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Thursday, November 10, 2016

from NYT: “Transcript: Donald Trump on NATO, Turkey’s Coup Attempt and the World” and a roundup…

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nytimes.com – The New York Times – Jul 21, 1:39 AM

SANGER: Or to take on the burden themselves. TRUMP: Or, if we cannot make the right deal, to take on the burden themselves. You said it wrong because you said or — or if we cannot make the right deal for proper reimbursement to take on the

Bloomberg.com – More stories by Sarah Frier – Nov 9, 3:53 PM

America just endured its first presidential election in which the majority of the electorate got its news from social media. And the outcome is already prompting soul searching by the companies that shaped it. Facebook Inc. will have to contend

theguardian.com – Olivia Solon – Nov 9, 11:52 AM

Hyperloop co-founder said he would fund ‘Calexit’ campaign for Democratic state to become its own nation as tech industry has been at odds with Trump

 

nytimes.com – Farhad Manjoo – Nov 9, 1:15 PM

For some, buried in the visceral reaction was also a realization that the tech industry’s relationship with government — not to mention the public — looks bound to shift in a fundamental way. During the Obama years, Silicon Valley

To put it bluntly, the media missed the story. In the end, a huge number of American voters wanted something different. And although these voters shouted and screamed it, most journalists just weren’t listening. They didn’t get it. They didn’t get

niemanlab.org – Joshua Benton – Nov 9

One way to think of the job journalism does is telling a community about itself, and on those terms the American media failed spectacularly this election cycle. That Donald Trump’s victory came as such a surprise — a systemic shock, really

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Syrian refugees: we were tricked into returning to Turkey

Allegations that young family was deported despite lodging asylum claims in Greece weaken basis for EU-Turkey deal

A group of Syrian refugees including a couple with four young children detained in Turkey say they were tricked into being deported from Greece last month without having their asylum claims processed.

A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on Turkey was prepared one-sidedly and does not show the concrete facts, Turkey’s Justice Ministry has stated in a detailed report issued in response to the New York-based human rights group’s claims of torture during post-coup operations.

Vía Erkan’s Field Diary http://erkansaka.net/2016/11/10/from-nyt-transcript-donald-trump-on-nato-turkeys-coup-attempt-and-the-world-and-a-roundup/


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Sunday, June 5, 2016

Turkey’s leaders’ reaction to Genocide Resolution: From conspiracy theories to targeting Turkish-German deputies…

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slammed Germany over the Bundestag’s approval of an “Armenian genocide” bill on June 4, saying his country would never accept the accusation that its forefathers committed genocide

Ankara to Berlin: You burned the Jews in ovens, and accuse Turkey of genocide

Turkey reacted with fury on Thursday (2 June) after the Bundestag labelled the World War I massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide, threatening further measures.

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Turkish newspaper covers following the German reognition of the Armenian genocide (credit to /u/gyumreci) (i.imgur.com)

Turkey will make a sound assessment before it imposes measures against Germany in reaction to a parliamentary recognition of the 1915 killings of Anatolian Armenians as “genocide,” the Turkish prime minister has said, underlining that Turkey will not totally destroy its ties with an important ally
President Erdoğan proclaims that a German coterie is hatching nefarious plots against Turkey, particularly with a recent ‘genocide’ bill
President Erdoğan proclaims that a German coterie is hatching nefarious plots against Turkey, particularly with a recent ‘genocide’ bill

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Thursday, May 26, 2016

EU leadership may be getting tired of Turkey’s threats: “Turkey ‘threats’ over migrant deal won’t work: Juncker”

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Turkey must uphold its side of a deal made with the European Union over stemming the flow of migrants, a top EU official said May 26, warning “threats” against the bloc will not work
Turkey is not “bluffing” or uttering “threats” when it says it could suspend all agreements signed with the European Union, including an agreement on the readmission of people residing in the EU without authorization, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday (23 May) of her “deep concern” over the state of democracy in Turkey and voiced doubt that a plan to offer Turks visa-free travel to the EU would be implemented on time.

Leaders, NGOs meet in Istanbul for first humanitarian summit

New deal on humanitarian financing signed at summit inIstanbul

The World Humanitarian Summit in Turkey was conceived by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to draw attention to the growing humanitarian crisis

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