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Thursday, November 26, 2015

Erdoğan says no apology while Russians detains 60 Business People from Turkey and attacks an allegedly Turkish aid convoy along other retaliatory moves…

Tours frozen, flights canceled on Russian foreign minister’s call

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov has recommended Russian citizens refrain from visiting Turkey, causing tour operators to freeze reservations, while flights to touristic Turkish provinces, particularly Antalya, have been canceled

How Turkey confounded Putin’s favorite narratives

washingtonpost.com – Op-Ed Columns by Anne Applebaum

On Monday, two Turkish F-16s shot down a Russian plane which Turkey said had crossed into its airspace. Various interpretations could in theory be placed upon this event. Depending on one’s point of view, it could be described as an act of self-defense on the part of Turkey, a NATO member — or an act of aggression. But to Vladimir Putin, and to his claque in the Russian media, only one question matters: To which of his narratives should it belong? Read full article >>

Turkey won’t apologize for downing Russian jet: Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Nov. 26 that Turkey would not apologize for the Nov. 24 downing of a Russian jet near the Syrian border

No need to apologize when we are right, says Turkish FM

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoglu has vowed to issue no apology to Moscow over the downing of a Russian jet on the Syrian border

Kremlin says still waiting for ‘realistic’ response from Turkey on downing jet

The Kremlin said on Nov. 26 that Russia was still awaiting a reasonable answer from Ankara on why it downed a Russian fighter jet earlier this week

60 Business People from Turkey Taken to Russian Assembly Area

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60 business people from Turkey attending an exposition in Russia has been detained by immigration office, and ruled to be sent to assembly area.

Turkish President Erdoğan: No reason to target Russia

Turkey has no reason to target Russia – a country with whom it has strong relations – Turkish President Erdoğan said Nov. 26, two days after Turkish jets shot down a Russian military plane near the Syrian border

Why did it take Turkey just 17 seconds to shoot down Russian jet?

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Mark Galeotti

Ankara has delivered an incendiary message to Moscow, and while there may be too much at stake for the conflict to spill out of control it also won’t go away

Even if Turkey is right that a Russian fighter jet strayed into its airspace, the plane was within Ankara’s borders for just 17 seconds before being attacked – and was making no hostile moves against the Turks.

Russian airstrikes reportedly target Turkish aid convoy in Syria

Mashable! by Megan Specia

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Turkey’s state-run news agency and activists on the ground say Russian airstrikes hit an aid convoy travelling near the Syrian border town of Azaz in the Aleppo province.

What’s next for Putin after Turkey shot down a Russian jet?

Mashable! by Christopher Miller

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“Significant consequences.”

Turkey releases purported audio of warning it gave Russia’s fighter jet

Mashable! by Marcus Gilmer

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While the surviving pilot of a Russian fighter jet shot down over Turkey on Monday said he received no notice that the jet had entered Turkish air space, Turkish media circulated audio of what the country’s military said was a warning message that was broadcast to the jet.

Russian officials order retaliatory economic measures against Turkey

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered Moscow to draw up measures including freezing some joint investment projects with Turkey, in retaliation for the Nov. 24 downing of a Russian warplane by Turkey

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Monday, November 16, 2015

Literati roundup: “Michel Foucault as an activist intellectual…”Foucault and the ‘current’ refugee crisis…

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Michel Foucault as an activist intellectual

open Democracy News Analysis – by Engin Isin

Foucault’s 1982 – 3 lectures presented his thoughts on the subject of parrhesia, or the truth-telling subject. He found himself confronting governments through speech acts in ways that we have yet to understand.

Foucault portrait. Flickr/Thierry Ehrmann. Some rights reserved.Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was one of the most influential intellectuals of our era. His work on sites of power-knowledge such as asylums, schools, hospitals, prisons, and factories continue to resonate and inspire empirical-political work in sociology, politics, geography, anthropology, as well as gender studies, international studies, urban studies, citizenship studies, postcolonial studies, and, cultural studies.

Foucault and the ‘current’ refugee crisis

open Democracy News Analysis – by Jen Bagelman

The specter of Foucault has much to teach us – if we are able to listen.

Syrian refugees arrive on Lesbos. Demotix/Björn Kietzmann. All rights reserved.Over thirty years ago Michel Foucault spoke to the refugee crisis of his day. Today another refugee crisis, the largest since WWII, is spilling out from Syria and North Africa. And tomorrow, Foucault anticipated, there will be yet another current crisis.

The drowned and the saved: Foucault’s texts on migration and solidarity

open Democracy News Analysis – by Colin Gordon

This is (along with Islamism and neoliberalism) one of a certain number of global issues on which Foucault can be credited with having shown a degree of prescience; and the future he foresees is sombre.

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“The refugee problem is a presage of the great migrations of the twenty first century”

open Democracy News Analysis – by Michel Foucault

This is an interview with Michel Foucault conducted by H.Uno, translated by R Nakamura for Shûkan posuto and published in August, 1979. In October, this timely if not prophetic text was translated from the French for openDemocracy by Colin Gordon.

Original title: “Nanmin mondai ha 21 seku minzoku daiidô no zenchô da”. Interview with H Uno; translated by R Nakamura, Shûkan posuto, 17 August 1979, pp. 34-35.

Dits et écrits III 798 (271) pp 798-800, translated by Ryóji Nakamura. Translated from the French by Colin Gordon, 2015.

Stephen Colbert: What Is Art? What Is Porn?

Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder

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The most influential academic book ever written is…

Boing Boing by David Pescovitz

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A panel of academic booksellers, librarians, and publishers asked the public to vote on which academic book from a list of 20 is “the most influential.” Charles Darwin’s “On The Origin of Species” (1859) dominated with 26% of the vote, beating out the likes of George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eight-Four,” Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations,” and Mary Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.” The top five also included “The Communist Manifesto,” “The Complete Works of Shakespeare,” Plato’s “The Republic,” and Immanuel Kant’s “Critique of Pure Reason.”

Charles Darwin’s ‘Origin’ voted most influential bookVoters had a choice of 20 academic books that changed the worldA panel of experts selected the top 20 books from 200 titles submitted by publishers from the United KingdomNo. 2 is “The Communist Manifesto” by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Darwin’s book, which founded evolutionary biology when it was published in 1859, was the undisputed winner with a quarter of the votes submitted by the public.

Poster shows locations of 42 Great American Novels

Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder

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One Flew Over the Cuckooo’s Nest by Ken Kesey took place in Salem, Oregon. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was based in Chicago. The Shining by Stephen King took place in Estes, Colorado. These novels, and 39 others, are on this Great American Novel Map ($30) published by Hog Island Press.

Orhan Pamuk at the time of his 2005 trial for insulting ‘Turkishness’. Picture AFP Source: AP

The Australian

When Orhan Pamuk answered the phone in 2006 and learned he had won the Nobel Prize in Literature, the novelist made a silent promise to himself:

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#G20Turkey Summit is a censored Summit for Turkish media as there are many accreditation restrictions for media outlets …

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WAN-IFRA expresses concern over G-20 accreditation restrictions for media outlets

WAN-IFRA and the World Editors Forum have expressed their concern over the government’s refusal to grant accreditation to some media outlets for G-20 Summit in Antalya

Photo highlights of the day: G20 summit and Philippines protests

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Natasha Rees-Bloor

The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world, including farmers in Nepal, frosty waters in Siberia and election campaigning in Egypt

The most important meeting at the G20 summit in Turkey just took place in a hotel lobby (i.imgur.com):

EU vice president visits Turkey after EU progress report

One day after the European Union released its progress report on Turkey for 2015, European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans paid a visit to the Turkish capital on Nov. 11

EU’s ‘indecent proposal’ angers Turkish minister

Turkish EU Minister Beril Dedeoğlu has been left apoplectic after Brussels suggested “an inappropriate proposal” to Ankara that linked Turkey’s EU accession process with a solution to the refugee crisis

Turkish president blames European countries for refugee plight

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has blamed European countries for abandoning Syrian refugees to their fate by shutting their doors to them

Turkey hosts G-20 at a crisis-hit juncture

Turkey will host the G-20 Summit in the Mediterranean city of Antalya on Nov. 15-16 at a time when the entire neighborhood is hit by political and economic crises

G-20 leaders meet in Turkey amid Syria crisis

Turkey will host world leaders and heads of top economic organizations for the two-day G-20 Summit that will be held in the Belek resort of Antalya on the Mediterranean Sea coast on Nov. 15 and 16, which is expected to focus on the Syrian crisis along with its heavy economy and trade agenda

Turkey holds the key for G-20

The world’s attention is focused on Turkey’s southern province Antalya this weekend where the world’s biggest 20 giants are gathering

Syria diplomacy gains momentum after Vienna talks

Amid news reports that the international coalition is preparing to launch an intensified aerial campaign on ISIL positions in Jarablus and Raqqa in Syria after this weekend’s G-20 Summit, speculation about a potential ground operation into Syria by the Turkish military seemingly returned over the last week

In Hosting G-20, Turkey Strives to Bolster Its Status

NYT > Turkey by By CEYLAN YEGINSU

The meeting of world leaders is an opportunity for a nation that has faced rising turmoil and instability to restore some of its luster on the world stage.

G-20 providing $452 bln a year on fossil fuel production subsidies despite pledge to remove them: Report

G-20 governments are handing out approximately $452 billion a year to prop up the production of fossil fuels – despite pledges to phase out subsidies and prevent catastrophic climate change

Europe Nears Accord With Turkey to Stem Tide of Refugees

NYT > Turkey by By JAMES KANTER

Europe offered Turkey $3.2 billion dollars to cope with two million Syrian refugees there so they stay out and invited Turkey to discussions that could aid its efforts to join the European Union.

EU denies ‘indecent proposal’ over Turkey’s Progress Report

A diplomatic source from the European Commission has categorically denied that the EU proposed to “soften” the content of the Progress Report if Turkey cooperated more closely over the refugee issue, as recently alleged by Turkish EU Minister Beril Dedeoğlu

Turkish president to meet world leaders in Antalya

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will meet world leaders who will gather for the two-day G-20 Summit that will be held in the Belek resort of Antalya on Nov. 15 and 16