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Friday, November 27, 2015

After downing the plane, Turkey seeks to calm down Russia, while the latter escalates crisis step by step…

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The Turkish prime minister vows to “work with Russia and our allies to calm tensions” after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane.

Erdogan fumes at Russia’s ‘restrictive measures’ after jet downing

EurActiv.com

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday (26 November) dismissed “emotional” and “unfitting” suggestions that projects with Russia could be cancelled following Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane near the Syrian border.

Russia-Turkey tension: How Putin acts in a crisis

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Furious at Turkey – but he doesn’t always lash out

Turkey suspends Syria flights after crisis with Russia

Turkey abandons its putative battle against ISIL in Syria after the eruption of a row with Moscow following the downing of a Russia plane

Putin: Russia will pull out of Syria coalition if downing of jet is repeated

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk

Russian president agrees closer ties to defeat Islamic State but says any more ‘unacceptable’ incidents would mean ‘an end to cooperation with anybody’

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Putin has not returned his call – video

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk

Speaking to France 24 on Thursday, the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, condemns Russia’s handling of the incident where Turkey shot down a Russian jet near the Syrian border earlier this week, saying the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has not returned his call about it. Erdogan says Turkey may have handled the situation differently if it had known the jet was Russian, and that Putin is not doing enough in the fight against Isis

Turkey seeks to calm tensions with Russia after jet downed: Turkish PM in The Times

Turkey will work with Russia and its allies to calm tensions after a Russian jet was downed near the Syrian border, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said in an opinion piece published by Britain’s The Times newspaper

US knew flight path of plane downed by Turkey: Putin

President Vladimir Putin said on Nov. 26 that Russia had given prior information to the United States of the flight path of the plane downed by Turkey on the Syrian border

Turkey’s military council urges to keep channels of communications open with Russia

Turkey’s top gov’t and military officials have said Ankara and Moscow should keep all diplomatic and military channels of communication open following Turkey’s downing of a Russian fighter jet

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Before the #G-20 Summit, “EU progress report slams Turkey over rule of law, free speech

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EU progress report slams Turkey over rule of law, free speech

The European Union accused Turkey on Nov. 10 of backsliding on the rule of law, rights and the media, calling on the new government to take urgent action in a sensitive report that Brussels held back until after elections

EU criticises Turkey on human rights

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The European Commission accuses Turkey of significant failings on human rights and democracy, in a delayed report on its EU membership prospects.

Extra security measures taken for G-20 Summit

Turkey’s government details its security preparations for an upcoming G-20 Summit in Antalya, boasting of its extensive measures

Syrian issue to be discussed in detail at G-20 summit: Presidential spokesperson

The issue of Syria will extensively be discussed at the G-20 Summit, Presidential spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has said, noting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will hold a dinner meeting at which the migration crisis and global terrorism will be on the agenda

Obama talks to both Erdoğan and Davutoğlu before G-20 Summit

United States President Barack Obama held phone conversations with top Turkish officials late Nov. 9 to discuss the agenda of the upcoming G-20 Summit that will be held in Turkey and to exchange views on recent developments in Syria

400,000 Syrian kids in Turkey not in school, report says

More than 400,000 Syrian refugee children in Turkey are unable to attend school despite a Turkish government move allowing them access to the Turkish schooling system, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report

Syrians ‘not at school’ in Turkey

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Human Rights watch calls for urgent action after a report finds over 400,000 Syrian refugee children living in Turkey are unable to attend school.

Turkey must not be allowed to blackmail Europe on migration

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Leopold Traugott is the director of Campus Europe and a Young Voices Advocate.

Most Syrian refugees not in school in Turkey

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“Entire generation at risk” as 400,000 Syrian children miss formal education in Turkey, Human Rights Watch says.

How one German city is coping with refugees

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How one city is coping with refugee influx

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Friday, July 10, 2015

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Cyberculture agenda: WikiLeaks has started accepting secret documents at Tor address: wlupld3ptjvsgwqw.onion

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WikiLeaks has started accepting secret documents again after nearly five years

The Next Web by Jackie Dove

You can once again submit secrets to WikiLeaks anonymously, without worrying that some network spy — or even a WikiLeaks staffer — will reveal your identity. The site announced today that, after several years, it has now launched a beta version its leak submission system running on Tor, the anonymity software.

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Sweden won’t drop Assange detention order

Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, 2011. Toby Melville/Reuters

Wikileaks’ Julian Assange, stuck in the Ecuadorean embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden to face accusations of sex crimes, said he was “disappointed” after the country’s supreme court decided not to drop the detention order.

Apple’s push into China is crushing Samsung

The Next Web by Owen Williams

Over the last few months Apple has heavily invested in China and it’s starting to hurt Samsung. Those efforts are paying off, with China passing the US to become the biggest iPhone market in April this year.

The 5 pillars of visual hierarchy in Web design

The Next Web by Jerry Cao

Jerry Cao is a UX content strategist at UXPin — the wireframing and prototyping app. To learn more about how to create visually digestible interfaces, download the free e-book Web UI Design for the Human Eye: Colors, Space, Contrast. Visual hierarchy is the difference between a site that strategically influences user flow and decisions, and a site that just “looks nice.”

Defend Yourself Against Surveillance: New Languages, New Animations

EFF.org Updates by Danny O’Brien

When we re-launched Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) last year to tackle the growing threat of online spying, we knew our greatest challenge was reaching everyone who urgently needed its advice. Technical knowledge about what to do, and what not to do, to protect your privacy online, is only truly useful if it can be understood by those who need that information the most.

The Curious Chronology of Russian Twitter Bots

Global Voices Online by Lawrence Alexander

The creation dates of Twitter accounts in Lawrence Alexander's 'bot' sample provide ample evidence of automation. Images mixed by Tetyana Lokot.

The creation dates of Twitter accounts in Lawrence Alexander’s ‘bot’ sample provide ample evidence of automation. Images mixed by Tetyana Lokot.

Twitter’s earnings show the social network is still growing, but not fast enough

The Next Web by Owen Williams

Twitter’s Q1 result is in and it’s not all roses, at least in terms of user growth. In Q1 2015, Twitter’s monthly active users jumped to 302 million, up from 288 million in Q4 2014. Twitter touts that as an increase of 18 percent year-over-year, but that’s only an increase of 14 million in three months. Here’s the good news: Twitter is still growing. The bad? It’s still not growing that fast. To be fair, it’s a sizably better result than the previous quarter, where the company only grew monthly active users from 284 million to 288 million, but many…

The Anatomy of the Perfect Facebook Post

Social Media Today by Lauren Marinigh

You have a great Facebook fan page set up, and now you’re wondering what you should be posting and what the best posts are to attract the most engagement. Developing the perfect Facebook post is not rocket-science, with taking these few things into consideration with each post you develop, you’ll be on the road to not only having a visually appealing fan page, but also garnering more success on Facebook overall.