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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

From Turkey with Love: “‘Salt Bae’ Nusret Gökçe vows to be world’s greatest butcher…

Referandum campaigning: “Yes for the State”

Social media phenomenon ‘Salt Bae’ Nusret Gökçe vows to be world’s greatest butcher

The co-partner of the global Nusr-et chain of grill houses, Nusret Gökçe, who recently became a social media phenomenon for his meat-cutting and salt-drizzling skills, has vowed to become the “world’s greatest butcher.”

Militant who appeared in ISIL propaganda video ‘detained twice’ in Turkey

Hurriyet Daily News

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant who appeared in a propaganda video by the jihadist group threatening Turkey has previously been detained twice in Turkey and released, according to information gathered by the Doğan News Agency.

More than 215,000 people used ByLock: Indictment

Hurriyet Daily News

More than 215,000 people have been using ByLock smartphone app, an encrypted messaging application that is said to have been used by members of the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, according to an indictment prepared as a part of the FETÖ investigation.

Turkey’s President Erdogan wins power-boosting vote

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Turkish MPs vote for a new draft constitution which would heavily increase the president’s powers.

AKP MP revealed as holder of fake Twitter account with female name streaming charter talks on Periscope

A ruling AKP lawmaker has been revealed as the holder of a fake Twitter account, which had been streaming charter talks live on Periscope using a female name.

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New photo from Facebook January 25, 2017 at 06:13PM

Kenya ve Uganda arasında üzerinde ihtilaf yaşanan Migingo adasında 131 kişi yaşıyormuş. via Reddit. via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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Bu arada Jodhpur, India. via Reddit. via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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A report by @140journos : Turquois is the new color of Turkish State…

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devletin yeni rengi: turkuaz

cumhurbaşkanlığı, başbakanlık protokol halıları, polis üniformaları, tbmm, tcdd, milli takım formaları… türkiye’de devletin birçok kademesindeki törenlerde kullanılan halıların, nöbet tutan polislerin üniformalarının rengi yıllar içerisinde turkuaz olarak değiştirildi. devlet kurumlarında turkuaz rengin kullanımına 2013 yılında erdoğan’ın başbakanlığı döneminde başlanmıştı… More here:

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RSF Report: Journalism in death throes after six months of emergency in Turkey

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In this release, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) examines the persecution of Turkey’s journalists and media under the state of emergency proclaimed exactly six months ago today, and urges Turkey’s national assembly to repeal all the decree-laws that are incompatible with its constitution and its international obligations.

In the increasingly arbitrary clampdown on media freedom during the past six months, the authorities have jailed around 100 journalists without trial, closed 149 media outlets, rescinded 775 press cards, withdrawn journalists’ passports and seized their assets without justification.

In a letter sent today to the national assembly’s commission of enquiry into human rights, RSF asks Turkey’s parliamentarians to repeal the decree-laws issued under the state of emergency. A detailed legal analysis accompanying the letter shows that the decrees are unconstitutional and incompatible with Turkey’s international obligations.

“After six months of this state of emergency, journalism is dying in Turkey,” RSF secretary-general Christophe Deloire said. “Pluralism is in the process of being destroyed and the remaining media outlets live under a permanent threat, in a climate of fear and intimidation fuelled by certain leaders’ comments. It is time to end these arbitrary practices and return to the constitution’s guarantees of media freedom.”

Four months after its report entitled “State of emergency opens way to arbitrary rule,” RSF has conducted the following new evaluation of the increasingly arbitrary methods used by Turkey’s authorities against critical journalists.

Source: Journalism in death throes after six months of emergency | RSF

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Monday, January 25, 2016

Erkan in Bergen and Oslo, Norway for a few days…

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This is a pure vacation. I have no presentation, or projects to attend etc.

I came here with a dear librarian friend, and met with a former student of mine, Doğan Çelik who studies MA degree in Bergen University.

Quite relaxing after the hectic agenda in Turkey.

I will fly back to İstanbul from Oslo on 29 January.

As can be expected from my background, I have to visit black metal scenes. In fact, I feel like it is all past now after the notorious early years. Still I have visited

Fantoft stavkirke

The first church burned down by extremist Black Metal fans. Fantastic Church, it is a pity they did that. It is now reconstructed.

I have passed through

Grieghallen

A nice concert hall where the early black metal albums were recorded.

Well Bergen was the capital of black metal at one point. Honestly, I prefer thrash or viking metal but still black metal has the aura:) I will also stop by Helvete album shop (now a museum), Neseblod record shop in Oslo. Tonight I plan to stop by Garage, one of Bergen’s well known metal bars.

You can follow my route in this trip through my Foursquare history.

And of course there is more fancy stuff: