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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Refugee Crisis may also have a negative impact on scholars’ mobilities…

As many Turkish scholars are looking for jobs abroad, I hear a lot about that priority is given to those who have residency in the university’s host country.

UK universities seem to be particularly notorious about this. If two candidates have similar evaluations, priority given to the one who has not residency problems even if the other is slightly better. That’s one case I have particularly observed.

UK would prefer EU nationals over non-Europeans but I guess after the Brexit even that will be harder and for scholars from Turkey etc this will be even more difficult.

I will report about this particular angle when I have more details.

In looking for jobs abroad, current parameters of political economy of academy is felt too. Even if you believe you have done good stuff in the past, everything is boiled down to the number of citation-indexed articles or funded projects. Well life is never fair;)

Europe migrant crisis: Germany expects ‘up to 300,000’ this year

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Germany expects up to 300,000 migrants to arrive in the country this year, the head of Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees says.

Migrant crisis: Meet the refugee camp psychologist

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

A camp psychologist at the Kara Tepe refugee camp in Greece explains how refugees there take care of their mental health.

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Monday, August 31, 2015

New photo from Facebook August 31, 2015 at 07:48PM

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13 scandals of restoration from Turkey… A social fabric roundup…

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In Photos: 13 of Turkey’s historic heritage sites destroyed by erroneous ‘restoration’

The “SpongeBob” castle in Istanbul has rekindled debate on Turkey’s failure to protect heritage sites. Click through to see 13 sites across Turkey, destroyed due to erroneous restorations

In photos: 25 hilarious reactions to the tourist beating Turkish shopkeepers

‘If this tourist forms a political party, I’m voting for him,’ said a Turkish social media user on Aug. 26, prasing the Irish-Kuwaiti man who beat around 15 shopkeepers in Istanbul

Milliyet fires 7 journalists who are critical of government

todayszaman.com – Aug 28

The Milliyet newspaper has fired two columnists and five correspondents who had become known for writing reports that were critical of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government. Columnist Mehveş Evin, who was fired by the daily

Environmentally-friendly Dutch ports to be modeled in Turkey

The leading country in marine and port projects in the world, the Netherlands, will be a model for Turkey’s ports within an environmentally-friendly Green Port implementation

‘Adopt a Golden’ rescues dogs from Turkey: Report

A former vet tech from the U.S. has adopted a golden retriever from Turkey by the efforts of the rescue organization Adopt a Golden Atlanta (AGA), the U.S. media has reported on Aug. 30

Google honors Çambel on her birthday

The doyen of Turkish archaeology, Professor Halet Çambel, who died on Jan. 12 last year aged 98, was honored by Google with a doodle for her birthday on Aug. 27

Irish-Kuwaiti tourist to sue Turkish shopkeepers who attacked him: Lawyer

The lawyer of a Kuwait-born Irish tourist who was captured on video taking on 15 shopkeepers in Istanbul has said his client plans to sue the assailants

‘SpongeBob’ castle raises eyebrows

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Restored castle in Turkey looks to some like the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.

Floodwater reveals illegal dumping site in Black Sea town

Catastrophic rain that killed eight people in the Black Sea region of Artvin has revealed an illegal dumping site, as floodwater dragged piles of garbage towards the coast.

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Global call for Detained VICE News Journalists in Turkey…

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Global Rights Groups Call for Turkey to Release Detained VICE News Journalists

VICE News – Aug 30, 12:25 PM

Global rights groups have issued calls seeking the immediate release of four journalists working for VICE News who have been detained in Turkey since Thursday without being charged. Turkish authorities took British journalists Jake Hanrahan and

Rights groups call on Turkey to release VICE journalists

International rights organizations have called on Turkish authorities to release three people working for VICE News, including two British journalists, who have been detained in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır

Press freedom groups demand release of journalists held in Turkey

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

British reporter and photographer detained while covering Kurdish conflict

Global rights and press freedom groups have called on the Turkish authorities to release journalists working for Vice News who were detained on Thursday (27 August) in the city of Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey.

Up to 4 mln liras to be given to informants on terror acts

People who denounce the perpetrators of acts of terrorism could be awarded up to 4 million Turkish Liras, according to a new regulation that was published in the Official Gazette

America’s Dangerous Bargain With Turkey

NYT > Turkey by By ERIC S. EDELMAN /

By attacking Kurds, Turkey is undermining the United States’ strongest ally in the fight against the Islamic State.

Babacan, Çavuşoğlu may return to active politics

With less than two weeks to go to the convention of the AKP, the party leadership is now working on how it can best make use of its experienced politicians and whether they would run in early polls, including former Economy Minister Ali Babacan and Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.