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Friday, January 20, 2017

A female deputy from the ruling party was particularly industrious in parliamentary debates on constitutional change…

Gökcen Özdogan Enç, Antalya MEP from AKP.

Amid Fistfights, Turkey Nears Parliamentary Approval of a New Constitution

NYT > Turkey by By ROD NORDLAND

The proposal, bitterly disputed by opposition parties, would greatly expand the powers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan if approved in a referendum.

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CHP’s Pavey, HDP’s Buldan Beaten in Parliament, Taken to Hospital

Bianet :: English

Following “intervention” of AKP’s women MPs into Nazlıaka’s protest on rostrum, CHP’s Pavez’s prosthesis has been dislocated, HDP’s Buldan taken to hospital and AKP’s Enç, who kicked Buldan in the chest, came to parliament with a neck brace.

Meanwhile, a CHP deputy in good relations with the Minister of Justice.

Turkey’s parliament set to approve sweeping new powers for president

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul

MPs pass elements of controversial bill that grants broad powers to country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Democracy in Turkey is now under threat | Letters

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Letters

Owen Jones accurately describes the circumstances in Turkey (What I saw in Turkey is an assault on democracy itself, 18 January). However, the development of challenges to democratic principles in Turkey predates Trump. These have intensified since the AKP government lost its parliamentary majority in the June 2015 general election. The most valuable part of any democratic governance, namely public contestation of political authority through free speech, right to public demonstrations, freedom of expression and press, have gradually eroded under various government measures initiated under the claims to security. These have accelerated since the attempted coup in July 2016. A series of legal cases against public intellectuals, academics and journalists has severely curtailed practice of these freedoms. Continued charges against these people and their imprisonment are leading to self-censorship.

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“Turkey houses the most child refugees worldwide and “40% of Syrian children in Turkey not in school

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Turkey houses the most child refugees worldwide

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Turkey has welcomed an estimated 2.7 million Syrian refugees

UNICEF: 40% of Syrian children in Turkey not in school

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Risk of ‘lost generation’ as UN agency says 380,000 Syrian child refugees miss formal education at present in Turkey.

Turkey blocks UNHCR access to Syrian refugees

EurActiv.com by Catherine Stupp

UN refugee agency UNHCR has been kept from visiting asylum seekers after they were deported from Greece to Turkey, according to a leaked letter from the organisation’s Athens office.

CHP leader slams curriculum change extracting Ataturk and İnönü

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has slammed educational policy amendments envisioning the removal of the founder leaders of Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and İsmet İnönü from the curriculum

Debate over Atatürk marks curriculum change in Turkey

Turkey’s new draft national education curriculum aims to “protect national values,” Education Ministry Undersecretary Yusuf Tekin said Jan. 15, amid claims that the curriculum devalues Turkey’s founding fathers

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Meanwhile in Davos, Low participation from Ankara at this year’s summit…

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Low participation from Ankara at this year’s Davos

There will be a limited participation from Ankara at the 47th World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 17-20, due to the ongoing debates over the constitutional amendment vote.

Rutte and Schulz take the gloves off in front of Davos elite

EurActiv.com by Jorge Valero reporting from Davos

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and former European Parliament President Martin Schulz clashed over the strategy to relaunch the Union, illustrating the deep division at Europe’s helm in front of the global audience of the World Economic Forum.

May flogs ‘Global Britain’ to world leaders in Davos

EurActiv.com by Daniela Vincenti reporting from Davos

In the wake of confirming that “Brexit means hard Brexit”, UK Prime Minister Theresa May opened her arms to the world at the World Economic Forum, saying Britain is a great, global trading nation and is ready to shape globalisation.

Davos warns ‘squeezed’ middle class needs attention

EurActiv.com by Daniela Vincenti reporting from Davos

Threatened by unemployment and stagnant wages, the middle class is increasingly feeling the pinch and falling prey to populism, as shown in recent elections and the Brexit vote, international and business leaders in Davos warned.

Joe Biden tells Davos: Russia ‘trying to collapse’ liberal order

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

The outgoing US vice-president uses his final major speech in Davos as a rallying call for liberals.

Davos 2017: UK bosses optimistic despite Brexit fears

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

UK business leaders are some of the most optimistic in the world, a PwC survey suggests.

Inside Davos summit’s Arctic basecamp

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

A replica of an Arctic basecamp has been set up by a group of leading scientists, as a call to action to global leaders attending the World Economic Forum summit.

EU counter-terrorism laws “stripping rights”, says Amnesty

EUobserver.com – Headline News

Human rights NGO, Amnesty International, says in a 70-page report that fundamental freedoms are being undermined throughout the EU given recent laws.

Top German court refuses to ban neo-Nazi party

EurActiv.com by Samuel Morgan

Germany’s Constitutional Court today (17 January) said the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) resembled Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party but ruled against banning it because it presented no threat to democracy.

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#Cyberculture agenda: “Botting Politics”..”‘Pokémon Go’ highlights efforts to solve the world’s biggest problems at Davos…

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‘Pokémon Go’ highlights efforts to solve the world’s biggest problems at Davos

Mashable! by Matt Petronzio

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People attending the world’s largest meeting of political and business leaders may meet some unexpected, lovable creatures this year — and for a good cause

Botting Politics

Global Guerrillas by John Robb

During the 2012 US Presidential election, the Romney campaign was accused of buying fake Twitter followers from a bot network after he gained a whopping ~150,000 new followers in one day. Romney’s following jumped 17% in one day, providing him with a significant bump in the general perception of his grassroots popularity and support for a paltry ~$2,700 ($18 per thousand followers).

Russia Allows Edward Snowden to Remain Through 2020

The Intercept by Ryan Gallagher

Edward Snowden’s exile in Russia looks set to continue after authorities in the country reportedly signed off on a new three-year visa for the former National Security Agency contractor.

Google reveals how it flagged 25,000 Android apps for malware

The Next Web by Bryan Clark

Using an open platform like Android means you have to be willing to take the good with the bad. Without stirring up an annoying Android vs iOS debate, it’s a fact that Android plays host to more malware than iOS due, in part, to its open ecosystem.

One of the Creators of a Massive Internet of Things Botnet Has Been Unmasked

MIT Technology Review

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

New photo from Facebook January 20, 2016 at 11:05PM

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New photo from Facebook January 20, 2016 at 06:00PM

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Peace bloc widens as more local and international support emerge for academicians…

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Support for Academics from Paris

Bianet :: English

In the conference where Etienne Balibar, Christian Laval and Vincent Duclert have taken place as speakers, importance of international support, in particular from France has been emphasized.

Academics Overseas Support Signatory Academics

Bianet :: English

212 academics of whom 72 are professors have declared their support for their colleagues signing peace declaration.

Turkish universities under petition pressure

Detaining university teachers through anti-terror police raids, just for signing a petition that does not even directly praise violence, is nothing short of Orwellian

British envoy expresses concern over detention of academics

British Ambassador to Turkey Richard Moore expresses concern over the investigation carried out against academics who issued a declaration on ongoing operations in the Southeast

Support for Academics from Colleagues Dismissed During Coup

Bianet :: English

Academics including lecturers dismissed from their positions at the university based upon the post-September 12 Coup Martial Law No. 1402, have launched a solidarity campaign with their colleagues.

Number of Journalists Supporting Academics Exceed 500

Bianet :: English

Over 500 journalists including Can Dündar and Erdem Gül have supported the academics being targeted and prosecuted for releasing a declaration calling for peace and resume of negotiations.

HDP, CHP Call to Release Academics

Bianet :: English

HDP has supported the declaration of the Academics for Peace, noted that the practices against the academics were unlawful and stated that the suspensions and custodies should be put an end to.

Support for Academics from Theater Workers

Bianet :: English

Theater Workers for Peace has said, “We include our voice with all our heart and conscience in peace call of academics for negotiation and peace”.

18 academics detained, over 130 face criminal charges amid accusations by president of ‘terrorist propaganda’

Turkish police have detained at least 18 academics who signed a petition calling for an end to military operations in southeastern Anatolia

Support for Academics from Film-Makers

Bianet :: English

Film-Makers for Peace have declared that they stand with academics calling for peace and negotiations to resume and that they support their call.

Support for Academics from Legists

Bianet :: English

As many as 2,000 legists have declared that they are in solidarity with academics signing the petition calling on state of Turkey to end violence and prepare negotiation conditions.

Turkey rounds up academics who signed petition denouncing attacks on Kurds

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Matthew Weaver

Ankara accused of violating academic freedom by detaining 27 signatories of petition calling for end to ‘massacre’ of Kurdish people

Chomsky hits back at Erdoğan, accusing him of double standards on terrorism

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Matthew Weaver

US academic says Turkish president – who has condemned leftwing critics for ignorance – has been aiding Isis, which he blamed for bomb attack on Istanbul

Turkey’s democracy limited to ballot box, Nobel laureate Pamuksays

Today‘s Zaman

Nobel laureate and author Orhan Pamuk has criticized recent investigations into academics and the detention of some of them after they called on the .

Academics for Peace: We Stand by Our Signatures

Bianet :: English

Academics for Peace have announced that they stand by the signees and their signatures on the declaration “We will not be a party to this crime”. They have re-expressed their demands for peace and have announced that they would launch the judicial process against the defamations and the threats.

Support for Academics from Psychologists

Bianet :: English

Association of Psychologists for Social Solidarity has said, “We declare that we oppose threats and oppressions, and support ‘peace and negotiation’ call by Academics for Peace Initiative”.

Turkish PM denounces academics calling for end to violence in southeast, urges them to condemn PKK

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has slammed hundreds of academics and intellectuals who called on Ankara to end military operations in southeast Turkey, urging them to condemn acts of the outlawed PKK instead

Probe launched into mafia leader’s ‘bloodbath’ threats against academics

A probe has been launched into public threats against the signatories of a petition calling on the Turkish government to end security operations in the country’s southeast upon complaints by lawyers

21 Academics of Kocaeli University Under Custody

Bianet :: English

Investigation warrant has been issued for 21 academics from Kocaeli University who have signed the declaration titled ‘We will not be a party to this crime’, 12 of them have been taken under custody.

Academics held over Kurd declaration

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

At least 18 academics in Turkey are held for denouncing military operations against Kurdish rebels, with 15 later released, reports say.

Minister admits delay in Hrant Dink murder probe

Turkish Science, Industry and Technology Minister Fikri Işık admitted that the investigation into the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink had been delayed, and blamed the “parallel state” for the delay

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