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Saturday, February 18, 2017

#Journalism agenda: Turkey correspondent for ‘Die Welt’, Deniz Yücel, in police custody… “Edward Snowden’s New Job: Protecting Reporters From Spies…

Deniz Yücel: Turkey correspondent for ‘Die Welt’ in police custody

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The Turkey correspondent for “Die Welt”, Deniz Yücel, is currently in police custody. Yücel, who was wanted in connection with reports on a hacker attack on the email account of the Turkish Energy Minister, presented himself

Trump Calls the News Media the ‘Enemy of the People’

New York Times – Michael M. Grynbaum ( @grynbaum ) – Feb 17, 2:27 PM

The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People! —

In Trump Era, Censorship May Start in the Newsroom

New York Times – Jim Rutenberg ( @jimrutenberg ) – Feb 17, 7:09 AM

In that last case, your fear would be existential — a matter of your very survival — and your motivation to self-censor could prove overwhelming. We no longer have to imagine it. We got a real-life example last week in San Antonio

Wired Top Stories by Andy Greenberg

Edward Snowden’s New Job: Protecting Reporters From Spies

As president of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, Snowden is helping the media beat state-sponsored hackers and government surveillance.

Journalism Fights for Survival in the Post-Truth Era

Wired Top Stories by Jason Tanz

The ad-driven business model is on the brink of collapse. Trust in the press is at an all-time low. And now there’s an even larger existential crisis.

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New photo from Facebook February 18, 2017 at 12:48PM

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Simon Tisdall: “Ankara bombing: blaming Kurds suits Erdoğan’s political ends…

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Ankara bombing: blaming Kurds suits Erdoğan’s political ends

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Simon Tisdall

Turkey’s move sends a message to the US and strengthens its argument for excluding Kurds from Syrian peace talks

Ahmet Davutoğlu, Turkey’s prime minister, was keen to make a point. All the evidence suggested that the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) were responsible for Wednesday evening’s car bomb in Ankara that killed 28 people, he declared on the morning after the attack.

KCK Executive Council Co-Chair Bayık: Could be Retaliation

Bianet :: English

KCK Executive Council Co-Chair Bayık has stated on Ankara attack; “We don’t know who has carried it out. But we know from earlier that there have been such practices of retaliation for the massacres in Kurdistan”.

In Photos: Turkey in mourning day after attack kills 28 in Ankara

Turkey is in mourning a day after a car bomb attack targeted military personnel shuttles in the nation’s capital, killing 28

PYD Co-Chair Müslim: Kurds in No Way Related to Ankara Attack

Bianet :: English

PYD Co-Chair Salih Müslim has noted that they were in no way related to the attack in Ankara killing 28 persons and has denied Davutoğlu’s statement.

500 rebels cross Turkish border towards Syrian town of Azaz: Observatory

At least 500 rebels on Feb. 17 crossed the Turkish border heading for the Syrian town of Azaz in northern Aleppo province, a monitor said, where opposition forces have suffered setbacks at the hands of the YPG forces

Turkey Blames Syrian Kurdish Militant for Deadly Car Bombing

NYT > Turkey by By CEYLAN YEGINSU

The assailant, who struck a military convoy in the heart of Ankara during the evening rush, was identified by the prime minister as Salih Necar.

Turkish parliament fails to make a joint declaration after Ankara attack

The Turkish parliament has failed to release a joint declaration condemning a suicide bomb on Feb. 17 that targeted a military convoy in Ankara, due to objections on the statement’s wording by one of the four political parties represented at the national assembly

Erdogan must drop personal ambition and ease tensions with Turkey’s Kurds | Ranj Alaaldin

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Ranj Alaaldin

Conflict with the PKK might be useful for a president seeking to bolster nationalist support but a peace process must now be sought if a damaging rift with the US isn’t to open

EU parliamentarians to visit southeastern Turkey

A delegation from the European Parliament’s (EP) Socialist Group, including EU Turkey rapporteur Kati Piri, is set to pay a visit Feb. 19 to the Sur district of southeastern Diyarbakır province

Turkey’s opposition claims intelligence deficiencies after Ankara attack

Opposition parties have pointed the finger at Turkey’s intelligence and security agencies for failing to stop the deadly terrorist attack in the capital Ankara that killed 28 people on Feb. 17

The Guardian view on Turkey’s Kurdish policies: compounding the region’s troubles | Editorial

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk

This week’s bombings in Turkey show that the country must radically realign its policies around the pursuit of peace with its own KurdsTurkey’s misguided policies have been taking that pivotal country in the wrong direction for several years. Now the errors and contradictions apparent in its domestic politics are becoming a major international problem, threatening to widen the conflict wracking the region in which until recently it was a force for stability and sanity.

Turkey is sinking into the quagmire of Syria

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)

With urban conflicts and major terrorist attacks, Turkey is looking more and more like its war-ravaged neighbour.

Why Azaz is so important for Turkey

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Why Azaz in Syria is so important for Turkey

In Turkey, the regime slides from soft to hard totalitarianism

open Democracy News Analysis – by Cihan Tugal

The resemblances to interwar Italy are unmistakable, and the results are gradually turning out to be almost as fatal.

“Humanitarian aid to [civilians] must be allowed immediately. ‘Surrender or starve’ tactics are directly contrary to the law of war.”

Cizre, don’t forgive us!

open Democracy News Analysis – by Nurcan Baysal

Nobody asks who those are in the basement, or why the Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG-H) would open fıre on an ambulance which comes to pick up those wounded people.

Aerial view of Cizre and Tigris, Turkey. Wikicommons/Rahman Abubakr. Some rights rserved.Everything is happening before our very eyes!

Europe pleads with Turkey to open border for Syrians fleeing Aleppo siege

Mashable! by Christopher Miller

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The European Union has urged Turkey to open its borders to tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing Russian bombs and pro-government forces laying siege to the city of Aleppo.

Minister: 1,300 Syrians currently jailed in Turkey

Hurriyet Daily News

Some 1,300 Syrians are currently jailed in Turkey, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ announced, noting that 2,400 Syrians in total have been imprisoned due to arrests or convictions

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Davutoğlu, who has been mistaken so many times and who seems to have lost control over regional politics, accuses Syrian Kurds for the Ankara bombing…

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Syrian national of YPG-links behind Ankara blast, says Turkish PM

Hurriyet Daily News

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has announced that a Syrian national with links to the People’s Protection Units (YPG) was identified as the perpetrator of the attack in Ankara

YPG statement aired on Kurdish Ronahi TV: "We have no link to the #Ankara explosion". http://pic.twitter.com/BAUUvw1ipa

— Ayla Albayrak (@aylushka_a) February 18, 2016

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Attack on Military Vehicle in Diyarbakır

Bianet :: English

Bomb attack has been carried out as military vehicle drove by on Diyarbakır-Lice highway, which left six soldiers dead, one heavily wounded.

Explosion rocks military convoy in Turkey’s southeast, casualties reported

Hurriyet Daily News

A large explosion hit a military convoy on Feb. 18 in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır

Turkey attacks: a timeline

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Josh Pettitt

The car bomb in Ankara is the latest in a string of attacks in Turkey, which began in Diyarbakır last June

17 February 2016: Ankara
28 dead, 60 injured
A car bomb exploded during rush-hour traffic in central Ankara, in an attack targeting military personnel.

14 January 2016: Diyarbakır
Six dead, 39 injured
A bomb was detonated at the entrance of the Çınar district police complex, with attackers then reportedly firing rockets at the police HQ. A baby was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility, but officials blamed the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK).

Hundreds of armed rebels cross from Turkey into Syria, says monitor

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

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports 500 insurgents and Islamist fighters headed for town of Azaz where anti-Assad forces have lost ground

At least 500 rebels on Wednesday crossed the Turkish border, a monitor said, and headed for the Syrian town of Azaz in northern Aleppo province where opposition forces have suffered setbacks at the hands of Kurdish fighters.

Explosion hits another Turkish military convoy one day after Ankara attack

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Constanze Letsch and agencies

At least five people reportedly killed in attack in country’s south-east as government blames Kurdish rebels for attack that killed 28 one day earlier

Turkish jets hit PKK in northern Iraq

Hurriyet Daily News

Turkish fighter jets conducted a large-scale aerial campaign on Feb. 17 targeting outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions in northern Iraq

Turkey confirms Ankara blast was car bomb attack – video

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Guardian Staff

Turkey’s deputy prime minister Numan Kurtulmus says on Wednesday that a car bomb has killed at least 28 people in the capital, Ankara. Kurtulmus also confirms that 61 people were injured when a vehicle carrying explosives detonated next to another vehicle carrying military personnel. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility

Car bomb in Ankara – in pictures

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Guardian Staff

Explosion in Turkey’s capital has killed at least 28 people and injured 60 more

Syria Kurds ‘behind Ankara bombing’

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Turkey’s prime minister says the deadly bombing in Ankara was carried out by Kurdish YPG militia based in Syria, and nine people have been arrested.

Ankara terrorist attack prevents Davutoglu from attending Brussels mini-summit

EurActiv.com by Georgi Gotev

Twenty-eight people were killed and dozens wounded in Turkey’s capital Ankara yesterday (17 February) when a car laden with explosives detonated next to military buses near the armed forces’ headquarters, parliament and other government buildings.

Turkey vows revenge after deadly blast

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Turkey vows to retaliate against the perpetrators of a powerful blast in the capital Ankara that left at least 28 people dead and 61 injured.

Turkey’s Erdoğan, Saudi King Salman discuss Syria in telephone conversation

Turkish President Erdoğan and Saudi King Salman spoke by phone late on Feb. 16, with both describing attacks by Russia and Syrian government forces north of Aleppo as “worrisome”

UN Security Council divided on Turkey’s strikes on northern Syria

The UN Security Council does not have any consensus at the moment on Turkey’s strikes on northern Syria, the council’s president for February has told reporters, correcting previous statement that all member states asked Turkey to “comply with international law”

UN Security Council concerned by Turkey’s strikes in northern Syria

The UN Security Council on Feb. 16 criticized Turkey for its strikes in northern Syria that are fueling fears of a serious escalation in the nearly five-year war

Thousands of Syrians walk towards border crossing with Turkey – video

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Guardian Staff

Thousands of Syrians arrive at the Turkish border north of Aleppo on Thursday following increased fighting in the region. Video filmed by an eyewitness and local news agency SMART shows men, women and children carrying their belongings, walking towards the border crossing at Bab al-Salameh in northern Syria, some 30 miles north of Aleppo. Government troops and their allies broke through rebel defences to reach two Shia villages in northern Aleppo province on Wednesday