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Friday, December 16, 2016

For the record, “Turkish economy shrinks for first time since 2009

Turkish economy shrinks for first time since 2009

Hurriyet Daily News

Turkey’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by a bigger than expected 1.8 percent in the third quarter of 2016 on weak consumer spending and exports, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) showed on Dec. 12

Charter amendment draft submitted to Turkey’s parliament

Hurriyet Daily News

A constitutional amendment package introducing a shift to a presidential system was submitted to Turkey’s parliament on Dec. 10 after the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) struck an agreement with the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on the draft amendments

Erdogan’s AK Party submits bill to empower presidency

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Proposed changes seek to give president extended powers as head of executive while abolishing the prime ministry.

AKP takes major step for system change

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has submitted a 21-article constitutional amendment proposal that will usher in an executive presidential system with vastly enhanced powers for the head of state following an agreement between the government and the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

WikiLeaks Emails Show Turkey Tried To Hide Corruption Evidence
Vocativ

Though per its policy, WikiLeaks doesn’t reveal its sources, the Turkish Marxist hacktivist group RedHack had previously claimed credit for and leaked Albayrak’s emails. At issue is the fallout from Turkey’s 2013 government corruption scandal, which

Hacked emails: Erdogan’s son-in-law imported ISIS oil
WND.com
The emails originated with the Turkish hacktivist group Redhack, which announced Sept. 23 it had obtained Albayrak’s emails and would release them in three days unless the government released imprisoned leftists. When nothing was done, Redhack

WikiLeaks #BeratsBox proves Turkey processed ISIS oil – TruNews
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WikiLeaks has released emails from the Turkish President’s son-in-law Berat Albayrak which prove Turkey processed ISIS oil.

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Journalism agenda: “The wild west of automated news”

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The wild west of automated news. A Medium collection

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Centre for Community Journalism launches network to represent independent news publishers

Journalism.co.uk

The network will provide an online forum, training and advocacy for its members

The year of the fact-checking bot

Nieman Journalism Lab by Bill Adair

A year ago, I predicted that 2016 would be the year of Pinocchios and Pants on Fire. I said fact-checking would flourish, that seasonal players such as The New York Times would ramp up for the election and that candidates would often cite fact-checks to attack their opponents.

Philanthropists galvanize around news

Nieman Journalism Lab by Molly de Aguiar

2017 is the year that philanthropy stops asking, “Why should we fund news and information?” and starts asking, “How do we get started?”

For years, funders have averted their eyes from the alarming loss of journalism jobs and coverage of local and state issues. This presidential election made it virtually impossible for them to ignore it any longer.

I rate my predictions Mostly True.

VR moves from experiments to immersion

Nieman Journalism Lab by Ray Soto

2017 is going to provide an interesting opportunity for news organizations, thanks to voice-activated personal home assistants. These unassuming small internet-connected devices are powered by evolving machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms, built to deliver relevant and credible news catered to an individual’s preferences. Through audio cues, news will become conversational providing a consumer the opportunity to build a personal relationship with a news organization: “Good morning. What’s happening in the world today?”

Trusted news, at a premium

Nieman Journalism Lab by Jon Slade

The music industry long ago discovered that their most devoted audiences were interested in experiences above and beyond just the track, and willing to pay the price which accompanied them. A 2010 New York Times piece details some standouts: $900 Eagles tickets that buy you dinner with the band, an $800 photo-op with Christina Aguilera, and $1,750 Bon Jovi tickets which allow you to take your seat home with you.

Native ads are still very confusing to many readers, a new survey suggests

Nieman Journalism Lab by Shan Wang

Can readers tell the difference between news stories produced by a publisher’s editorial arm and the sometimes slippery — but often lucrative — native advertising that runs on publishers’ sites?

Forty-four percent of people shown a native ad couldn’t correctly identify the company that had paid for it, according to recent findings released by the content marketing firm Contently in partnership with the Tow-Knight Center at CUNY and Radius Global Market Research. Fifty-four percent of survey participants indicated that they had felt deceived by native advertising before. And 77 percent of survey participants didn’t even identify native ads as “advertising” — describing it either as “editorial content” (34 percent!) or a hybrid (43 percent). (Contently has done similar surveys and found similar results: that people misidentify native ads as news articles).

‘We are going after our future readers’ – Snapchat Discover and Facebook Live experiments at WSJ

Journalism.co.uk

The publisher has been experimenting in the last year, gaining loyal readers and changing the newsroom’s culture

Rhizome is working on an open-source tool to help archive digital content

Journalism.co.uk

Rhizome hopes its Webrecorder software will make it easier to store visual records of information and materials posted on social media

API or die

Nieman Journalism Lab by Trushar Barot

If you don’t use APIs in 2017, your media business will die.

trushar-barot Now that the over-dramatic opening is out the way, here’s what I think is going to be a significant shift in the use of platforms in 2017: the opening up of APIs, everywhere.

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New photo from Facebook December 16, 2016 at 10:00AM

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

In case you missed: Twitter fined by Turkey for failure to remove ‘terrorist propaganda’- “Number of child inmates in Turkey up 500 percent in five years…

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Turkey fines Twitter for failure to remove ‘terrorist propaganda’: Official

Turkey’s communications technologies authority, the BTK, has fined micro blogging site Twitter $51,000 for not removing content it says is “terrorist propaganda”, a BTK official said

Photos from Sur show destruction as residents flee area between curfews

A brief lifting of the curfew exposed the scale of the destruction, as residents packed their belongings before fleeing the district to safety

Photos of Destruction in Sur Under Curfew

Bianet :: English

Historical artifacts, houses, and streets are all ruined in Sur district where lifting of curfew lasted 17 hours.

Number of child inmates in Turkey up 500 percent in five years

The number of child inmates in Turkey’s prisons increased by five times between 2010 and 2014, according to newly released data from the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK)

Turkey declares ‘special security region’ by Syrian border

The Governor’s Office in the southeastern province of Gaziantep on Turkey’s border with Syria has declared a hot zone in the province a “special security region” for 15 days, in order to help security personnel fight against terror and breach threats

Arrested Turkish journalist thanks FEMEN for support

Daily Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Can Dündar, who was arrested over a report on weapons-filled intelligence trucks bound for Syria, has penned a note in appreciation of a message of support from FEMEN

Three journalists get suspended sentences for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan

Three journalists from daily Birgün were sentenced to 11 months in prison on Dec. 10 for allegedly insulting President Erdoğan, with the court later suspending the sentences

Barzani discusses stalled peace process with gov’t, HDP

KRG in northern Iraq leader Masoud Barzani said he discussed the suspended talks between the Turkish government and the Kurdish problem-focused HDP during his two-day trip to Ankara, expressing his hope for the resumption of the Kurdish peace process

From Can Dündar to FEMEN: Our Names on Most Efficient Riot-Billboard

Bianet :: English

Arrested journalist Can Dündar has thanked FEMEN for support message with letter.

Turkish gang leader avoids punishment in guard beating, probe launched

Notorious Turkish mafia leader Alaattin Çakıcı received no punishment after beating two prison officials, who suffered broken bones during the incident, a recent investigation has revealed

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Cyberculture agenda: A new study shows “Slacktivism” might actually be helpful…

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New Study Shows Armchair Activists Actually Make a Difference – Social media “slacktivism” plays an important role in social movements.

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In the wake of the devastating November terrorist attack that left 130 dead in Paris, Facebook photos around the world began appearing in the faded colors of the French flag: With just one click, users could express their solidarity.

Each time protesters take to the streets—from the Arab Spring to the Black Lives Matter movement—there are many who prefer to participate from the comfort of their homes instead.

YouTube ‘Rewind’ Video Proves Nothing Is Mainstream Anymore

Wired Top Stories by Angela Watercutter

There’s something for everyone in “Rewind”—but it’s not one thing for everyone.

The moral character of cryptographic work

Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

Bertrand Russel- Albert Einstein

Phillip Rogaway, an eminent computer scientist and cryptographer at UC Davis, has made a stir in information security circles with a long, thoughtful paper called The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work. (more…)

Bitcoin’s creator might be Craig Wright, but we’ve been wrong 15 times before

The Next Web by Amanda Connolly

Earlier today, just hours after Gizmodo and Wired published reports claiming to know the identity of the infamous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, an Australian businessman by the name of Craig Wright was arrested.

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Tragedy of being under curfews. A map

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Between 16 August – 12 December 2015, 52 times Turkish state declared curfews in Kurdish dominated cities in Southeastern Turkey. Data by Turkey Human Rights Foundation as given in the visual…

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Deputy’s home raided by soldiers, Tanks used within cities. #CizreyeSilopiyeSesVer

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-Asker; Kelepçe var mı kelepçe +Milletvekili Ferhat Encü: Getirmeyen alçak oğlu alçaktır. #CizreyeSilopiyeSesVer http://pic.twitter.com/ModW4txL1a

— Özgür Gündeminiz (@ozgurgundm) December 16, 2015

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Ferhat Encü: Neighborhoods in Silopi Hit by Tanks

Bianet :: English

Operation started yesterday (December 15) following curfew declared in Şırnak’s Silopi on December 14, HDP MP Encü said military and police use heavy weapons.

Turkish Airlines cancels flights to southeastern Şırnak amid clashes

Turkish Airlines has announced on its website that flights to Turkey’s southeastern Şırnak province will be cancelled for a second day on Dec. 16 amid curfews and clashes

Sokağa çıkma yasağına karşı sesini çıkarmak için #YasağıKaldır #CizreyeSilopiyeSesVer https://t.co/khBAG8J2VD http://pic.twitter.com/NDWdQN7Jvu

— Change.org Türkiye (@ChangeTR) December 16, 2015

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