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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Eurosphere agenda: “EU wants to know if Facebook lied about Whatsapp…

EU wants to know if Facebook lied about Whatsapp

EUobserver.com – Headline News

Facebook said in 2014 that linking WhatsApp’s phone numbers with Facebook was not possible. In 2016, it became possible, and it happened.

Idiocraski: the apocalyptic situation in Poland after a year of trumpism

Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

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It’s been a year since the Law and Justice Party won the Polish election, on familiar-sounding promises to drain the swamp and restore Poland to its former greatness: now school textbooks are being redesigned to downplay evolution and climate change and to recount a fanciful version of Poland’s history; the government is mooting giving hoteliers the right to turn away customers based on sexual orientation or skin-color;

Austria’s far-right seals pact with Russia

EUobserver.com – Headline News

Freedom Party leaders went to Moscow and signed an agreement with a politician on an EU sanctions list to cooperate with Vladimir Putin’s party.

Merkel faces backlash over Berlin attack

EUobserver.com – Headline News

The German chancellor says Monday’s deadly crash at a Christmas market was a terrorist attack, but calls for calm. Her critics are already blaming her refugee policy.

Swiss shooting: Gunman found dead near Zurich Islamic centre

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

A man who shot and wounded three people at an Islamic centre in Zurich is found dead.

Fear of populism is hollowing out Europe’s leadership on refugees

open Democracy News Analysis – by Benjamin Ward

Even where populists don’t win power through the ballot box, they gain it through shaping policy and public debate.

Donald Tusk at last year’s December EU summit. “We are being tested on all possible fronts”, he said. Image: Flickr/European Parliament. Some rights reserved.With a few exceptions, the success of populist parties in the polls has yet to translate into control of the executive in EU states. But insurgent populist parties have made progress in provoking mainstream parties to ape their political agenda and normalise their message for fear of losing votes. The result is that even where populists don’t win power through the ballot box, they gain it through shaping policy and public debate.

Debate: What are the fruits of the last 2016 EU summit?

euro|topics

The leaders of the European Union agreed at their summit in Brussels on Thursday to extend the sanctions against Moscow. They also discussed the refugee issue and the situation in Syria as reported by the mayor of eastern Aleppo. The press voices disappointment with the results of the last EU summit in 2016.

The 10 laws of Brexit

Jon Worth by Jon

Trying to talk to someone in the UK about Brexit? Don’t contradict the laws of Brexit!

Brexit means Brexit
The British are never to blame for Brexit or any of its consequences
Anyone seeing any problem with Brexit is talking the country down
Giving any detail about Brexit shall be ruled out as the government refuses a running commentary
Anyone doubting the sense of Brexit is guilty of not seeing the opportunities Brexit presents

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Friday, June 24, 2016

His majesty’s artists… 2016 Version

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Sort of an hegemony building I mentioned earlier continues.

As years pass and AKP’s rule intensifies, some of the popular personalities that used to be in opposition- some joined Occupy Gezi- began to switch sides, taking part at the powerful’s show off.

In an iftar hosted by Erdoğan, Burcu Esmersoy were the latest one to defect opposition. Some Twitter users reminded her pro-Gezi tweets along with a few other defectors:

His majesty’s transgender star (L) was at the iftar.. More photos here

Erdoğan dined with Turkish transgender star after clashes at LGBT rally

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

Turkish president and his wife had iftar with Bülent Ersoy hours after Istanbul riot police used teargas to break up protest

Erdoğan’ın Özel Kalemi’nden lüks mekanda 20 bin TL’lik iftar daveti!https://t.co/nGfwOKq8MC http://pic.twitter.com/LPwsIvfnhI

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Thursday, March 17, 2016

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Suggestion of Turkey’s PM to lift all immunities for Deputies MEANS abrogating the Parliament…

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Turkish PM suggests lifting all immunities

The immunities of all parliamentarians subject to criminal summaries of proceedings should be lifted regardless of their party, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said

Davutoğlu: Let Us Bring 506 Summary of Proceedings to Parliament

Bianet :: English

Prime Minister Davutoğlu in response to opposition’s proposal to lift all parliamentary immunities responded, “Bring it on…Let us bring 506 summary of proceedings to parliament”.

Motion to lift immunity of another HDP deputy submitted to parliament

The Turkish Prime Ministry has submitted a motion to parliament seeking the removal of the parliamentary immunity of Tuğba Hezer Öztürk, a HDP deputy from the eastern province of Van

Arrested Academic Esra Mungan: We Stand by Our Word

Bianet :: English

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Esra Mungan who got arrested with other two colleagues over signing the declaration of the Academics For Peace, has noted in her message to Boğaziçi University Peace Forum: “We stand by our word”.

German journalist leaves Turkey after he is refused right to work

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Associated Press in Istanbul

Der Spiegel correspondent Hasnain Kazim spent three months waiting unsuccessfully for new press card from government

The correspondent for the German magazine Der Spiegel in Turkey has left the country after waiting unsuccessfully for three months for his press card to be renewed.

Turkey to hire 15,000 police officers

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Devleopment Party (AKP) has submitted a bill to parliament to recruit 15,000 new police officers to boost counter-terrorism efforts after the Ankara suicide car bombing, according to documents seen on March 16 by AFP

Ankara bombing: Kurdish militants claim responsibility

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Constanze Letsch in Istanbul

Tak describes Sunday’s bombing, in which 37 were killed, as ‘vengeful action’ and warns of future attacks

A militant Kurdish group has claimed responsibility for the devastating car bomb attack that killed 37 people and injured at least 125 more in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday.

Statement from TAK Claiming Responsibility for Bomb Attack in Kızılay of Ankara

Bianet :: English

Kurdistan Freedom Falcons has claimed responsibility for the bomb attack in Kızılay downtown of Ankara killing 27 persons.

The best friends killed in Turkey attacks

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

The Turkish childhood friends killed in separate terrorism attacks

Terror group TAK says it is behind Ankara bombing

The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), a terror group linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack that killed 37 people in the capital Ankara

Debate: New bomb attack in Ankara

euro|topics

The Kurdish terrorist organisation the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons claimed responsibility on Thursday for last weekend’s attack in Ankara. It said the bombing, which claimed 37 lives, was a retaliation for the Turkish military’s operations in the southeast of the country. How can the situation in Turkey be defused?

Syria civil war: Kurds declare federal region in north

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)

Democratic Union Party delegates in Syria approve document that declares “federal democratic system” in country’s north.

The intentions of Syrian Kurds with self-administration

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)

From the outset of the Syrian conflict, the PYD has pursued its own self-declared interests.

Is a federal Syria desirable or feasible?

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)

Federalism can and should only come about with the approval of the Syrian people via a referendum.

The intentions of Syrian Kurds with self-administration

aL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)

From the outset of the Syrian conflict, the PYD has pursued its own self-declared interests.

Support for Füsun Demirel from Film Workers

Bianet :: English

Filmmor, Actors and Actresses Union, and Association of Movie Actors and Actresses have announced that they are in solidarity with actress Demirel who was dismissed from TV series because of her interview.

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Sunday, January 17, 2016

“Turkey’s national income per capita to decrease below $10,000”, the least of our worries…

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Turkey’s national income per capita to decrease below $10,000

Turkey’s national income per capita has been forecasted to decrease below $10,000 for the next two years, projected to lower to $9,286 in 2015 and $9,364 in 2016 on the dollar-basis rather than purchasing power in the government’s new medium-term economic program

202 workers poisoned by chemical in central Turkey

Some 202 workers were hospitalized on Jan. 16 due to chemical poisoning at a hosiery factory in the Central Anatolian province of Çankırı

Turkish academics released after detention for ‘terrorist propaganda’

Some 24 academics who signed a petition calling for an end to military operations in southeast Turkey were released late on Jan. 15 after being detained for a short period by police in the northwestern provinces of Kocaeli and Bolu

EU condemns Turkey’s arrest of academics as ‘extremely worrying’

The European Union on Jan. 16 condemned as “extremely worrying” Turkey’s arrest of academics who signed a petition criticising a military operation in the country’s southeast

Ara Güler biopic set for US premiere at Washington Film Festival

“The Eye of Istanbul,” a feature-length documentary film on the life and works of legendary Turkish-Armenian photographer Ara Güler, has been nominated for the Washington Film Festival

Kılıçdaroğlu re-elected as CHP eyes new era with new faces

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was re-elected as chair of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) for his fourth consecutive term at his the party’s convention over the weekend, saying he aimed to renew the CHP’s management with “more new and young faces.”

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Eurosphere agenda: “EU wants to know if Facebook lied about Whatsapp…

Friday, June 24, 2016

His majesty’s artists… 2016 Version

Thursday, March 17, 2016

EFD Haftanın Web Projesi: “Genel İzleyici” (@genel_izleyici_)

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Suggestion of Turkey’s PM to lift all immunities for Deputies MEANS abrogating the Parliament…

Sunday, January 17, 2016

“Turkey’s national income per capita to decrease below $10,000”, the least of our worries…

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