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“Istanbul Tops PwC and ULI List Again”; the 1st Kebab Krawl! on Feb 25
Erkan's field diary 1 Day, 20 Hours, 19 Minutes ago
Istanbul Tops PwC and ULI List Again from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Istanbul…gimme two of each… Mavi Boncuk |   Istanbul becomes favorite setting for films and TV shows from Hurriyet Daily News Istanbul looks to become a hub for TV s...
Erdogan should resign over Armenia row
EuroDialogueXXI 1 Week, 1 Day, 9 Hours, 5 Minutes ago
video By Michael Kambeck Erdogan should have followed a ra...
EFD Rights Watch: Turkey, the country with most convictions at the European Court of Human Rights in 2011
Erkan's field diary 1 Week, 3 Days, 13 Hours, 45 Minutes ago
Country with the most Convictions: Turkey from Bianet :: English The majority of judgements delivered by the European Court of Human Rights in 2011 concerned Turkey. Most of these decisions were related to violations of the right to a fair trial and...
From Holocaust Remembrance Day to Orhan Pamuk’s love story. A social news roundup
Erkan's field diary 1 Week, 3 Days, 20 Hours, 27 Minutes ago
Turkey’s Chief Rabbi Izak Haleva (C) and Istanbul Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu (L) light candles, in memory of holocaust victims, during a commemoration to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day at Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul January...
EFD Rights Watch: Not surprisingly “Turkey Loses Ground again in World Press Freedom Index
Erkan's field diary 1 Week, 4 Days, 16 Hours, 20 Minutes ago
Turkey Loses Ground again in World Press Freedom Index Turkey fell back ten places to number 148 in the 2011-2012 World Press Freedom Index. According to the report of Reporters Without Borders, press freedom is in an even worse state in only 31 coun...
Erdogan Pledges ‘No Revenge’ as Turkish Press in Spotlight
New Europe - WSJ 1 Week, 4 Days, 17 Hours, 11 Minutes ago
Turkey's economy may have made giant leaps forward in 2011, but press freedoms appeared to take a significant step back.
Turkey vs. France. They don’t look like allies anymore after the genocide bill as Turkey takes this as a feud…
Erkan's field diary 1 Week, 6 Days, 20 Hours ago
Turkish rage at ‘Yes’ from French Senate from Hurriyet Daily News French senators debate a bill yesterday to outlaw denial of the Armenian genocide, despite a furious Turkey vowing to punish Paris with “permanent” sanctions if it is passed in...
politics roundup: Erdoğan says he is not stricken with cancer…. Turkish Hizbullah back on the scene…
Erkan's field diary 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 20 Hours, 42 Minutes ago
Erdogan Seeks to Dispel Cancer Rumors – Emerging Europe Real Time – WSJ By Ayla Albayrak ISTANBUL — Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has broken his silence to stop swelling rumors that he is stricken with cancer and is se...
Hrant Dink trial once again puts judiciary process in Turkey under fire.. A roundup…
Erkan's field diary 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 21 Hours, 50 Minutes ago
Turkey seeks to streamline judicial process from FT.com – World, Europe Ankara has unveiled a package of almost 100 reforms to the lumbering judicial system, which is under the international spotlight Judiciary in Turkey under European fire fr...
In France, genocide has become a political brickbat | Timothy Garton Ash
Comment is free (Europe) 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 11 Hours, 5 Minutes ago
Next week's bill on denial of Ottoman atrocities against Armenians is an attack on free speech, one of many around the worldNext Monday the French Senate is to vote on a bill that will criminalise denial of the Armenian genocide of 1915, along with a...
istanbul ve çevresinde topyekün elektrik kesintisi….twitter’dan bildirimler…
Erkan's field diary 3 Weeks, 2 Days, 20 Hours, 16 Minutes ago
Sanki bir tatbikat yapıldı gibi…skandal demek yerine… View the story “İstanbul’da elektrik kaosu… Twitter’dan bildirenler… ” on Storify Storified by Erkan Saka Sat, Jan 14 2012 08:25:17 · 109 vi...
(little bit of) snow photos from istanbul today and an istanbul news roundup…
Erkan's field diary 3 Weeks, 2 Days, 20 Hours, 55 Minutes ago
View the story “” on Storify 503 Service Unavailable No server is available to handle this request.   İstanbul crowds welcome New Year Today’s Zaman Despite the rainy weather, İstanbul’s Taksim Square saw a magni...
Turkey’s Balancing Act
EuroDialogueXXI 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 9 Hours, 5 Minutes ago
By Mohammed Ayoob Turkey has over the past few weeks become the spearhead of a joint Western-Arab-Turkish policy ai...
Democratisation and Political Change in Turkey
Jonathan Fryer 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 9 Hours, 6 Minutes ago
When the Centre for Turkey Studies and Development (CTSD) invited two leading journalists/writers from Turkey over to London to speak at a meeting in the House of Commons this evening on the state of the democratisation process in their country, the...
Francia vs Turchia, una querelle intempestiva?
Gli Euros 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 22 Hours, 55 Minutes ago
Lo scorso 22 dicembre, grazie al voto favorevole e bipartisan di una cinquantina di deputati, l'Assemblea nazionale francese ha approvato una legge che prevede una multa di 45.000 euro e fino ad un anno di carcere per chi nega l'esistenza di uno dei...
on Jan.10 French Senate to vote on Armenian genocide bill… while Algerians oppose Turkey’s use of Algerian massacres against France…
Erkan's field diary 4 Weeks, 22 Hours, 13 Minutes ago
French Senate to vote on genocide from BBC News | Europe | World Edition The French Senate is to vote this month on a bill making it illegal to deny that the mass killing of Armenians was genocide, reports say.   France sets date to vo...
EFD end of the year posts: with the Uludere massacre, Turkey’s Kurdish question comes back at full scale
Erkan's field diary 1 Month, 1 Week, 2 Hours, 5 Minutes ago
pro-government circles recently argue that there is no going back to 1990′s in terms of Kurdish question. Now as in the old days Kurdish civilians are killed en masse as collateral damage… Deputy gov attacked as BDP warns against officia...
Turkey 2011: Out of Europe's Shadow
Eurovision 1 Month, 1 Week, 2 Hours, 16 Minutes ago
As 2011 draws to a close, we can be certain that it will be remembered as the year of the Eurocrisis, with all the global economic uncertainties that implies.  However, one of the biggest stories of the year with implications for Europe has been...
Sarkozy should leave the Armenian genocide to the historians | Agnès Poirier
Comment is free (Europe) 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 3 Hours, 59 Minutes ago
Making it a crime to deny the genocide antagonises a useful ally in Turkey – a country founded on the French Republican modelThe French parliament recognised the Armenian killings as genocide in 2001. But this week, French MPs went further, approvi...
in the mean time, deputy PM, under whose government thousands of Kurdish activists are imprisoned, vows more rights for Kurds… A politics roundup…
Erkan's field diary 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 8 Hours, 11 Minutes ago
Deputy PM vows more rights for Turkey’s Kurds from Hurriyet Daily News Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç promises more rights to the country’s citizens of Kurdish origin in a speech…   Journalists detained in KCK raids Police detai...
French "genocide" bill is attack on Turkey's dignity, foreign minister says
EuroDialogueXXI 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 23 Hours, 4 Minutes ago
video Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made a final appeal on Wednesday to French parliamentarians not to ba...
Murat Eliboz, latest victim of Turkish State’s assault against Kurds… EFD Rights Watch
Erkan's field diary 2 Months, 4 Days, 13 Hours, 43 Minutes ago
Murat Eliboz, 21, a university student and survivor of Van earthquake has been shot dead behind by police forces at the pro Kurdish BDP rally in Diyarbakır…. No news in English or an image of Murat Eliboz, I could find… May his soul rest...
Foreign policy roundup: Abdullah Gül stopped by Britain
Erkan's field diary 2 Months, 1 Week, 4 Days, 18 Hours, 24 Minutes ago
LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 22: The President of Turkey Abdullah Gul, accompanied by his wife Hayrunnnisa Gul, stand at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Westminster Abbey on November 22, 2011 in London, England. The President of Turkey is on a...
Foreign policy roundup: Turkey summons Syrian charge d’affaires; Israel and Turkey showing moderate signs
Erkan's field diary 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 3 Hours, 34 Minutes ago
 This file photo shows members of Syrian opposition living in Turkey waving their national and Turkish flags as they stage a protest against the Syrian regime in Ankara. AFP photos. Israel and Turkey showing moderate signs of renewed ties by Acturca...
EFD Rights Watch: body of Sebahattin Yılmaz found in debris. Journalists not only imprisoned but also die because of State misconducts in Turkey…
Erkan's field diary 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 22 Hours, 59 Minutes ago
Turkish Quake Death Toll Rises to 26 ‎ ABC News - Bertan Ayduk - Mehmet Guzel - 4 hours ago Colleagues and friends wept as rescue workers pulled out the body of Sebahattin Yilmaz from beneath the debris of the Bayram Hotel — one of two ho...
Such a Friday night for Turkey: we lose journalist Cem Emir in the Van Quake; Turkey crushed by Croatia in football; a ferry hijacked…
Erkan's field diary 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 14 Hours, 45 Minutes ago
Cem Emir’s death is a murder. State officials had declared that the hotel he would stay was not damaged but the hotel collapsed in an aftermath quake… Turkey quake survivors sought; Death toll rises from Yahoo news Rescue teams claw throu...
Turkish Ministry Hacked as Kurdish Conflict Goes Online
New Europe - WSJ 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 21 Hours, 59 Minutes ago
The decades-old conflict between Turkey's government and Kurdish militants has intensified, but this week saw the emergence of a new front: the Internet.
On Atatürk’s death anniversary, Facebook profile photos…
Erkan's field diary 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 2 Hours ago
Many Facebook friends of mine posted profile photos related to 10 November, anniversary of Atatürk‘s death…   Facebook 10 Kasım profil fotoları Related posts:Turks celebrate Republic Day in Facebook profile photos the 7...
Sosyal Medya alanında çalışan ajanslar (30): “Gri Creative”
Erkan's field diary 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 3 Hours, 12 Minutes ago
Erkan’s Field Diary sosyal medya alanında çalışan ajansları tanıtan bir seriye başladı. sakaerka@gmail.com adresine logo, iletişim bilgileri, kısa ama samimi tanıtım, varsa birkaç ekip fotosu gönderirseniz sizin ajansı da bu seriye d...
J.A. McCarroll: GRAND, BIZARRE #2 An Inside the Box kind of weekend: Halloween and Occupy Istanbul
Erkan's field diary 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 18 Hours, 50 Minutes ago
GRAND, BIZARRE #2 An Inside the Box kind of weekend: Halloween and Occupy Istanbul by J.A. McCarroll   October 27: 11 46 P.M. “It’s not pizza, John.” My girlfriend stands in the doorway of our house holding nine Domino’s Pizza boxes. She is...
Sinan Kızılkaya: KÜRT MESELESİNİN YAKIN TARİHİ ÜZERİNE [5. Bölüm]
Erkan's field diary 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 2 Days, 5 Hours, 48 Minutes ago
KÜRT MESELESİNİN YAKIN TARİHİ ÜZERİNE 1. bölüm burada 2. bölüm burada 3. bölüm burada   4. bölüm burada 9. Benzer örgütlerin tamamında görülen bir gelişim çizgisinin sonucu olarak; örgütün, halkın ekserisini kapsayabil...
Le monde selon Ankara
Telos 3 Months, 7 Hours, 14 Minutes ago
En avril 2001, Ahmet Davutoğlu, alors professeur de relations internationales à l’université de Beykent et de Marmara, publiait un livre de 600 pages intitulé Profondeur stratégique : la position internationale de la Turquie (édition Kure yay...
it looks like Turkish authorities aim to contain opposition in social media…
Erkan's field diary 3 Months, 1 Day, 5 Hours, 34 Minutes ago
We happened to see a few signs in the last few days that  Turkish authorities are strategizing  to contain opposition in Turkish cybersphere. While Turkey’s minister in charge of internet regulation, Binali Yıldırım, complained about the c...
for the record, Turkey ranks 92nd of 187 countries 2011 International Human Development Index, 19th in Transparency International’s Bribe Payers Index…
Erkan's field diary 3 Months, 2 Days, 11 Hours, 40 Minutes ago
Human Development Report 2011 The 2011 Human Development Report argues that the urgent global challenges of sustainability and equity must be addressed together – and identifies policies on the national and global level that could spur mutually rei...
EFD Rights Watch: rape scandal at the highest judicial level; growing frustration with KCK operations…
Erkan's field diary 3 Months, 2 Days, 13 Hours, 45 Minutes ago
  Fury rages over rape case from Hurriyet Dailynews by ANKARA – Hürriyet Daily News Government ministers and deputies from opposition parties all joined an outcry regarding a court decision that lowers the sentence for 26 suspects who wer...
Agenda of Turkish foreign policy: Erdoğan at G20, Davutoğlu with Barzani and at Istanbul Conference for Afghanistan, talks on Cyprus
Erkan's field diary 3 Months, 2 Days, 15 Hours ago
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with French President Nicolas Sarkozy during arrivals for a G20 summit in Cannes, France on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. French President Nicolas Sarkozy will welcome Barack Obama of...
EFD Rights Watch: Ersanlı & Zarakolu arrests; Turkey now practically an authoritarian country…
Erkan's field diary 3 Months, 5 Days, 7 Hours, 42 Minutes ago
Intellectuals Arrested For Speaking At Public Meeting by Jenny White Ragip Zarakolu, Photo from Hurriyet/DHA 44 People Arrested – among them Ersanlı and Zarakolu 44 out of 50 people who were taken into police custody were arrested on 1 Novemb...
Till Ankara om Syrien
Carl Bildt (SE) 3 Months, 3 Weeks, 1 Day, 17 Hours, 5 Minutes ago
BODRUM: Strax lämnar jag de mer informella diskussionerna här och beger mig till Ankara för mer formella överläggningar – följda av middag – med Turkiets utrikesminister Ahmet Davutoglu. De kommer inte minst att handla om situatione...
Document: EU progress report for Turkey 2011
Erkan's field diary 3 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 10 Hours, 43 Minutes ago
all files here Conclusions on Turkey (extract from the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council “Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2011-2012″, COM(2011)666 final) Turkey continues to sufficiently...
Kissinger Sees Greater Role for Turkey
New Europe - WSJ 3 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 11 Hours, 3 Minutes ago
One of the eldest statesmen of international diplomacy, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, offered some pearls of wisdom to one of the newest entrants to great power politics, Turkey.
Model on the forms of capital accumulation in the Turkish economy
blogs@ELIAMEP 4 Months, 1 Week, 1 Day, 12 Minutes ago
  In today’s Turkish economic reality various forms of accumulated and constantly increasing capital coexist, which should firstly be analysed theoretically and concisely, so that they become absolutely comprehensible in terms of their significanc...
Turkish EU membership: the End of a Dream?
Blogactiv 4 Months, 1 Week, 1 Day, 7 Hours, 10 Minutes ago
The 1964 Association Agreement between the “European Economic Community” (EEC) and Turkey provided for the establishment of far-reaching economic cooperation, from a customs union to free movement of labour; in the preamble it also contained a re...
Turkey vs. Israel today: broken ties may be permanent says PM Erdoğan…
Erkan's field diary 4 Months, 1 Week, 5 Days, 1 Hour, 49 Minutes ago
‘Broken’ ties with Israel may become norm for Turkey: PM Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Sunday that his country’s “broken” relations with Israel can only be mended if the Jewish state stops b...
it looks like Yılmaz Güney still causes tension…
Erkan's field diary 4 Months, 1 Week, 5 Days, 3 Hours, 55 Minutes ago
however, contrary to the news below, TRT 6 officials stated that his movies will be broadcasted…  Yılmaz Güney at wikipedia… Yılmaz Güney Movies still Banned on TV Fatoş Güney, widowed wife of film director Yılmaz Güney, criti...
Daily digest: Bulgaria strikes back
Beyond Brussels 4 Months, 1 Week, 5 Days, 8 Hours, 11 Minutes ago
After Finland and the Netherlands blocked Bulgaria’s entry to the Schengen-area foreign minister in Bulgaria Nikolay Mladenov on Saturday threatened to stop cooperating with EU. ”Bulgaria is … a member state of the European Union.
Why Turkey's women and children directive is good for football | Ally Fogg
Comment is free (Europe) 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 6 Hours, 56 Minutes ago
The days when matches were an all-male domain are thankfully a thing of the pastThere are three things I vividly recall about the first football match I attended without an adult chaperone. It was sometime around 1980 at Muirton Park, watching St Joh...
Erdogan plays Palestinian saviour, but what about the Kurds? | Simon Tisdall
Comment is free (Europe) 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 3 Days, 4 Hours, 52 Minutes ago
Turkey's prime minister is championing Abbas's UN appeal – yet still has to resolve the Kurdish issue back homeTurkey's noisy championing of Palestinian rights, a source of growing friction with the US and Israel, jars uncomfortably with Ankara's t...
Americanos y turcos pasan cada vez más de Europa
Europa451.es 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 4 Hours, 55 Minutes ago
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Türkei: Kleines ABC der Ära Erdogan
Die Euros 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 8 Hours, 52 Minutes ago
26 Buchstaben, die das politische und gesellschaftliche Geschehen in der Türkei erklären - die innenpolitischen Verhältnisse und die Beziehungen zu anderen Ländern. - 1. Analysen / Demokratie und Menschenrechte, Türkei, Nationale Politik...
Turkiet och Cypern i konfrontation
Europabloggen 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 2 Hours, 46 Minutes ago
Relationerna mellan Cypern och Turkiet hårdnade över helgen och kan leda till en militär konfrontation. Tonläget mellan Turkiet och Cypern hårdnar alltmer. Turkiets vice premiärminister Beşir Atalay gick i helgen ut och sade att alla rela...
Prevent an escalation of the Turkish row with Cyprus
Eberhard Rhein 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 3 Hours, 4 Minutes ago
During the last two months relations between Turkey and Cyprus have worsened to an extent unheard of for years. In the most recent days, Turkish politicians have gone the point of threatening with naval force in case the Cypriot government would go a...
An assessment of Turkish arrogance towards the Republic of Cyprus
Protesilaos Stavrou 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 7 Hours, 4 Minutes ago
Ridiculous Turkish threats only aim at maintaining the status quo. Turkey cannot win anything else out of this and a war would have unpleasant consequences for Turkish interests. Turkey has been... To view the full entry click on the title or vis...
Brief interlude in Turkey vs. Israel: Turkey vs. Cyprus for the moment…
Erkan's field diary 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 3 Hours, 45 Minutes ago
Offshore drilling spat sours EU-Turkey relations from EurActiv.com     Ankara threatened to send its navy yesterday (15 September) to intervene in a dispute involving oil and gas exploration around Cyprus, an EU member state whose northern territ...
Τουρκία: Ερντογάν: Η Τουρκία θα είναι αυστηρή στον έλεγχο των χωρικών υδάτων στην ανατολική Μεσόγειο, 8 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011
blogs@ELIAMEP 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 6 Days, 5 Hours, 18 Minutes ago
Δείτε το τηλεγράφημα τύπου του Αθηναϊκου-Μακεδονικού Πρακτορείου Ειδήσεων του Αθηναϊκου-Μακεδονικού Πρακτορείου Ειδήσεων σχετικά με τ...
Erdogan met en garde Israël sur le contrôle de la Méditerranée
Regards citoyens 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, 3 Hours, 58 Minutes ago
Le Premier ministre turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan a mis en garde Israël quant à sa présence en mer Méditerranée, prévenant que la marine turque pourrait y envoyer des navires de guerre. " Israël ne peut pas faire ce qu'il veut en Médite...
by the way, Hıncal Uluç, sentenced for sexist comments…
Erkan's field diary 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, 5 Hours, 45 Minutes ago
Turkish columnist sentenced in Defne Joy ‘criticism’ case by ISTANBUL – Hürriyet A columnist who has been sued for comments he made following the death of a Turkish-American TV host has been sentenced to pay 20,000 Turkish Liras in...
A rarely happy football news from Turkey: “Trabzonspor stuns Inter in Champions debut
Erkan's field diary 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, 7 Hours, 48 Minutes ago
Trabzonspor in Wikipedia Trabzonspor stuns Inter in Champions debut | Sports | National Post Trabzonspor stuns Inter in Champions debut The Associated Press Sep 14, 2011 – 5:26 PM ET | Last Updated: Sep 14, 2011 6:10 PM ET  Trabzon...
Erdoğan show in Egypt…
Erkan's field diary 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 4 Hours, 9 Minutes ago
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the opening session of Arab League’s foreign ministers meeting at the League headquarters in Cairo September 13, 2011. Erdogan told a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in C...
US Department of State July-December, 2010 International Religious Freedom Report
Erkan's field diary 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 5 Hours, 53 Minutes ago
all of it here. TURKEY section here.   Quotes: Section I. Religious Demography The country has an area of 301,383 square miles and a population of 77.8 million. According to the government, 99 percent of the population is Muslim, the majority o...
Sosyal Medya alanında çalışan ajanslar (26): “efabrika”
Erkan's field diary 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 10 Hours, 33 Minutes ago
Erkan’s Field Diary sosyal medya alanında çalışan ajansları tanıtan bir seriye başladı. sakaerka@gmail.com adresine logo, iletişim bilgileri, kısa ama samimi tanıtım, varsa birkaç ekip fotosu gönderirseniz sizin ajansı da bu seriye d...
Turkey strides down the Arab street | Brian Whitaker
Comment is free (Europe) 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 4 Minutes ago
Turkey is on a roll in the region, as many Arabs admire its political development – but now it will have to start taking sidesAt its peak, the Ottoman empire held sway over the entire Arab world. Even today, that legacy is difficult to ignore in Eg...
Turkey vs. Israel today: “Turkey says flotilla raid was ’cause for war’ -but they intend to start a war…
Erkan's field diary 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 3 Hours, 6 Minutes ago
  Turkish frigate TCG Giresun is seen near Turkey’s Aksaz naval base in this June 2009 file photo. (Photo: AA) Turkey says flotilla raid was ’cause for war’ by ANKARA – The Associated Press Turkey’s pr...
Some stats: 26,000 Women Exposed to Violence in First Half of 2011, Protecting the environment is low priority for Turks and more…
Erkan's field diary 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 5 Hours, 29 Minutes ago
Significant amounts of wastewater in Turkey are discharged into the environment without being treated. Wastewater treatment plants in 15 towns will help reverse this. via 26,000 Women Exposed to Violence in First Half of 2011 from Bianet :: English A...
A few good things also happen:) like State aid to minority newspapers…
Erkan's field diary 4 Months, 4 Weeks, 1 Hour, 59 Minutes ago
Atalay (C), the head of the BİK, poses with represantatives of minority papers. AA photo Minority newspapers happy with 250,000 TL cash grant from Hürriyet Daily News Representatives of minority-run newspapers in Turkey have said they are overjoyed...
Turkey vs. Israel today: Erdoğan to go Egypt. Lieberman to make things worse for Israel…
Erkan's field diary 4 Months, 4 Weeks, 3 Hours, 55 Minutes ago
Lieberman May Become the New Qaddafi of the Middle East from The Istanbulian by Emre Kızılkaya If the Turkish government is acting irrationally nowadays, then the Israeli government -or at least a key part of it- is sheer crazy. Israel to ‘punis...
Erkan 15 Eylül’de “Pecha Kucha Night Istanbul Vol.11′de konuşmacılardan biri olacak…
Erkan's field diary 4 Months, 4 Weeks, 4 Hours, 45 Minutes ago
11.si yapılacak etkinliğin teması Oyunlar ve Politika olacak. Ben son konuşmacı olarak internet ve siyaset üzerine bir sunum yapacağım… Etkinliğin ana sayfası burada. İngilizce tanıtım şöyle: On September 15, 2011, Pecha Kucha N...
More details on Erdoğan’s New Istanbul plan…
Erkan's field diary 4 Months, 4 Weeks, 5 Hours, 16 Minutes ago
It looks like there is yet another expansion on the Anatolian side of Istanbul towards Black Sea… Huge urban developments plans… Details in Turkish here. On Sunday there will be a local festival in again Anatolian side, Kadıköy and Üsk...
Die Unnachgiebigen
move - Wissen, wie Europa tickt 4 Months, 4 Weeks, 20 Hours, 43 Minutes ago
Zwei einstige Partner auf Kollisionskurs: Die Türkei friert die diplomatischen Beziehungen zu Israel ein, droht mit wirtschaftlichen Sanktionen, rasselt mit dem militärischen Säbel und stützt die palästinensische Sache. Israel verweigert jeglich...
Why the crisis between Turkey and Israel is hurting everyone
German Marshall Fund Blog 4 Months, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 1 Hour, 5 Minutes ago
WASHINGTON — The United Nations’ recent report investigating the deaths of nine Turks when Israel stopped a flotilla trying to break a Gaza blockade has brought an end to a suspenseful episode in Turkish-Israeli relations. But with closure (o...
Turkey vs. Israel today. Naval diplomacy. Another roundup
Erkan's field diary 4 Months, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 3 Hours, 26 Minutes ago
  Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Spain’s Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero review a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony in Ankara September 6, 2011. REUTERS/Umit Bektas.. Turkey, Israel should keep...
istanbul is cool but hard to live… news roundup
Erkan's field diary 4 Months, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 9 Hours, 23 Minutes ago
a small leftist demonstration at Tünel/İstiklal Street Melbourne tops liveable city list, İstanbul 109th Hotel prices: The rising cost of a night in Istanbul | The Economist Best of Dutch design to dazzle İstanbul Multi-author book on Istanb...
Turks at war with themselves. 2011 Ramazan bayram edition: 81 killed in 4 days in traffic accidents…
Erkan's field diary 5 Months, 1 Week, 1 Day, 11 Hours, 55 Minutes ago
it is the 9-day bayram travelling, highways are congested with careless drivers. In the first 4 days, 81 killed and 298 wounded. via In the last three 9-day bayram holidays, a total of 399 were killed in accidents… via Related posts:Turks goe...
Turkey takes a stand on Syria
Whose world order? – ECFR’s blog 5 Months, 1 Week, 1 Day, 16 Hours, 48 Minutes ago
Today, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu was the guest of honour in Sarajevo, where he joined Bosnia’s Chief Mufti Mustafa Cerić and Bakir Izetbegović, the Bosniak member of the tripartiteRead more…...
the Fatih Project. Turkish Ministry of Education’s ambitious plan towards digital education
Erkan's field diary 5 Months, 1 Week, 1 Day, 17 Hours ago
2,5 million tablet computers are planned to be given to pre-college students in an ambition digital education project by Spring 2012. Relevant textbooks are to be loaded to tablets and after 4 yours of use, students will be the owner of these tables.
Esengül Civelek, the second female Governor in Turkey’s history, starts her term….
Erkan's field diary 5 Months, 1 Week, 1 Day, 18 Hours, 50 Minutes ago
Second Female governor appointed ‎ and some unrelated news from Turkish politics: Koşaner comments on leaked recordings from Hurriyet Dailynews by ANKARA Former Chief of General Staff Gen. Işık Koşaner broke his silence on the leaked recordings...
63 journalists are currently imprisoned in Turkey…
Erkan's field diary 5 Months, 1 Week, 3 Days, 16 Hours, 38 Minutes ago
59 of them are in prison due to non-journalistic crimes, Ministry of Justice claims.Full list of the imprisoned journalists can be found here. That’s the tricky part. Some use being a journalist as a cover, and but most are accused of non-journ...
The Telegraph’s Istanbul guide and more Istanbul news…
Erkan's field diary 5 Months, 1 Week, 5 Days, 5 Minutes ago
  Istanbul city break guide Telegraph.co.uk An essential guide to Istanbul, Turkey, including insider’s advice on the city’s best hotels, attractions, bars, shops and restaurants from our expert, Terry Richardson. Without a shadow of...
Zypern, der nächste Krisenfall?
Die Euros 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days, 23 Hours, 36 Minutes ago
Ist Zypern der nächste Staat, der an die europäische Solidarität appellieren muss, um seine Schulden zu finanzieren? Das ist auf jeden Fall eine Möglichkeit, die vom Chef der Zentralbank des Landes ernsthaft in Erwägung gezogen wird. Er hat desw...
Europe without Turkey
EuroDialogueXXI 5 Months, 3 Weeks, 1 Day, 8 Hours, 4 Minutes ago
Most European citizens (for example, more than 60% in France and Germany) believe that Turkey should not become part of the European Union. There are various reasons for this opposition – some valid, some based on prejudice: Turkey is too big;...
Fitch cuts Cyprus rating close to junk - Politicians are sleeping
Protesilaos Stavrou 5 Months, 4 Weeks, 14 Hours, 20 Minutes ago
President Christofias and his government, as well as politicians from all parties need to understand the importance of the moments as well as the structure of the current crisis. Image Source: World... To view the full entry click on the title or vi...
Turkey's military has at last stood aside | Ergun Babahan
Comment is free (Europe) 6 Months, 6 Days, 4 Hours, 3 Minutes ago
The early retirement of key top brass is welcome news – the new guard must learn that interference in politics is unacceptableTurkey has passed a critical juncture on its path to normalisation. The Supreme Military Council (YAŞ) convened in the ab...
Waiting for Hillary Clinton
Erkan's field diary 6 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, 13 Hours, 50 Minutes ago
American journalists following Hillary: Most of the photos by Aygen Bekte. I am grateful to her… Among many questions, freedom of expression and internet freedom issues were mentioned. And in the most gentle way, she gave her support for the f...
Hillary Clinton in Istanbul; Istanbul conference recognizes Libya rebels as legitimate rulers
Erkan's field diary 6 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, 23 Hours, 53 Minutes ago
Hillary Rodham Clinton winks during the fourth Libya Contact Group Meeting in Istanbul, Friday, July 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool) Hillary Does istanbul by M.A.M More than 30 nations that have recognized Libya's main opposition group as t...
A social rounup: Four Turkish towns become ‘slow cities’ and more…
Erkan's field diary 7 Months, 22 Hours, 38 Minutes ago
DHA photo Four Turkish towns become ‘slow cities’ from Hurriyet Dailynews by ISTANBUL – Daily news with wires Four Turkish towns have been awarded with the internationally prestigious “Cittaslow” (Slow City) designation in recog...
From Anonymous to arrogant internet enemy Turkish government: Expect Us. #operationturkey
Erkan's field diary 8 Months, 1 Day, 10 Hours, 36 Minutes ago
The threat message appeared here. here is the video: Message from Anonymous: Turkish Censorship   Related posts:Some few and brief ideas: Why is Turkish government messing with Internet? #22agustos Deniz Ergürel’den bilgilendirici bir...
Today, we march against web censorship
Erkan's field diary 8 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 16 Hours, 31 Minutes ago
The march in Istanbul will start at Taksim Square at 14. There are many other planned marches in all over Turkey. Some organizers expect 100,000 demonstrators in Taksim. I suppose if 10 thousand shows up, it is definitely a good sign. In half an hour...
Some few and brief ideas: Why is Turkish government messing with Internet? #22agustos
Erkan's field diary 8 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 12 Hours, 56 Minutes ago
Why is Turkish government messing with Internet? Turkish Prime Minister: Facebook Is ‘Ugly Technology’   1. Because it is an unruly environment. PM Erdoğan’s intense media bashing along with more practical sanctions gave way to an...
Full frontal attack by the Guardian: ‘Turkey is not a free country’
Erkan's field diary 9 Months, 1 Week, 6 Hours, 23 Minutes ago
Turkish highschool students run during celebrations marking May Day in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, May 1, 2011. Activists flooded Turkey’s largest city Istanbul Sunday and marked international workers’ day around the world with marches...
İstanbul Üzerine Bir Belgesel Film: Ekümenopolis (Melek Çetin)
Erkan's field diary 9 Months, 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 2 Hours, 18 Minutes ago
İstanbul Üzerine Bir Belgesel Film: Ekümenopolis “Felaketin hayal edilmesi mümkün olduğuna göre, o çoktandır buradadır.” Baudrillard                   Üç  de yetmez beş tane Bir köpr...
It looks like another one-minute case occured today…
Erkan's field diary 9 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 22 Hours, 1 Minute ago
Typical Turkish reaction. Citing the faults of European countries to justify our faults… Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, April 13, 2011. REUTERS...
Conscientious objection almanac for Turkey
Erkan's field diary 10 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 21 Hours, 50 Minutes ago
conscientious objection almanac, informing about the situation in turkey ( from 1989 to 2010 ) [in Turkish] Check out here for details… Related posts:Two pieces on Conscientious objection by Open Democracy İnan Suver: Conscientious objector...
Cengiz Aktar: Mor Gabriyel
Erkan's field diary 10 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 11 Hours, 41 Minutes ago
Mor Gabriyel Avrupa Parlamentosu’nun (AP) son raporu şu kayda değer ifadeyle başlıyor: ‘(AP) Türkiye’nin daha demokratikleşmesine destekleri ve açık ve çoğulcu bir toplum hedefine bağlılıklarından ötürü Türk vatandaşları ve...
Now comes Reporters without Borders report on Turkey. Growing concerns on human rights issues…
Erkan's field diary 10 Months, 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 9 Hours, 37 Minutes ago
Countries under surveillance Turkey Domain name : .tr Population : 77,804,122 Internet users : 35,000,000 Average monthly salary : 560 U.S. dollars Number of imprisoned netizens : 0 The YouTube saga Much was written throughout Turkey in 2010 abou...
A list of blogspot based blogs form Turkey #blogumadokunma Introducing Turkish Cybersphere (17)
Erkan's field diary 11 Months, 1 Day, 11 Hours, 50 Minutes ago
Before the list, here is a Scribd like Turkish document sharing site: Belgeler And a website on names. Analyzing names in Turkish: İsmi didikle. Please let me know of websites from Turkey to mention here. You are always welcome…   A sho...
Istanbul roundup: Cafes to read and more…
Erkan's field diary 11 Months, 3 Days, 11 Hours, 20 Minutes ago
Here is a Friendfeed discussion: Users discuss which Istanbul cafes are good to stay and read. Discussion in Turkish.. ******* Europe’s Tallest Building is in Istanbul Now from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Kiler Group will spend an additional $150...
Konstruktivt och bra
Carl Bildt (SE) 11 Months, 3 Days, 21 Hours, 19 Minutes ago
ISTANBUL: Det var konstruktiva överläggningar här under dagen med mina kollegor från Turkiet och Italien. Det var alldeles självklart situationen i Nordafrika och Mellersta Östern som dominerade våra gemensamma överläggningar. Vi diskuterade...
Euroskeptics Urge Turkey's Accession to the EU to Dilute "Ever Closer Union"?
The Worden Report 11 Months, 1 Week, 3 Days, 15 Hours, 10 Minutes ago
On his first visit to the Turkish capital since becoming prime minister in May, 2010, David Cameron of the EU state of Britain likened the state of France’s opposition to Turkey’s bid join the EU to the French veto of Britain’s bid to beco...
Sarkozy, the irritant, pays a short visit to Turkey…
Erkan's field diary 11 Months, 1 Week, 5 Days, 7 Hours, 35 Minutes ago
EU visa concessions for Turkey not on the horizon, diplomats say from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M EU visa concessions for Turkey not on the horizon, diplomats say Brussels – The European Union is unlikely to respond to Italian-led calls for the bloc...
De vină sunt ...armenii
Ochiul Europei 11 Months, 1 Week, 5 Days, 8 Hours, 2 Minutes ago
Astăzi preşedintele Sarkozy se află în Turcia, la Ankara, în prima sa vizită oficială, el ca preşedinte al Franţei, în ţara pe care nu o vrea cu nici un chip în Europa. Deşi anul trecut turcii s-au bucurat la aflarea...