[Erkan also quoted] “Case of Vice reporters underlines Turkish crackdown on Internet freedom….

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Case of Vice reporters underlines Turkish crackdown on Internet freedom

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Case of Vice reporters underlines Turkish crackdown on Internet freedom Al Jazeera America “Turkish authorities are very pragmatic in stigmatizing encryption,” said Erkan Saka, a professor of communications at Istanbul’s Bilgi University. “They want a media blackout in the region,” he said, and “they know that if they mention [ISIL] there …

Policeman who shot dead Gezi victim discharged from prison

The police officer who shot and killed Gezi protester Ethem Sarısülük during the 2013 Gezi Park protests has been discharged from jail, even though he had been sentenced to seven years and nine months in prison

Independent ministers’ oath sparks quarrel at Turkish Parliament

The issue of whether the independent ministers of the interim government will take the ministerial oath sparked debate at parliament on Sept. 3, during a session held to vote on a motion to reauthorize the Turkish military to conduct cross border operations in Iraq and Syria.

Turkish Parliament debates cross border military action motion

Parliament convened on Sept. 3 to extend the mandate of the Turkish Armed Forces to take military action in Iraq and Syria in an extraordinary session, with the measure due to be in effect for one year.

British Vice News Journalists Released, Iraqi Interpreter is Still Under Arrest

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British reporter Jake Hanrahan and cameraman Philip Pendlebury from Vice News were released. Iraqi M.İ.R is still under arrest.

Turkey Frees Two British Journalists With Vice News

 NYT > Turkey by By KATIE ROGERS

Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury had been arrested last week while on assignment for Vice News. An Iraqi journalist who assisted them remained jailed.

Turkey’s bounty hunters

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)

Turkey’s bold, risky payout plan to catch suspected terrorists may backfire.

Euro court replaces EU as Turkey’s main anchor to the union

Turkey’s human rights record has never been a bright one. Especially in the 1980’s and 1990’s when Turkey entered a spiral of violence due to the Kurdish issue, human rights violations became a major and shameful headache for Turks

Turkey moves Vice journalists to distant prison: Lawyer

Two Vice News journalists and their assistant who were arrested in Turkey have been transferred to a prison more than 500 kilometers away from their lawyers

Turkish embassy skeptical Bangkok bomb suspects are Turks

The Turkish Embassy in Thailand is casting doubt on reports that its nationals were involved in the Aug. 17 bombing of a Bangkok landmark

Turkey paper’s blank column protest

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Turkish newspaper highlights media restrictions on its front page

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Migrant crisis makes it to Turkey shores….

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Eleven migrants drown heading from Turkey to Greek island: media

At least 11 migrants believed to be Syrians drowned as two boats sank after leaving southwest Turkey for the Greek island of Kos

Will the image of a lifeless boy on a beach change the refugee debate?

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Roy Greenslade

National newspaper front pages runs pictures that humanise the crisis of people travelling to Europe to flee the conflict in Syria

Most of Thursday’s UK national newspaper front pages were dominated by pictures of a policeman lifting the lifeless body of a three-year-old boy who had been washed up on the Turkish shore.

VIDEO: Stop Syrian war and we won’t come to Europe, Syrian kid says

A 13-year old Syrian boy stranded at a train station in Hungary has spoken out, asking European leaders to stop the war in Syria.

18 Turkish workers kidnapped in Baghdad

Masked men in military and police uniforms kidnapped 18 Turkish workers and engineers in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Sept. 2. Turkish nationals were selected from a group of workers during the incident, the Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç told reporters

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Cyberculture agenda: R.I.P. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata

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Following its massive data breach, surveillance firm Hacking Team says it will release a new spyware suite this fall

 The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal

Barely a week after it was hacked and had 400GB of its internal documents and product source code leaked, security firm Hacking Team says it’s ready to fight another day.

Apple Could Have Bailed Out Greece—Twice

 Wired Top Stories by Davey Alba

How much cash does Apple have on hand? About as much as the value of Romania’s GDP. And enough to bail Greece out—twice.

 

The Revolt at Reddit – What Can We Learn from the Departure of Ellen Pao?

Social Media Today by Andrew Hutchinson

Last week, Reddit CEO Ellen Pao resigned from her position, the latest in the ongoing turmoil seemingly eating the social networking site alive. Pao’s mandate was to build Reddit’s commercial appeal in an effort to better monetize Reddit’s audience. But as Pao discovered, it’s not that easy. The uproar at Reddit serves as a reminder of the fragile relationship between audience and social platforms, and why social networks must tread carefully when seeking to implement change.

Open-Source Information Reveals Pro-Kremlin Web Campaign

Global Voices Online by Lawrence Alexander

Graph showing shared use of Google Analytics, server software, and social media by websites in the network. [Full size 1 2] Image by Lawrence Alexander.

Two more critical Flash flaws discovered in Hacking Team data breach

 The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal

Two serious Adobe Flash bugs were discovered in security firm Hacking Team’s leaked files over the weekend, which allow malicious files to execute code and install malware on victims’ computers. That makes three major security holes for Adobe in a matter of days.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has died at 55

 The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal

Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata has died of cancer at the age of 55. Iwata started his career as a game programmer in the 1980s. He later joined Nintendo and was appointed its director in 2000.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, who launched Wii, dies of cancer at 55

 Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin

Nintendo issued a brief statement tonight on the death of Satoru Iwata, the gamer and programmer who served as the Japanese gaming company’s fourth president and CEO.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has died at 55

The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal

Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata has died of cancer at the age of 55. Iwata started his career as a game programmer in the 1980s. He later joined Nintendo and was appointed its director in 2000. Two years later, he took on the role of president at the company. It was under Iwata that the Japanese gaming company released the popular Nintendo DS and 3DS portable systems, as well as the Wii console in 2006.

Reddit’s CEO Is Having An AMA To Discuss Offensive Content

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The Reddit soap opera isn’t over yet.

Hacking Team leak underscores complexity of regulating software

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Two more critical Flash flaws discovered in Hacking Team data breach

The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal

Two serious Adobe Flash bugs were discovered in security firm Hacking Team’s leaked files over the weekend, which allow malicious files to execute code and install malware on victims’ computers. That makes three major security holes for Adobe in a matter of days. Following the leak of Hacking Team’s internal files and correspondence last week, researchers at Trend Micro noted a document detailing the first Flash flaw that allowed attackers to control of users’ systems. The two newly discovered vulnerabilities affect Windows, Mac and Linux computers. Adobe says it’s working on a fix and will make an update available this week.…

Arya Stark and Harry Potter just took the most magical selfie at Comic-Con

Mashable! by Andrea Romano

So many magical worlds are colliding in a single photo.

Reddit’s chief engineer quits

 Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza

Reddit’s Bethany Blount is out, saying she has lost confidence in the company’s new direction.

Reddit CEO: ‘Neither Alexis nor I created reddit to be a bastion of free speech’

 The Next Web by Lauren Hockenson

In yet another announcement addressed to the wider Reddit community, new CEO and cofounder Steve Huffman, also known as /u/spez, will host an AMA on Thursday to present an institutionalized Content Policy for users.

Google Provides Details on “Right to be Forgotten” Requests

 Social Media Today by Andrew Hutchinson

In May last year, Google announced it would grant individuals the right to remove certain information about themselves from Google’s search database. The move was a controversial one, with many people voicing their concerns about giving criminals the ability to effectively hide their misdeeds from the public.

What the massive government breach means for your personal data

Mashable! by Sergio Hernandez

One in 14 Americans may have just lost tons of their personal information — everything from their Social Security Number and birthdates to notes on their finances, relationships and even sexual proclivities — to hackers in a massive cyber breach, a federal agency said Thursday.

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Filiz Taylan Yüzak (@ftaylanyuzak)’tan Londra notları devam ediyor: “Açıl Susam Açıl!”

After days of hateful AKP leadership messages, simultaneous explosions in HDP Adana and Mersin offices.. #TurkeyElections #GeçmişOlsunHDP

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including today's 2 attacks, 62 HDP offices attacked so far. previous attacks mapped: https://t.co/we1mYxNPzY

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HDP Headquarters Bombed in Adana and Mersin

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HDP’s provincial headquarters have been bombed in Adana and Mersin. There are three casualties in Adana. A flower pot sent a day before to HDP headquarter in Mersin exploded but didn’t kill any because it was in the balcony.

Just a few days ago: Süleyman Soylu threatened HDP leader Demirtaş: We can burn down there!

Erdoğan previously declared: Give me 400 deputies, so everything will be resolved in peace…

Akdoğan: It is better if HDP remains under the election threshold (10%)

Turkish government condemns bombing, HDP urges it to ‘be silent’

The May 18 bomb attacks in southern Turkey have drawn condemnation from the government and the Kurdish problem-focused HDP

One of the injured…

IN PHOTOS: Blasts hit two HDP buildings in southern Turkey

Simultaneous blasts hit two local headquarters of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in the southern Turkish provinces of Adana and Mersin on May 18

Bombs hit two HDP buildings in southern Turkey, injuring at least three

Bombs have hit two local headquarters of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in the southern Turkish of Adana and Mersin, weeks before the June 7 general election. Hidden in a cargo parcel and a gift-packaged flower pot, the two bombs injured at least three people on May 18.-

President, AKP’s past will be investigated: MHP leader

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has said he keeps records of what the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is doing and he will demand justice for the government’s wrongdoings when his party comes to power following the June 7 general elections

Turkish President Erdoğan defends top cleric’s use of luxury car

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has defended Turkey’s top cleric Mehmet Görmez over his use of an official car worth 1 million Turkish Liras ($435,000), which he vowed to return after strong criticism from the opposition.

CEOs forecast continued AKP rule with fewer votes, HDP to pass election threshold

A majority of top executives from Turkey’s largest companies believed the ruling AKP would be the winner of the upcoming June elections, but the party’s votes would decrease compared to the previous elections, according to a survey by Turkish economy magazines Capital and Ekonomist

Local tribes shift to HDP from AKP, ‘persuasion commissions’ cited as reason

A number of local tribes in southeastern Turkey that are known to have voted for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for the past 12 years have turned to the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), campaigning on the streets of Şanlıurfa in favor of the HDP

Turkish gov’t to bosses: Resist opposition’s minimum wage promises

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and several economy ministers of the government have criticized the opposition parties’ economic plans, particularly promises to increase the minimum wage, inviting business and trade groups to reflect on how these promises are “unrealistic.”

US spokesperson ‘surprised’ over continued interest around Ankara Mayor’s remarks

A U.S. State Department spokesperson who was called a “stupid blonde” by the mayor of Ankara has voiced surprise that journalists are still interested in the issue

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