“International organisations condemn crackdown on freedom of expression in Turkey…

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International organisations condemn crackdown on freedom of expression in Turkey

A delegation of international civil society organisations visited Istanbul to demonstrate solidarity with writers, journalists and media outlets in Turkey.

The failed coup of 15 July, in which at least 265 people were killed, has traumatised the Turkish population and the government must bring those responsible for the violence to account. However, this must be done on the basis of specific, individual evidence of involvement in a crime and with full respect for international standards on the right to freedom of expression, the right to liberty and security and the right to a fair trial, to which Turkey has committed as a member of the Council of Europe.

The delegation condemns the Turkish authorities’ abuse of the state of emergency to suppress diversity and dissent, and calls upon the government to immediately and unconditionally release all journalists detained in Turkey without evidence and to cease its harassment of the few remaining independent and opposition media outlets.

The state of emergency must not be abused to suppress freedom of expression.

The mission led by ARTICLE 19, included representatives from Danish PEN, the European Federation of Journalists, German PEN, Index on Censorship, My Media, the Norwegian Press Association, the Norwegian Union of Journalists, Norwegian PEN, PEN International, Reporters Without Borders and Wales PEN Cymru. The representatives were in Turkey from 31 August to 2 September.

This viral image disseminated to point out major differences in a year in Turkey’s Foreign Policies…

No Syria plan without Turkish consent possible after Jarablus operation: Erdoğan

Turkey’s “successful and rapid” cross-border operation into Syria “to clear the border of jihadists has changed the world’s view of the region,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated, claiming that no longer can any plan in Syria be implemented without Turkish consent

Çavuşoğlu Statement on Mosul, Raqqa Operations

 Bianet :: Englis

Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu has stressed the importance of the Raqqa and Mosul operations. “If there is no ground operation it is not possible to destroy or even stop DAEŞ (ISIS) with airstrikes alone.”

Turkey allows German MPs to visit İncirlik after row

Ankara has given permission for German lawmakers to pay a visit to Turkey’s İncirlik Air Base, after previously refusing access amid a row over a bill in the German Bundestag labeling the World War I-era killing of Anatolian Armenians as “genocide.”

EU to roll out a million debit cards for refugees in Turkey

EurActiv.com by Samuel Morgan

The EU has announced plans to distribute debit cards to refugees in Turkey to help them meet basic needs as part of a multi-billion euro aid deal with Ankara to curb migrant flows to Europe.

Council of Europe: Turkey must separate coup plotters from Gülen employees

 EurActiv.com

Turkey must produce clear evidence in pursuing participants in a failed coup and avoid targeting teachers and journalists simply because they worked for firms run by the Muslim cleric Ankara portrays as its mastermind, the head of the European rights watchdog said Thursday (8 September).

Ankara, EU to hold first high-level meeting since Turkey’s coup attempt

A high-level political dialogue mechanism between Turkey and the European Union will convene in Ankara on Sept. 9 to overview the state of accession talks and the migrant deal, in the first such ministerial meeting since Turkey’s failed coup attempt on July 15

Turkey ‘deported 3,719 foreign fighters since 2011’

The number of foreign fighters deported by Turkey since 2011 has increased to 3,719, senior Turkish officials have said, noting that 51,976 terror suspects have been banned from entering the country in the last five years

Angela Merkel’s Loyalty Test for German Turks

 NYT > Turkey by By ANNA SAUERBREY

Should the chancellor be questioning their patriotism? Millions of Germans think so.

Turkey never declared US behind coup attempt: Deputy PM Kurtulmuş

Turkey never declared that the United States was behind the July 15 failed coup attempt, believed to have been orchestrated by U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has said

Turkish soldiers return fire on YPG militants: Military officers

Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militants opened fire on a Turkish border post on Sept. 7 and Turkish soldiers returned fire, Turkish military officials in the region said on Sept. 8

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#PUB204 this semester (II). What have I done in my most experimental course, Digital Cultures (#PUB204)

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In a previous PUB204 class, we have created a fictive Web TV channel…

I was hoping to write earlier. Weeks passed after the first part and I lost track a little bit.

Anyways, the course used to have a heavy social media base but I did intend to change outcomes towards digital media productions, not necessarily social media based. I have noted 4 projects previously. Students who were around 150 worked in 4 major groups. I should note that class size was still a burden despite the help from two dear research assistants, Anıl Sayan and Vehbi Görgülü. Next, I should think about a smaller class size. However, despite all, I believe we have reached a satisfying level of success.

A group students worked with a SUNY (State University of New York) Broome class headed by Regina Eckert. This was a COIL project. The result was a reference a wiki site on the 4th Crusade that ended up conquering Constantinople by Crusaders.

Our second and most ambitious project was to create a mobile app inspired by Swarm. We will have it ready for beta-testing by September. A well-known dietitian Dilara Koçak will be our sponsor!

Our third project was to create a digital archive for Gezi Protests. The project is open-ended and needs more editing and contributions but here is what we have so far: The Gezi Archive  You are more than welcome to contribute.

Our fourth project was to produce a whole season of SosyalKafa, my ongoing local TV show. And we did: Here is the playlist:

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An article from by @graphcommons : “Analyzing data networks”

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Analyzing data networks

Analyzing data via visual methods helps you gain better insight about complexity. Whether you dig in a leaked database, investigate intermingled interactions of an ecosystem, manage your networked organization, or curate a large archive, you start making sense of a complex issue by mapping its actors and relations. As a fundamentally human thought process, mapping helps us navigate particular links among the actors while seeing the patterns in the bigger picture, and gain insight throughout this journey. We’ve been tailoring interfaces and processes to make such an experience as intuitive as possible on the Graph Commons platform.

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