EFDbackup: March 2017

Thursday, March 30, 2017

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On March 25, 1957, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands signed the Treaties of Rome – effectively the birth certificate of the European Union. Sixty years on the leaders of 27 EU states will once again convene in Rome and address the question of where the EU should be in ten years’ time in a joint declaration. No easy task, as Europe’s journalists explain.

Sixty years since Treaty of Rome signed

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

It is 60 years since the Treaty of Rome was signed, by Italy, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Borisov’s pro-EU party beats Socialists in Bulgaria’s snap election

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Agence France-Presse in Sofia

Veteran politician ahead of BSP in polls seen as test of Russian influence in country but stable coalition may prove elusive

Boiko Borisov, the comeback specialist of Bulgarian politics, looked to have done it again as exit polls from a snap election put his pro-EU centre-right party in first place.

Bulgaria election: Boyjo Borisov’s GERB ‘leading’ race

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)

Exit polls suggest former Prime Minister Boyjo Borisov’s GERB party has won a snap parliamentary election.

Populism and fraternity in Portugal

open Democracy News Analysis – by João de Pina-Cabral

There are moments of truth in which, due to some sort of blip in the functioning of the oligarchic system that governs our present world, we glimpse another humane populism.

Portugal’s Prime Minister Antonio Costa welcomes Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during the Southern EU Countries Summit at the Belem Cultural Center in Lisbon Portugal, on January 28, 2017. NurPhoto/Press Association. All rights reserved. Much is said of populism these days. Those who practice it do not admit they are doing it; those who do not practice it call for the need to do it (see Chantal Mouffe in openDemocracy).

Quite what populism is, is another matter. If by that we mean a kind of politics that appeals to the masses, that is easy to recite, and that evokes quick emotional responses, then in truth one can understand why some people would like to have that on the left. After all, one can only be puzzled as to why the masses sympathise more with the policies advocated by Trump (which are decidedly against their interests) rather than the policies proposed by Sanders (which would decidedly improve their lot).

Why Macron should give us hope of democratic renewal in France

open Democracy News Analysis – by Aline-Florence Manent

François Fillon’s (LR) entanglements in corruption scandals and Benoît Hamon’s (PS) strategy to court the votes of the far left have helped Macron to emerge as the strongest candidate.

Parisian election posters showing candidate for the 2017 presidential election Emmanuel Macron, March 23, 2017. Apaydin Alain/Press Association. All rights reserved.The 2017 presidential election in France will mark a moment of great historical import. We may be wrong, however, in our assessment of what makes this election particularly significant.

10 reasons why the EU has been good for children

EurActiv.com by Jana Hainsworth

Whatever decisions the EU makes about its future at the Rome summit and beyond, it should recognise the improvements to the lives of children as one if its great achievements and make this a foundation for future action, writes Jana Hainsworth.

Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

It beats Denmark to the top spot as the UN ranks countries to mark international happiness day.

Norway: The world’s happiest country

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)

Scandinavian country surges from fourth place in last year’s UN assessment all the way to top spot.

As refugees resettle across Europe, four news organizations partner to tell the still-unfolding stories of integration

Nieman Journalism Lab by Shan Wang

Across Europe, the migration story is still unfolding. Starting this month, four European news organizations — in Britain, France, Germany, and Spain — are partnering on an 18-month reporting project tracking individuals and families as they begin new lives in new home countries, as well as the communities that welcome them, amidst a rise of populist resentment.

Debate: Attack in London’s government district

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After Wednesday’s attack in London the police are working on the assumption that the perpetrator was “inspired by international terrorism”. A man drove into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge and then stabbed a police guard. He killed four people and wounded dozens more before he was shot by the police. Europe’s press sees the entire continent under attack but calls for a cool-headed response.

Debate: Eurogroup head angers southern EU countries

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“I cannot spend all my money on liquor and women and plead for your support afterwards,” Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem said in an interview, referring to solidarity with Europe’s crisis-hit states. Madrid and Lisbon promptly called for his resignation. Commentators also take Dijsselbloem to task.

The country where people devour pasta, wine and olive oil is the world’s healthiest. Really.

Mashable! by Maria Gallucci

Special shout-out to my octogenarian cousins still living it up in the Italian hillside.

The Mediterranean nation was ranked the world’s healthiest country in the Bloomberg Global Health Index.

Debate: Mammoth debate in French election campaign

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The five main contenders in the French presidential election exchanged blows on Monday night in the first of three televised debates. François Fillon, Emmanuel Macron, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Marine Le Pen and Benoît Hamon presented their views on economic, foreign and social policy in the three and a half hour programme. What impression did the candidates make on the press?

France election: Leading candidates clash over burkini in TV debate

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

The five main contenders discuss immigration, jobs and terrorism in the first of three TV debates.

Debate: Merkel meets Trump

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Following the first face-to-face meeting between German Chancellor Merkel and US President Trump the media discuss relations between the two. In particular Trump’s refusal to shake Merkel’s hand after being asked to do so by journalists has caused a stir. But what does the meeting say about relations between the US and Europe?

Back home after icy Trump meeting, Merkel calls for open markets

EurActiv.com by Georgi Gotev

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued a staunch joint defence of free trade yesterday (19 March), as the United States pushes towards greater protectionism.

Norway spearheads Europe’s electric vehicle surge

EurActiv.com by Paul Hockenos

European electromobility is beginning to take off. The targets set by the Paris climate deal depend on it. The EU’s Nordic neighbour, Norway, is showing the rest of Europe the way forward. EURACTIV’s partner The Guardian reports

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Monday, March 27, 2017

"YÖK, ‘parayla yazılan tezler’ için ‘ihraç’ işareti verdi: İntihaldir, gereği yapılır

YÖK, ‘parayla yazılan tezler’ için ‘ihraç’ işareti verdi: İntihaldir, gereği yapılır

Diken by Emrah Temizkan

‘Akademik danışmanlık’, ‘bitirme projesi danışmanlığı’, ‘tez danışmanlığı’ adı altında parayla yazılan ‘naylon’ lisans tezlerinin para karşılığı yazıldığının ortaya çıkmasının ardından Yükseköğretim Kurulu (YÖK) bir açıklama yaptı.

In the mean time, “Global alcohol brands blocked from social media in Turkey

Friday, March 24, 2017

Come to Turkey! “Turkey ranks 71st in UN Human Development Index

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Turkey ranks 71st in UN Human Development Index

Turkey has scored 71 out of 188 countries on the Human Development Index (HDI) for 2016, according to the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) latest Human Development Report.

Moody’s revises outlook of 14 Turkish banks to negative

Moody’s Investors Service has taken rating actions on 17 Turkish banks, changing the ratings outlook from stable to negative on 14 of the lenders.

Moody’s cuts outlook on Turkey credit rating to ‘negative’

Hurriyet Daily News

Moody’s late on March 17 cut its outlook on Turkey’s rating to “negative” as risks to the country’s credit profile have “risen materially” in recent months

Turkey’s unemployment rate rises to 12.7 pct, highest in seven years

Turkey’s unemployment rate hit 12.7 percent in December 2016, the highest since March 2010, while youth unemployment stood at 24 percent, official data from the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) showed on March 15

Turkey’s annual inflation up to double digits in February

Turkey’s annual inflation rate was 10.13 percent in February, according to Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) figures released on March 3.

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#Journalism agenda: NEW IPI website calls on Turkey to release the 148 people in jail for practicing journalism

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NEW IPI website https://t.co/LjoauFjw6p calls on #Turkey to release the 148 people in jail for practicing journalism #FreeTurkeyJournalists! http://pic.twitter.com/rHrEr3qz8E

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‘Sometimes I laugh at this farce’: six writers on life behind bars in Turkey

The Guardian – Kareem Shaheen – Mar 23, 12:00 AM

Six persecuted writers describe the mental and physical toll of living in the country that jails more journalists than any other

Revealed: the terror and torment of Turkey’s jailed journalists

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul

Prisoners tell of solitary confinement and maltreatment after being caught up in ‘Kafkaesque’ media purge

Scores of imprisoned Turkish journalists face a Kafkaesque nightmare of legal limbo, farcical charge sheets, maltreatment and even solitary confinement in the country that locks up more reporters than any other in the world.

Avoiding articles from “the creep”: People trust news based on who shared it, not on who published it

Nieman Journalism Lab by Laura Hazard Owen

From new mottos to television advertising campaigns, news organizations are refocusing efforts on why their readers should trust them. But new research suggests they should also focus on who their “ambassadors” are: The main factor in determining a reader’s trust in an article appears to be who shared it, not the news organization that published it, according to a study out Monday from The Media Insight Project, a collaboration between the American Press Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Piqd is combining expertise from academics, journalists and professionals to curate news

Journalism.co.uk

The German start-up founded in 2015 launched an international version of the platform in February

Study: Fake news more likely to be trusted if shared by the right person

The Next Web by Rachel Kaser

A new study confirms what you already suspect: Some people will believe anything if the right person shares it on Facebook. The Media Insight study, funded by the American Press Institute and AP-NORC, interviewed a sample of 1,489 adults on AP-NORC’s survey panel in the period between November and December last year. Media Insight created a series of fake social media posts sharing two identical articles from different sources — one article being published by the Associated Press, and the other by a fake site called DailyNewsReview. The participants were shown a mock-up social media post that showed the story being…

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Turkey maintains its record: New Twitter transparency report says Turkey leads in social media censorship…

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Turkey leads in social media censorship: new Twitter transparency report

Turkey Blocks – Editorial – Mar 21, 7:41 AM

The latest quarterly transparency report from Twitter Inc. reveals that Turkey once again led globally in number of content takedown requests by court order in the last quarter of 2016. The popular social media and micro-blogging services routinely

Erdogan warns Europeans ‘will not walk safely’ if current attitude persists

Reuters – Mar 22, 6:19 AM

ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Europeans across the world would not be able to walk safely on the streets if they kept up their current attitude. Turkey has been embroiled in a row with Germany and the Netherlands

Erdogan just threatened the safety of every person in Europe

The Independent – Mar 22, 3:29 AM

Europeans across the world will not be able to walk the streets safely if they keep up their current attitude towards Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. Turkey has been mired in a diplomatic row with Germany and the Netherlands after

Erdogan’s informers: Turkey’s descent into fear and betrayal

Financial Times – Mar 15, 9:18 AM

Browsing Facebook at home one Saturday, Bilgin Ciftci saw a post that made him chuckle. It was a montage of images of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan placed alongside Gollum from The Lord of the Rings. In the first, the president and the

The Crackdown, and the Loyalist

New York Times – Patrick Kingsley – Mar 19, 9:01 PM

In one section of Istanbul, an imprisoned journalist’s family tries to cope after Turkey’s crackdown. In another, a neighborhood leader is proud to have taken a bullet for his government during the coup attempt. This is the second part in the State

Turkey-EU relations plumb new depths

EUobserver.com – Headline News

Turkey’s EU quarrel escalated on all fronts over the weekend, amid fresh “Nazi” and “terrorism” jibes. “Not all Turks are little Erdogans,” Juncker said.

German government not ‘Nazis’ but practices are reminiscent of Third Reich: Turkish FM

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has responded to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s criticism of Ankara’s likening of the German government to the Nazis, asserting that present German politicians were not Nazis but that their practices were reminiscent of the era

Erdogan turns Turkey’s WWI event into political rally

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Turkey’s president assures supporters that he “will keep on standing firm” despite some European governments’ actions.

Three children not enough, have five: Erdoğan to Turks in EU

Hurriyet Daily News

President Erdoğan calls on Turks in Europe to procreate more because ‘they are the future of Europe’

Five myths about Turkey

washingtonpost.com – Op-Ed Columns by Steven A. Cook

No, its president isn’t a dictator, and the country isn’t secular.

Erdogan threatens to scrap EU-Turkey migrant deal

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

President Erdogan says the EU can “forget about” Turkey re-admitting migrants, as a row continues.

Those who make dogs bite my people no different from gladiators in ancient Rome: Erdoğan

Hurriyet Daily News

Those in Europe who make dogs bite Turkish protesters are “no different from gladiators in ancient Rome,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 17, referring to the Dutch police intevention against Turkish pro-government demonstrators in Rotterdam last weekend.

Opinion | Turkey is about to take another step toward dictatorship

Washington Post – Mar 16

Seyla Benhabib is a professor of political science and philosophy at Yale University. On April 16, Turkish voters — some 58 million of them — will take part in a constitutional referendum proposed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Bulgaria recalls its ambassador to Turkey for consultations amid controversy over elections

sofiaglobe.com – Clive Leviev-Sawyer – Mar 16, 6:06 AM

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on March 16 that it was recalling its ambassador in Ankara, Nadezhda Neynsky, for consultations. The single-sentence statement by the Foreign Ministry gave no reason why Neynsky was being called back to Sofia, but

Erdogan angers Dutch with Srebrenica jibe

EurActiv.com by Georgi Gotev

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan prompted a fresh outcry in The Netherlands yesterday (14 February) with a jibe about the Srebrenica massacre, warning of retaliation in a spiralling diplomatic crisis.

Turkish family minister accuses Dutch of ‘savagely violating freedom’

Turkish Family Affairs and Social Policies Minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya has accused the Netherlands of “savagely” violating her delegation’s freedom of expression, assembly and action, during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly on March 15

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#anthropology roundup: “Ethnography in a time of upheaval…

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Ethnography in a time of upheaval – Egypt before and after the ‘Arab spring’

open Democracy News Analysis – by Leila Zaki Chakravarti and Mona Abaza

Even within the narrower parameters of public spaces, debates which might lead to issues around accountability and transparency are not hugely popular in the public eye.

Snapshots of daily life: before and after.This is the third interview in a series on the dilemmas and contradictions researchers undertake in conducting research in the Middle East. These interviews attempt to focus on questions of methodology, and the obstacles encountered by researchers when doing fieldwork in enduring political upheavals. In this interview with Leila Zaki Chakravarti, Mona Abaza explores how these issues apply within the context of contemporary Egypt.

Fornello: Connecting to Culture at the Roots

American Anthropological Association

This post was authored by Theresa Felicetti, the Project Coordinator at the John Brown Heritage Foundation and a two time participant in the Fornello project.

I come from a family of food loving Italians and mandatory Sunday lunches, where pasta sauce intake is as important as water intake. Food has always played a significant role in my life, especially my Nonna’s pasta sauce. My 83-year-old Nonna cooks with an unwavering energy that fools me into thinking we’ll be eating pasta at her house together until I’m in my 80s too. She crafts homemade pasta and sauce with such ease and consistency I convinced myself it is an ability the women in my family are born with. It is not.

Remembering Teresia Teaiwa: An Open Access Bibliography

Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology —

Scholars of the Pacific are mourning the loss of Teresia Teaiwa this week. Teresia was an iconic figure in Pacific Studies: A poet and critic, dedicated teacher, and determined institution builder. Teresia was the director of the Va‘aomanū Pasifika (Pacific Studies Center) at Victoria University in Wellington, the first and only place (afaik) where you can earn a Ph.D. in Pacific Studies.

Falling in love with @MerriamWebster in the era of Trump (and his budget proposals)

Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by Uzma Z. Rizvi

I grew up with dictionaries. I have had my own dictionary for as long as I can remember. Even now, when I walk by one of those BIG dictionaries on a pedestal in the library, with the leather binding and almost translucent thin paper, I will run my finger down the page and read the words. I am usually looking for some word I haven’t heard of, or an etymology of a word I was unaware of, but curious about, and sometimes just to remind myself of words I already know. There continues to be something alluring about the book, and the form of the book as a vessel of knowledge.

How One Anthropologist Balances Human Skeletons And Human Rights
Forbes
The history of contact between anthropologists and Native Americans is centuries old, and conflicts have ranged from bitter to deadly. Given that the subject matter of many biological anthropologists is the human skeleton, it is not surprising that

Rogue: Scholarly Responsibility in the Time of Trump

Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology by Carole McGranahan

What if scholars need to go rogue? If anthropologists need to go rogue? In the USA right now, we are not in normal times, but in a new period of attack on academia and science, on facts and funding, on communities with whom anthropologists conduct their research, and on communities to which anthropologists belong. Our scholarly knowledge is increasingly needed in new political ways. But, how do we act effectively and with an awareness of the issues and risks involved?

Announcing SLA Spring 2018 Meeting

Society for Linguistic Anthropology

The Society for Linguistic Anthropology is pleased to announce that plans are well under way for our first Spring Conference, March 8-10, in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania Anthropology Museum. The SLA board would like to ask SLA members to fill out a very brief (one question) survey as to whether you think you are likely to attend – this so we can make firmer plans for numbers. Here is the link: http://ift.tt/2no5Ka9

Bolivian Tsimane People Have World’s Healthiest Arteries, Study Says
Sci-News.com
According to a new study published in The Lancet, the Tsimane (pronounced chee-MAH-nay) — an indigenous people of lowland Bolivia — have the lowest reported levels of coronary artery disease of any population recorded to date, with coronary …
A tribe living in the Bolivian rainforest has the healthiest hearts in the worldZME Science
This Is the Secret to Not Getting Heart DiseaseTIME
Scientists astonished by incredible discovery deep in the jungles of BoliviaBABW News
BBC News –Live Science –The Independent
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

#Cyberculture agenda: “Don’t Let WikiLeaks Scare You Off of Signal and Other Encrypted Chat Apps

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Don’t Let WikiLeaks Scare You Off of Signal and Other Encrypted Chat Apps

Wired Top Stories by Brian Barrett

Despite some initial confusion, the CIA hasn’t undermined Signal and other important end-to-end encrypted apps.

The CIA Didn’t Break Signal or WhatsApp, Despite What You’ve Heard

The Intercept by Sam Biddle

There’s been one particularly misleading claim repeated throughout coverage of CIA documents released by WikiLeaks today: That the agency’s in-house hackers “bypassed” the encryption used by popular secure-chat software like Signal and WhatsApp.

Worried the CIA Hacked Your Samsung TV? Here’s How to Tell

Wired Top Stories by Michael Calore

And also maybe unplug your TV while you plot your coup.

WikiLeaks claims to have the CIA’s hacking toolkit (updated)

The Social Software Weblog

WikiLeaks just ignited another powder keg. Julian Assange’s outfit has posted the first of a string of CIA leaks, nicknamed Vault 7, that purports to reveal the agency’s “entire hacking capacity.” The information is said to have escaped an “isolated”…

Wikileaks unleashes ‘Vault 7’ series, the largest ever leak on the CIA

The Next Web by Mix

Wikileaks has released a massive stash of confidential documents in what could be the biggest ever leak involving the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The leak marks the very first installment of the Wikileaks’ latest series code-named Vault 7 in which the whistleblowing platform focuses on the CIA’s internal covert operations, including spying protocols and hacking practices. Leader Julian Assange was scheduled to unveil the leak today in a press conference announced earlier yesterday. The presentation, however, was rescheduled following attacks on Assange’s Facebook and Periscope video streams. NOTICE: As Mr. Assange’s Perscipe+Facebook video stream links are under attack his video press conference will be…

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Friday, March 17, 2017

“Turkey backers” response to “Europe”: flooding social media with Nazi symbols…

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‘Turkey backers’ target Amnesty, BBC and other major Twitter accounts

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Hackers tweeted “Nazi Germany, Nazi Holland” from several official accounts in Turkish.

Twitter accounts tweet swastikas and pro-Erdoğan support in massive hack

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Alex Hern

Accounts that use third-party analytics service Twitter Counter compromised to tweet in support of Turkey’s prime minister

Thousands of Twitter accounts, including high profile ones belonging to users such as Forbes, Amnesty International, the BBC’s North American service, and tennis star Boris Becker were compromised on Wednesday morning, resulting in them tweeting propaganda related to Turkey’s escalating diplomatic conflictwith Germany and the Netherlands.

Is Turkey Still a Democracy?

Foreign Policy – David Kenner – Jul 17, 2014, 3:08 PM

ANKARA, Turkey — In a half-destroyed temple overlooking the Turkish capital, there is a carved inscription of a text known as “The Deeds of the Divine Augustus.” It is the most complete surviving version of the funerary

German minister urges DİTİB mosques to ensure independence from Turkey

Hurriyet Daily News

Germany’s largest association of mosques needs to undertake fundamental reforms to ensure its independence from Turkey after reports that its clerics spied on people in Germany, Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said on March 14.

Twitter accounts hacked to push #NaziHollanda message

The Social Software Weblog

In a near-repeat of a hack last November, large numbers of Twitter users are suddenly pushing a disturbing spam message. This one is written in Turkish and appears to target Holland with a “#NaziHollanda” or “#Nazialmanya” hashtag, but just like last…

European Council Chair Tusk slams Turkey amid Dutch row

Hurriyet Daily News

Turkish accusations of fascism in the Netherlands are “completely detached from reality,” European Council President Donald Tusk wrote via his official Twitter account on March 15.

Turks ‘detached from reality’ – EU’s Donald Tusk

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

The EU’s Donald Tusk hits back at Turkish remarks describing the Dutch government as “fascists”.

We know Netherlands, Dutch from Srebrenica massacre: Erdoğan

Hurriyet Daily News

Turkey knows the Netherlands and the Dutch from the Srebrenica massacre, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said March 14, as tension between the two countries continue to grow.

Turkey vows to mobilize Islamic world against Euro-fascism

Hurriyet Daily News

Turkey will intensify its efforts against racism, Islamophobia and xenophobia on all international platforms, especially at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as Turkey’s government is currently the term president, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said March 14

Turkey, sick man of Europe, reappears?

open Democracy News Analysis – by Mehmet Ugur

This is not a call for Europeans to do the work on the Turks’ or Kurds’ behalf – but a call to show solidarity with democratic forces of the country at a critical time.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu returns to Ataturk airport after Dutch withdraw travel permission from his attendance at a rally in Rotterdam, March 12,2017. Depo Photos/Press Association. All rights reserved.In 1852, John Russell was using his political sabbatical to make the case for the approaching Crimean War with Russia. To add spice to his writings, he revealed that the Russian Tsar described the Ottoman Empire as the ‘Sick Man of Europe’. In the same year, in The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon, Marx articulated one of his most quoted aperçues: history repeats itself; first as tragedy, then as farce.

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‘I Don’t Understand Why Turkey Threatens Us’, Says Dutch FM

Bianet :: English

Speaking on the escalated tension between Turkey and the Netherlands, Dutch Foreign Minister Koenders has said, “I really don’t understand why they threaten us with imposing sanctions”.

Commission ‘seriously concerned’ about Turkish constitutional changes

EurActiv.com by Georgi Gotev

The European Commission highlighted the “serious concerns” expressed by the Council of Europe on Monday (13 March) over the amendments to the Turkish Constitution which are due to be voted on in the 16 April referendum.

Erdogan: German ‘Nazis’ also back ‘terrorists’

EUobserver.com – Headline News

Turkey keeps up name-calling, imposes sanctions on Netherlands, and threatens, once again, to scrap EU migrant deal.

Turkey suspends top-level ties with Netherlands in escalating crisis

EurActiv.com

Turkey on Monday (13 March) said it was suspending top-level ties with The Netherlands and blocking the return of its ambassador in a spiralling crisis over the holding of rallies abroad ahead of a crucial referendum.

Some EU states cannot tolerate Turkey’s rise: Erdoğan

Some European Union countries cannot tolerate Turkey’s rise as an emerging power, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 13, accusing them of working against the “Yes” vote in Turkey’s April 16 constitutional referendum

U.N. Accuses Turkey of Killing Hundreds of Kurds

New York Times – Nick Cumming-Bruce – Mar 10, 10:01 AM

GENEVA — Turkey ‘s military and police have killed hundreds of people during operations against Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey, the United Nations said on Friday in a report that listed summary killings, torture, rape and widespread

Netherlands warns citizens in Turkey amid diplomatic tensions

The Netherlands on March 14 issued a new travel warning to Dutch citizens in Turkey, urging them to take care amid a bitter political row between the two countries

[Ticker] Turkey at risk of becoming ‘one-person regime’

EUobserver.com – Headline News

The Venice Commission, an advisory body to the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe, on Friday said proposals to amend Turkey’s constitution would create a “one-person regime”. The amendments would further empower Turkey’s president Recep Erdogan, who has tightened his grip on power since a failed coup, and risk creating an “authoritarian presidential system”. The full text of the opinion will be published on Monday (13 March).

Austria calls for EU-wide ban on Turkish campaign events

EurActiv.com by Samuel White

Turkish politicians should be banned from political campaigning across the European Union, Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern said on Sunday (5 March), supporting the decision by some German towns last week to cancel Turkish referendum campaign events.

Venice Commission: Proposed constitutional amendments in Turkey would be a ‘dangerous step backwards’ for democracy

coe.int – Mar 10

Venice Commission Diminuer la taille du texte Augmenter la taille du texte Imprimer la page Imprimer en PDF The Council of Europe’s constitutional law experts, the Venice Commission, warn against a one-person regime in Turkey in a definitive

Turkey slams US over critical human rights report

Turkey has lashed out at the United States for criticizing measures taken in the aftermath of the July 2016 coup attempt in its annual human rights report, describing these criticisms as “unacceptable allegations, misrepresentations and interpretations that do not reflect reality.”

Dutch investment in Turkey not at risk in diplomatic row: EU minister

Dutch investment in Turkey is not at risk from the recent diplomatic row between the two countries, as Ankara’s ire is focused on the Dutch government, not its people or businesses, Turkey’s minister for EU Affairs told Reuters.

German government condemns President Erdoğan’s Nazi remarks

Germany’s government has condemned remarks by Turkey’s president accusing officials of “Nazi practices,” days after a local authority prevented a Turkish minister from addressing a meeting there

Debate: Should Europe ban AKP rallies?

euro|topics

In the row over cancelled rallies at which Turkish politicians were to appear in Germany Turkey’s President Erdoğan has accused the German authorities of using Nazi practices. Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern has spoken out in favour of an EU-wide ban on such events. Commentators also believe Europe must take a resolute stand – but don’t necessarily see banning rallies as the right course.

I will stir up the world if they block me from speaking in Germany: Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has again slammed Germany over the decision to ban Turkish ministers from holding events in two German cities, saying that if he is banned from giving speeches there he “will stir up the world.”

Erdoğan went too far,’ Germany’s Turkish community says

A leader of Germany’s Turkish community criticized President Tayyip Erdoğan on March 6 of damaging ties between the two NATO allies by likening bans on political rallies by Turks in Germany to “fascist actions” reminiscent of Nazi times.

Turkey’s proposed charter shift weakens democracy: Venice Commission report

The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe has prepared a report regarding the April 16 constitutional referendum in which citizens of Turkey will decide whether to replace the current parliamentary system with an executive presidency, warning that the changes would usher in a “one-person regime.”

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Thursday, March 30, 2017

#Europe agenda: “EU at 60: celebrations in turbulent times…

Monday, March 27, 2017

"YÖK, ‘parayla yazılan tezler’ için ‘ihraç’ işareti verdi: İntihaldir, gereği yapılır

In the mean time, “Global alcohol brands blocked from social media in Turkey

Friday, March 24, 2017

Come to Turkey! “Turkey ranks 71st in UN Human Development Index

#Journalism agenda: NEW IPI website calls on Turkey to release the 148 people in jail for practicing journalism

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Turkey maintains its record: New Twitter transparency report says Turkey leads in social media censorship…

#anthropology roundup: “Ethnography in a time of upheaval…

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

#Cyberculture agenda: “Don’t Let WikiLeaks Scare You Off of Signal and Other Encrypted Chat Apps

Friday, March 17, 2017

“Turkey backers” response to “Europe”: flooding social media with Nazi symbols…

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