriyet Yazarlar BU aralar WikiLeaks?le ve orada açıklanmakta olan gizli Amerikan diplomatik yazışmalarıyla boğuşuyoruz WIKILEAKS DOSYALARI TRT HABER’DE TARTIŞILDI from Medyatava.com TRT Haber’deki Açı adlı programda Faruk Bilgin’e konuk olan akademisyenler Wikileaks dosyalarının ABD’de Bush döneminde yaşanan skandallarla bir hesaplaşma olduğu görüşünde birleşti … Read more
Everybody Loves Wikileaks! Now it is our time to leak into the night life of Taksim on saturday, 4th of December 19.30 @ Ekvator Cafe! Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu addresses a global security summit seminar on regional security cooperation Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010, in Manama, Bahrain. Senior political and military officials from Arab states, … Read more
WikiLeaks ilk kurbanını aldı: Belge sızdıran bürokrat görevden alındı from Devrimci Halkın Birliği | Haber Portalı WikiLeaks internet sitesinin ABD Dışişleri Bakanlığı’nın gizli belgelerini açıklaması Almanya’da da yankı yarattı. Almanya’da koalisyon hükümetinin kuruluş aşamasındaki yazışmaları ABD’li bürokratlara sızdıran Hür Demokrat Partili Helmut Metzner görevden alındı. Wikileaks?i En Çok Hangi Ülkeler Ziyaret Ediyor from Webrazzi by … Read more
WikiLeaks?ten geriye ne kaldı? from Devrimci Halkın Birliği | Haber Portalı WikiLeaks belgeleri açıklandı ve bir bilgi bombardımanı yaşandı. İşte ilk üç günün sonunda ciro: WikiLeaks?ten geriye hangi somut bilgiler ve hangi iddialar kaldı? ‘TARAF GAZETESİ ÇOK AYIP EDİYOR’ from Medyatava.com Wikileaks belgelerini dayanak göstererek eski gazeteci Sadık Albayrak hakkında “suiistimal” iddiasıyla haber yapan Taraf … Read more
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the opening of a new security office in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Erdogan reacted furiously to claims in a leaked U.S. State Department memo that he has money in Swiss bank accounts and said U.S. diplomats should be punished for allegations he branded as lies … Read more
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