EFDbackup: February 08

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

A very heart breaking purge in Turkey’s academia continues: 330 more academics expelled last night…

4,811 Academics from 112 Universities Discharged by 5 Statutory Decress

Bianet :: English

4,811 academics from 112 universities have been discharged by five Statutory Decrees. 16 of the academics have been returned to their duty by another Statutory Decree.

330 more academics expelled with state of emergency decree, stirring debate in Turkey

A total of 330 academics were expelled with a new state of emergency decree published in the Official Gazette late on Feb. 7, drawing criticism from the opposition and the scholars themselves about the effect the moves will have on education

Turkey dismisses 4,400 public servants in latest post-coup attempt purge

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

Dismissals come hours after first phone call between presidents Trump and Erdoğan hints at closer ties between US and Turkey

The Turkish government has dismissed more than 4,400 public employees, including hundreds of academics, in a fresh round of purges that have in the past elicited criticism from the country’s western allies.

Reactions Against Discharges of Academics: ‘Boss Has Gone Crazy’

Bianet :: English

The largest number of discharges has occurred with 78 academic discharges at Ankara University. Only four academics have been left at the Faculty of Language, History and Geography.

Turkish academics know the danger of post-truth. We can learn from their experience

open Democracy News Analysis – by Julian de Medeiros

The belief that there exists a central truth that can be secured from above yet that remains somehow liberal rather than authoritarian is a fatal mistake.

A guard of honour awaits PM Theresa May at the tomb of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk ahead of talks in Ankara. January 2, 2017.Christopher Furlong/Press Association. All rights reserved.Perhaps there is some sort of solace to be found in the increasingly popular realization that paranoid politics are not confined to the supposedly irrational fancies of an Orientalist Other.

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#Eurosphere agenda: Europeans trolling Trump…

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Powerful magazine covers depict America after Trump’s immigration ban

Mashable! by Marissa Wenzke

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“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”

With Donald Trump’s immigration ban targeting refugees from Muslim countries, the words of the Statue of Liberty don’t seem to burn with the same fervor they did before. A darkness has fallen upon the country’s role as a refuge — a reality magazines around the world are showing through dark, sometimes violent depictions of America under Trump.

Sweden’s deputy PM is trolling Trump so hard with this picture

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The internet has exploded with memes mocking Donald Trump for signing bills and controversial executive orders, but in Sweden they’ve found a different way to make a point.

Is Sweden’s deputy PM trolling Donald Trump in Facebook photo?

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Isabella Lovin posted an image of herself signing a new law while surrounded by female colleagues.

DER SPIEGEL’s February cover

Boing Boing by Jason Weisberger

Someone won’t like this.

my new cover art for @DerSPIEGEL magazine http://pic.twitter.com/Lz4KH8ySGx

— Edel Rodriguez (@edelstudio) February 3, 2017

Der Spiegel: Trump beheading cover sparks criticism

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

The vice-president of the European Parliament calls the German magazine cover “tasteless”.

Former Norwegian PM says he was held at US airport over Iran visit

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Kjell Magne Bondevik said he was held for an hour due to an Iranian stamp on his passport.

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Monday, February 8, 2016

Leaked documents show Europe submits to Erdoğan’s blackmailing on #RefugeeCrisis

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Leak reveals tense moments during Erdoğan-Juncker meeting

Today’s Zaman–52 minutes ago

Leak reveals tense moments during Erdoğan-Juncker meeting … present at the meeting, showed Juncker an internal documentbelonging to the EC … In return for keeping the refugees, the EU promised Turkey 3 billion euros, .

News in Greek

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Merkel visits Turkey as fleeing Syrians wait at border

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)

German chancellor to meet Turkish leaders as tens of thousands of Syrian refugees remain stranded at border with Turkey.

Turkey, Germany take migrant crisis to NATO

Berlin and Ankara vow to bring NATO on board in dealing with the continued flow of refugees through Turkey to the European Union

Turkey is doing the dirty work of Europe’s immigration control

open Democracy News Analysis – by Lucy Williams

The EU mini-summit held in Brussels on the November 29 agreed a deal to keep more refugees in Turkey and out of the EU. What does this mean for those already in Turkey, now excluded from the EU’s protection?

Migration Management Removal Centre in Kumkapı, Istanbul. Photo supplied by author.The summit in November was organised, at Turkey’s insistence, to encourage closer cooperation between the EU and Turkey, to control migration westwards and to ‘re-energise’ the process towards Turkey’s accession to the EU.

Syrian forces near Turkish border, as around 30,000 Syrians mass at border

Syrian army troops recaptured a new village north of Aleppo on Feb. 8, bringing troops and allied militiamen to within a few kilometers of the Turkish border, while around 30,000 Syrians have massed at the Turkish-Syrian border due to a major Russian-backed offensive in the area, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said

NATO Formulation for Refugees from Merkel, Davutoğlu

Bianet :: English

German Chancellor Merkel coming to Turkey and Prime Minister Davutoğlu have said Syrian refugee crisis will be tackled in NATO meeting.

Turkey, Germany to push for NATO involvement in curbing refugee flow

Germany and Turkey have pledged to exert joint efforts to secure NATO’s involvement in curbing the refugee flow to Europe, while also jointly calling for further global action to ensure Russia’s compliance with a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at protecting civilians in war-torn Syria

Debate: Tens of thousands trapped on Syrian border

euro|topics

Having fled the conflict area around Aleppo tens of thousands of people are now gathered on the border between Syria and Turkey, waiting for the Turkish authorities to open up the Öncüpınar border crossing. Not just Turkey but Europe too has a responsibility to take action here, commentators admonish.

EU pleads with Turkey to accept refugees fleeing Aleppo offensive

EurActiv.com

Tens of thousands of Syrians remain stranded at the border with Turkey today (8 February) after escaping a Russia-backed government attack on Aleppo, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepared to visit Ankara.

Refugee crisis: 35 die off Turkish coast

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk

Officials say 24 people died when boat capsized near Lesbos, with another 11 reportedly drowning in separate incident

AKP moves to nominate Turkish town hosting Syrians for Nobel Prize

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A deputy head of Turkey’s ruling party has filed an application with the Norwegian Nobel Committee to nominate Kilis for the Nobel Peace Prize given that it is now hosting as many Syrians as its total population

Erdogan’s Foreign Policy Is in Ruins

foreignpolicy.com – Elias Groll – May 29, 2014, 5:16 PM

It wasn’t long ago that Turkish foreign policy was the talk of the town. Defined by the catchy phrase of “zero problems with the neighbors,” Turkey aimed to both improve relations with its neighborhood and slowly emerge as the…

Turkey says Russia will ‘face consequences’ if airspace violations continue

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said Russia will “face the consequences” if it continues to violate Turkey’s airspace, two days after Ankara declared that Russia had again violated its airspace despite multiple warnings

France’s Constitutional Council on Genocide

Mavi Boncuk

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France’s Constitutional Council: An Event Cannot Be Considered A Genocide Unless It Is Established As Such By A Competent Court

On January 8, 2016, the French Constitutional Council, France’s highest Court (equivalent to the U.S. Supreme Court), pronounced a landmark decision in a trial wherein an NGO founded by the Turkish community in France called “Association Pour La Neutralité de L’Enseignement de l’histoire Turque Dans Les Programmes Scolaires” (ANEHTPS) –Association For The Impartial Teaching Of Turkish History– was involved as a third party claimant. In this decision, the Constitutional Council validated the Gayssot Act which criminalizes the denial of Holocaust.

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Civilians massacred in Cizre, National State TV, TRT teases with it and then retracts its story…

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National State TV Draws Back Report ‘60 Terrorists Killed in Cizre’

Bianet :: English

National state television TRT has drawn back its report broadcasted with the headline “60 terrorists killed in Cizre” without any explanation.

TİHV: 224 Civilians Killed in Curfews

Bianet :: English

According to the statement of TİHV, in the districts under curfew, 224 persons have been killed in six months among whom 42 were children.

Second Group of News Watch to Head for Diyarbakır

Bianet :: English

Second group of the Peace Watch will be in Diyarbakır on February 9, Tuesday. bianet too is in the second group.

Sarıyıldız: Those Stuck in Building Murdered

Bianet :: English

HDP Şırnak MP Sarıyıldız has declared that tens of people stuck in a building in Cizre have been murdered while security forces have claimed operation was launched and conflict erupted.

Funeral Vehicles Sent to Cizre

Bianet :: English

Two funeral vehicles have been sent to Cudi neighbourhood of Cizre where an explosion has occurred within the operations. HDP MP Ferhat Encü noted that they did not have an exact number for the casualties and have not received any news from two neighbourhood for two days.

Turkey is turning into a paranoid one-party state
Spectator.co.uk
Can Spectator reveal to us where the wikileaks founders currently live? Yep so shut up. We know too well now to buy this anti-Turkey propaganda popular among Western liberal media, I thought the AKP spectacular elections comeback taught you a harsh .

Security problem deepens with ambulance crisis in Turkey

U.S. Senator Hiram W. Johnson said in 1917 that the first casualty when war comes is truth

Video footage shows devastation in Diyarbakır’s Sur district

Newly released video footage shows the extent of the destruction in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır’s Sur district, where a military curfew has been in effect amid clashes since Dec. 11

Hard to find truth about Turkey’s restive southeast, says HRW director

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Conflicting reports from locals, rights groups, the media and the government make it almost impossible to find the truth of what is going on in curfew-stricken areas of southeast Turkey, HRW Director Kenneth Roth has told daily Hürriyet in an exclusive interview

Turkey’s pervasive political and social polarisation

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)

Harsh, patriarchal and communitarian political culture and excessive chauvinism are keeping the country in deadlock.

Support for ‘Academics for Peace’ from Times Higher Education

Bianet :: English

Support letter signed by as many as 500 academics from over 20 countries for Peace for Academics has been issued in The Times’ weekly supplement, the Times Higher Education.

Rights group: 162 civilians have died in Turkey conflict
FOX13 Memphis
LONDON (AP) — Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he will accept arrest by British police if a U.N. working group on arbitrary detention decides that the three years he has spent holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy does not amount to illegal detention.