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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

A case study in verification for news comes from Turkey… Journalism agenda…

Turkey, propaganda and eyewitness media: A case study in verification for news

First Draft News by Eyewitness Media Hub

It was around 10:15 pm in Turkey on July 15th when messages started to go around about “strange events taking place in Istanbul and Ankara”. A terrorist attack, some said. A coup attempt, said others. It quickly became clear that the latter were correct.

Within the hour, it had been confirmed by Prime Minister Binali Yildirim. Soon after, the state broadcaster was taken over and an anchor forced to read the coup leaders’ message of martial law. The official channels of news were shut down, and the world was left, in the most part, to trawl social media to find out what was going on.

10 years of CNN iReport: Handling eyewitness media is still a tricky business

First Draft News

When Seung-Hui Cho opened fire at staff and students on the campus of Virginia Tech in 2007, graduate student Jamal Albarghouti didn’t run. In an act which is now a mainstay of breaking news events, he pulled out his cameraphone and started filming.

Collaboration in the newsroom is key to The Economist’s success on social media

Journalism.co.uk

One year since it built an editorial social media team, The Economist learned a key lesson: collaboration at the point of creation drives success

Reporters, Editors Still Rely on ‘Old Media’ (Study)

All Facebook by David Cohen

Is “old media” dead? Call off the funeral arrangements, according to a survey of more than 200 reporters and editors by Oglivy Public Relations.

Oglivy PR found that while 54 percent of respondents agreed that new platforms such as social media were growing in importance for managing newsrooms, 72 percent still believe that traditional media outlets are the most trusted news sources.

How One Journalist Uses Social Media to Get Inside the Minds of ISIS

Wired Top Stories by Caitlin Roper

Rukmini Callimachi of The New York Times is arguably the best reporter on the world’s most important beat—terrorism and jihadists. Here’s how she does it.

5 tips for using analytics in the newsroom

Journalism.co.uk by Thalia Fairweather

Three metrics experts highlight the importance of matching the numbers you monitor to your strategy and share more tips for journalists working with analytics

5 lessons from eyewitness conversations in breaking news

First Draft News by First Draft

When big news breaks, eyewitnesses always have the best stories, the first-hand accounts, the as-it-happened photos that news organisations crave. And now, thanks to social media, reporters can track down and contact someone at the scene of an event in an instant, even on the other side of the world.

New vertical video from BBC Media Action takes over your phone’s screen to show the struggle of refugees

Journalism.co.uk

The mobile-first footage aims to put viewers in the shoes of refugees travelling to Europe during the crisis

App for journalists: Signal, for securely communicating with sources

Journalism.co.uk

Check out this encrypted instant messaging and voice calling app for Android and iOS

Social media and the changing face of conflict reporting

Journalism.co.uk by Abigail Edge

Can livestream video and eyewitness media ever replace the foreign bureau? A look at how media reporting on global conflicts is changing

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Beware Gamers! GTA 4 game tricks might be declared as code words for coup plans…

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This happened in a a pro-government TV channel, A Haber. The reporter finds some documents thrown at garbage by coup planning Gülenists. She says, labeled as exclusive news, these are probably encrypted messages and shows a piece of paper (above). Any gamer will immediately realize that this is about GTA 4 game. In the paper: I/ Health and weapon II/ Health and armor III/ Weapon and…

ATV muhabiri GTA 4 oyunu hilelerini ‘darbe şifresi’ diye 'özel haber' yaptıhttps://t.co/W6egzfRRzj https://t.co/ri9hmPNOmP

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In the early days after the coup attempt, it was reported that Clash of Clans game was used to communicate between coup planners. Well, looking at how reporting done, this gives me some suspicions, too…

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Europe, stand up for Erdoğan

politico.eu – Carl Bildt – Aug 2, 8:21 AM

Is Brussels asleep, or just ignorant? That’s the question being asked after European leaders responded tepidly to the attempted military coup in Turkey on July 15. Imagine the rebellious military units had succeeded, and some sort of

Turkey: Response to President Erdoğan’s speech challenging Amnesty International’s research findings

amnesty.org – Aug 2, 6:47 PM

Responding to a speech today by Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in which he criticized Amnesty International’s findings that some people detained in connection with Turkey’s failed coup attempt had been beaten and tortured, Salil…

Erdogan and social media: use and abuse
Deutsche Welle
On Tuesday, the country’s broadcasting regulator canceled licenses for all radio and television stations linked to Gulen’s movement. Turkey’s Board of Higher Education has also ordered all 1,577 university deans nationwide to resign on Tuesday afternoon.

The Observer view on Turkey and its relationship with the west | Observer editorial

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk

To brand Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a dictator and blame him for all Turkey’s woes would be foolish and, from a western perspective, counterproductive

If tensions increase with the west, Erdoğan might find a friend in Putin | Soner Cagaptay

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Soner Cagaptay

The fallout from last week’s failed coup in Ankara spells trouble for Nato, Europe and the president’s foes

Turkey has detained senior aide to Fethullah Gülen, official says

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk

Hails Hanci arrested in Black Sea province of Trabzon and described by security forces as ‘right-hand man’ of US-based cleric, who has been blamed for recent coup attempt

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Monday, August 3, 2015

‘Breaking Bad’-themed café in Istanbul and more news from İstanbul…

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‘Breaking Bad’-themed café in Istanbul cooks something special

Its owners say they opened the world’s first café to be inspired by the hit TV show ‘Breaking Bad’ in Istanbul’s Asian side.

Istanbul-born MIT professor named world’s most influential economist

Economist Daron Acemoğlu, who is a Turkish economist of Armenian descent living in the U.S., has topped the most influential economists list of the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) for his last 10 years’ of publications.

Court ruling greenlights reconstruction in central Istanbul

Turkey’s Council of State has annulled a former ruling of an Istanbul administrative court which barred reconstruction projects in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district, providing the legal ground for projects such as a plan to construct a mosque, shopping mall and multi-story building in the historical neighborhood

Istanbul’s IKSV festivals record 224,000 visitors in the first seven months – ARTS

Hurriyet Daily News

The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) announced that its events for the first half of 2015- the Istanbul Film, Music and Jazz Festivals-

Istanbul tantalizes with its mix of cultures

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The iconic Galata Tower stands tall, right, in Istanbul’s skyline. The former seat of the opulent Byzantine and Ottoman empires is divided into European

Number of business congresses rises 280 pct in Istanbul

Hurriyet Daily News

The number of business congresses held in Istanbul increased 280 in the past decade, creating around $190 million income, according to the head of

Istanbul Convention: Britain drags its feet over women’s rights

The Independent

Albania, Andorra, Malta, Serbia and Turkey are among the 18 states that have already ratified the Istanbul Convention. But the UK is still assessing

Historic Istanbul home of Russian revolutionary Trotsky up for sale

Al-Arabiya

The Istanbul home of Leon Trotsky, the top Bolshevik politician who lost to Stalin in the struggle for control of the Soviet Union, is up for sale.

Photos: Istanbul coffee shop pays homage to ‘Breaking Bad’

KOMO News

Introducing Istanbul’s Breaking Bad inspired coffee shop . . . Deniz Kosan opened Walter’s Coffee Roastery the world’s first Coffee Super Lab in Moda, …

‘Breaking Bad’-themed café in Istanbul cooks something special – Hurriyet Daily News

‘Breaking Bad’-Themed Coffee Shop in Istanbul Celebrates All Your Favorite – Ledger Gazette

This Breaking Bad coffee shop in Istanbul takes no half-measures in – Rapid News Network

The Indulge top 10: Istanbul

Livemint

It is also slap bang in the middle of Istanbul and very easy to get to. If you are spending a few days in the city, and this is your first time, buy a museum

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Eurosphere agenda: “Channel Tunnel refugee drama… “Greek shares plunge as market reopens…

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MAIN FOCUS: Schäuble’s plans to reform EU Commission | 31/07/2015

euro|topics

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has put forward proposals for reforming the European Commission. According to media reports he wants to strip it of powers such as budget supervision and antitrust monitoring and transfer them to other authorities. While some commentators see a politically independent economic administration as unrealistic others say the proposals could convince Britain to stay in the EU.

Greek shares plunge as market reopens

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

The main Athens stock index, the Athex, plunges by 22.87% on Monday as trading resumes after a five-week closure.

Europe feels the aftershocks of the Greek deal

EurActiv.com

Schaeuble’s recent ideas are not likely to fly, but the controversy over the role of the Commission is only a part of a bigger debate in Europe: the dispute over what the future European Union should look like, write Stratfor’s analysts.

A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of democracy

open Democracy News Analysis – by John Weeks

Since Greek voters rejected Troika rule by a landslide, the Hellenic citizenry presents a threat far greater than the government it elected. It must be punished.

Greece’s Tsipras seeks control over party with emergency congress

EurActiv.com

Greece’s ruling Syriza movement backed a call on Thursday (30 July) from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to hold an emergency party congress as he seeks to assert his control over rebel lawmakers balking at new bailout talks.

Greece’s divided Syriza party agrees to emergency meet

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Prime Minister Tsipras requests extraordinary congress in September amid a deepening rift within ruling party.

MAIN FOCUS: Channel Tunnel refugee drama | 30/07/2015

euro|topics

In the last two nights alone, more than 3,000 people apparently tried to enter the UK via the Channel Tunnel from Calais. Another young man died in the attempt on Tuesday night. The countries of Europe must finally start cooperating on the refugee problem, some commentators urge. Others stress that the problem can only be resolved through a crackdown operation off Libya’s coast.

Spanish parties play power games over Greek bailout

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Crisis in Greece resonates in Spain’s political rivalry

How the eurozone survived the Greek crisis

EurActiv.com

The Greek crisis has strained nerves on the eurozone debt market, but unlike four years ago there has been no contagion of financial uncertainty across the single currency bloc.

Could eurozone integration damage the single market?

Centre for European Reform

Can Britain be at ease in a European Union that is increasingly focused on the euro and its troubles? Britain’s eurosceptics think not. The eurozone’s many problems require it to integrate more closely, and that will be bad for Britain, they say, since the euro countries will start to act as a bloc and manipulate EU institutions for their own benefit. Therefore Britain should quit this euro-centric club and negotiate a new and looser bilateral relationship with the EU.David Cameron’s government has begun technical talks with its partners on reforms to the EU, prior to an in-or-out referendum. His officials say that though arguments over EU migrants’ access to benefits will generate more political heat, the relationship between the eurozone and the wider EU is the most important substantive problem. Both George Osborne, the chancellor, and many business leaders see this issue as a priority.

The Cyprus solution: gas, guarantees and grassroots

open Democracy News Analysis – by Aydin Çalık

For the first time since 2004 there seems to be hope for a solution to the Cyprus problem. What are the impediments for the negotiations and how can they be overcome now?

Creditors in Greece for bailout talks

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Negotiators from Greece’s creditors have begun arriving in Athens to start discussions on a third multi-billion euro bailout deal.

MAIN FOCUS: Troika returns to Athens | 24/07/2015

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Experts from the EU Commission, the ECB and the IMF are expected in Athens on Friday for talks on a third bailout package. Envoys from the ESM bailout organisation will also be attending. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras has no choice but to sit down at the table with the Troika again, some commentators say. Others think he will be forced to call new elections very soon.

Varoufakis – a new kind of politics?

open Democracy News Analysis – by Paul Tyson

Varoufakis is an exception to the norm precisely because he really believes in representative democracy.

Yanis Varoufakis. Demotix/spirofoto. All rights reserved.Over the past few months the world has witnessed the short career of a Greek government vainly endeavouring to uphold an anti-austerity platform against the implacable power of the Eurozone’s financial institutions. Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek Minister for Finance, was a central player in this drama. Interestingly, this political maverick did not play his part to the standard script. The distinctive characteristics of Varoufakis’ mode and purpose in politics are both troubling as regards what they tells us about the norms of contemporary politics, and fascinating as a possible paradigm for a new type of politics in the age of twitter and the blog.

Greece’s Imperfect Imperative

Project Syndicate by Lucrezia Reichlin, et al.

The latest deal between Greece and its creditors is far from perfect, particularly because its emphasis on fiscal targets risks undermining structural reforms. But the deal can – and must – serve as the basis for saving Greece and the eurozone.

MAIN FOCUS: EU agrees to distribute 55,000 refugees | 23/07/2015

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The EU states have agreed to take in 55.000 refugees who are currently located in Italy and Greece. The EU Commission originally proposed obligatory quotas for the resettlement of 60,000 people. The European press is debating how best to integrate the refugees in the various countries.

Europe’s enemy is not the Greek crisis

open Democracy News Analysis – by Fernanda Petená Magnotta and João Ricardo Mendes Gonçalves Costa Filho

A single currency implies a federal state, like the US or Brazil. The Greek crisis confronts Europe with its future. Português

The key lesson from Syriza’s defeat? A different Europe requires both ideology and competence

open Democracy News Analysis – by Cas Mudde

To achieve anything in politics, including changing the rules, you have to master ‘the art of the possible,’ as conservative German statesman Otto von Bismarck famously said, rather than merely trumpet ‘the truth.’

The Netherlands’ disgrace: racism and police brutality

open Democracy News Analysis – by Marijn Nieuwenhuis

A disturbing trend in the Netherlands towards more intense forms of racial profiling is converging with increasingly frequent and violent forms of police repression against minorities.

A man wearing a t-shirt commemorating Mitch Henriquez. Demotix/Jaap Arriens. All rights reserved.Despite the murder of Aruban-born Mitch Henriquezby police late last June in The Hague, the Netherlands has largely been ignored by the international press.

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Coalition talks: Erdoğan & MHP vs. AKP & CHP

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Davutoğlu genuine but Erdoğan blocking coalition government: CHP

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is blocking efforts by political parties to form a coalition, even though Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu genuinely wants to create a government, according to the head of the Republican People’s Party (CHP).

AKP, CHP coalition talks at key phase, leaders expected to meet this week

Coalition talks between AKP and CHP will enter a new phase following a last meeting by respective delegations on Aug. 3, with the two parties’ leaders to decide in an encounter

Why Turkey called a NATO Article Four consultation

Economist – Jul 29

ON TUESDAY representatives of each of NATO’s 28 member states gathered at the organisation’s headquarters in Brussels, at Turkey’s behest, to address the security threats that country faces related to the Syrian civil war. Turkey says it wants its

POLITICS > Top military board convenes to appoint new command echelon
Hurriyet Daily News
Importantly, participants are set to decide on the fate of high-ranking military personnel who have been convicted or accused of being part of the controversial Ergenekon and “Balyoz” (Sledgehammer) coup attempts. Some 46 senior personnel whose ..

Turkish PM accuses HDP of being ‘terrorists’ gladio,’ vows authoritarian public rule

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has harshly criticized the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), describing the party as “the gladio of terrorists.”

Turkey in danger
Voltaire Network

First of all, he blamed the Gladio Network (Ergenekon in its Turkish version) [12]. Then he had all the officers arrested who, since the end of the Cold War, had been thinking about changing their alliance – these officers had contacted the Chinese .

Chronology: Week of violence as Turkey, PKK fight rekindled

PKK militants killed at least 12 police and army members in one week, after Turkey launched a two-pronged ‘war on terror’ over an ISIL suicide bombing.

Turkish MP falls asleep in parliament after campaign vow to not ‘sleep’

A new deputy from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has fallen asleep in a parliament session, breaking his campaign promise during the third session he attended.

Turkey not manipulating Cyprus peace talks

Turkey is displaying a largely hands-off attitude to the current Cyprus negotiations, according to Turkish Cypriot Foreign Minister Emine Çolak. Turkey’s stance at the moment is devoid of any manipulation or interference, she says

Top military board convenes to appoint new command echelon

The Supreme Military Council (YAŞ) will convene for a regular annual meeting on Aug. 3 to discuss appointments and retirements in the top echelons of the Turkish Armed Forces amid ongoing cross-border operations in Iraq and Syria

Why Demirtaş is chosen as the target

Selahattin Demirtaş, the co-chairman of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), is nowadays the focus of a denouncment campaign by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) government

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