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

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

Erdoğan’s fight with Gülen movements starts the disintegration of Ergenekon Case. İlker Başbuğ, former chief of staff, released this evening…

In his personalized fight against Gülen movement, Erdoğan seems to be looking for help from Kemalists and for military elites, as the special courts to overview the so-called Ergenekon trial closed, one of the earliest to be free is İlker Başbuğ, former chief of staff… Turkey?s former Chief of Staff İlker Başbuğ to be released … Read more

Yes, he said. “Turkey may ban Facebook and YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGVNaUdlURU Facebook and YouTube face ban in Turkey if Erdoğan wins March elections Prime minister blames political enemies for abusing social network sites with stream of fabricated internet postingsThe Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said Facebook and YouTube could be banned following local Facebook and YouTube face ban in Turkey if Erdoğan wins March elections … Read more

As new tapes appear, Erdoğan steps us his attack on the Gülen movement…

Turkish PM calls for boycott of Gülen movement?s schools   Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has geared up his rhetoric against the movement of U.S. based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, calling for a boycott of the movement?s schools Turkish PM faces deepening corruption scandal as second tape emerges   Audio posted to YouTube allegedly records … Read more

PM Erdoğan, in his defense, contributed new terms to Turkish language…like Robot Lobby…

  PM?s Phone Recordings Views Outnumber Katy Perry’s   Around 1,5 million users have viewed the video of phone call recordings allegedly between PM Erdoğan and his son on the first day of Corruption Probe. The video, released by several users on YouTube, has surpassed Katy Perry?s song Dark Hors Tapes are ?as real as Ararat?: … Read more

Eurosphere agenda: Questions about the future of Ukraine…

5 Big Questions About the Future of Ukraine KIEV, Ukraine – History books will record the past week as the Ukraine‘s most significant, and tragic, since the end of Soviet rule. Behind the decadence of a Ukrainian president   With ousted President Viktor Yanukovich believed to be in hiding, protesters have flung open the gates to his … Read more

Bazı sosyal ağlar ve Timelines (Zaman tüneli/çizelgeler)- Çevrimiçi Araçlar 4. Bölüm

[çevrimiçi araçlar serisinin 3. bölümü Bulut/ Depolama Seçenekleri idi. İlk iki bölüm: 1) Amme hizmetlerine devam: Akademisyenler için birkaç çevrimiçi araç? 2) Twitter araçları ] Sosyal ağlar ve Timelines (Zaman tüneli/çizelgesi)?ları Yalnızca içinde olduğumuz sosyal ağlardaki enformasyon akışını takip eden bir kullanıcı, bizzat geleneksel medya kaynaklarına bakmadan haber/bilgi edinmeyi sürdürebilir. Hatta çok daha geniş bir çeşitliliğe bile sahip olabilir. En çok … Read more

Google, Microsoft together against child porn…”NSA Asked Linus Torvalds To Install Backdoors Into GNU/Linux.. Cyberculture agenda…

Google and Microsoft take steps to block Internet search results linked to child porn Google revealed today that it has been putting more than 200 people to work in the last three months to develop new technologies to block Internet search results linked to child porn, after UK Prime Minister David Cameron in June demanded Google and … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: Jeremy Hammond case.. “Brazil and Germany Propose UN Resolution Against Mass Surveillance…Google Deleted 200 Million ?Pirate? Search Results in 2013

Brazil and Germany Propose UN Resolution Against Mass Surveillance On November 7th, Brazil and Germany jointly tabled a preliminary version of a resolution on online privacy at the UN General Assembly. At a time when public outrage over the reach and scope of U.K. and U.S. mass surveillance is at an all time high, the … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “Twitter news consumers are younger, better educated, and more mobile than Facebook news consumers…

YouTube Music Awards Cause A Social Stir This past weekend the world got to witness the first ever YouTube Music Awards. Yes, internet giant Google has decided to make a move into the awards show arena now as well? except this one you watch on your computer. Some people questioned why Google would do such a … Read more

Follow Erkan’s curation of #MillionMaskMarch day through Scoop.it #RedHack

Click here to follow RedHack and Anonymous Team Up for November 5 Protests See on Scoop.it ? Another World Now! November 5 is a symbolic date on which hacktivists and activists from all over the world plan on protesting and marching for various causes. RedHack a? #BillionMaskMarch Events List ? Latest Update ? 443 City Across the World and Growing … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: “Kickstarter passes 50,000 successfully funded projects thanks to 5 million backers…”Google Media Tools..

  Online Dating & Relationships One in ten Americans have used an online dating site or mobile dating app; 66% of them have gone on a date with someone they met through a dating site or app, and 23% have met a spouse or long term partner through these sites. Google Media Tools: a new intersection … Read more

EFF Resigns from Global Network Initiative… a Cyberculture roundup…

EFF Resigns from Global Network Initiative Citing Concerns Over NSA?s Impact on Corporate Members, EFF Leaves Industry Group San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today withdrew from the Global Network Initiative (GNI), citing a fundamental breakdown in confidence that the group’s corporate members are able to speak freely about their own internal privacy … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: Spotify now in Turkey… A new tool for watching how popular videos spread online

Spotify is now live in 32 countries after launching in Taiwan, Argentina, Greece and Turkey Update, as with past Spotify launches, we?ve found that the company has added more than one new market. This post has been updated to reflect that. Spotify has launched its service in four new markets ? Taiwan, Argentina, Greece and … Read more

Anonymous (@Crypt0nymous) explains its relationship with Redhack (@TheRedHack)

Anonymous Turkey, RedHack and #OccupyGezi For governments there is no difference between the two groups/collectives, both are (cyber) terrorist. Maybe this is also the reason why hacktivist and activist show solidarity and ?support? each other. Its clear that the ideologies of both groups have nothing to do with their support and solidarity. Coordinated hacks during #opTurkey, … Read more