Showing posts with label July 03. Show all posts
Showing posts with label July 03. Show all posts

Sunday, July 3, 2016

New photo from Facebook July 03, 2016 at 04:41PM

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New photo from Facebook July 03, 2016 at 04:41PM

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New photo from Facebook July 03, 2016 at 04:14PM

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Hagia Sophia again for domestic constituencies As retreating fast in Foreign Policy ambitions..

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 First call to prayer inside Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia in 85 years

A muezzin’s call to prayer reverberated inside the 6th century Istanbul landmark Hagia Sophia for the first time in 85 years on July 1.
In fact, the first call to prayer happened before:

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How Erdogan’s Turkey Is Changing From Conservative Democracy to One-Man Rule

Dynamic and yet conservative, increasingly turning to the East and yet still attracted by the European option, fascinated by presidentialism but not by the Iranian totalitarian model, Turkish society – and its leadership – escapes all Western categories for which it remains a complex puzzle. Reset discussed the matter with Valeria Giannotta, a professor of International Relations at the University of the Turkish Aeronautical Association in Ankara, while attending the conference entitled “Betting on Iran”, organised by CIPMO (Italian Centre for Peace in the Middle East) in Milan, Italy.

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EU opens new phase in Turkey membership bid talks WHILE Turkey’s parliament passes law to restructure judiciary, bolstering Erdogan…

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EU opens new phase in Turkey membership bid talks

The EU opens a new chapter in Turkey’s controversial EU membership talks, covering budget contributions to the bloc.
Turkey’s parliament approved sweeping plans late on Thursday (30 June) to restructure the high courts, in a victory for President Tayyip Erdogan that critics say will allow him to remove troublesome judges and tighten his grip over the judiciary.
Russian Economic Development Minister Alexey Ulyukayev has said that trade and investment relations between Turkey and Russia will be restored, according to a TASS report
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in late July or early August, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said July 3, private broadcaster NTV has reported

Turkey’s ‘bumpy ride’ into the European Union

The BBC’s Mark Lowen reports on the challenges facing Turkey as it tries to strengthen its case to join the European Union.

Putin officially lifts Turkey tourism ban

Russian President Vladimir Putin has officially lifted restrictions on tourism in Turkey after mending ties with Ankara over its downing of one of Moscow’s warplanes
Contrary to Presidential statement, Russian Leader Putin emphasizing Turkey has apologized to Russia expressed that the relations will normalize between the two countries.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 30 that Turkey had apologized for the shooting down of a Russian fighter jet last year, after Ankara said President Erdoğan had expressed “deep sorrow” over the incident
Turkey’s stalled European Union membership process gained new momentum on June 30, as a new chapter on financial and budgetary provisions was opened amid soured relations after the bloc asked Ankara to change its anti-terror laws before granting Turks visa-free travel to the Schengen area

Judge Denies Reza Zarrab’s Bail Request for Self-Financed House Arrest

Mr. Zarrab, a gold trader from Turkey, had asked to be allowed to live in an apartment under 24-hour armed guard and GPS monitoring, all at his own expense.
A U.S. court has ruled to start the trial of Reza Zarrab, an Iranian-born Turkish businessman who was arrested in Miami in March for attempting to evade U.S. sanctions on Tehran, on Jan. 23 next year

Judge Denies Reza Zarrab’s Bail Request for Self-Financed House Arrest

Reza Zarrab, a gold trader facing trial in New York, in December 2013. Mr. Zarrab had offered to pay for his own detention while awaiting trial.

Turkey- Reza Zarrab’s first hearing to be held in US in January 2017

(MENAFN – The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) A U.S. court has ruled to start the trial of Reza Zarrab, an Iranian-born Turkish businessman who was

US judge rejects gold trader’s bid for house arrest in Iran sanctions case

Turkish singer Ebru Gundes, left, with her husband, Reza Zarrab, who has been jailed in the U.S. on charges of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions.

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Funny: “Turkey among initiators of significant UN resolution on Internet and human rights… Cyberculture agenda…

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Turkey was one of the joint initiators of a significant resolution on “the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet” which was adopted at the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) on July 1.

BitTorrent Protocol Turns 15 Years Old Today

“My new app, BitTorrent, is now in working order, check it out here,” Bram Cohen wrote on a Yahoo! message board on July 2, 2001.

It was the first time a working copy of the BitTorrent code had been made available to the public, but the initial response wasn’t exactly overwhelming.

Until recently, politicians could safely ignore clicktivism.

Hacker Lexicon: What Is Full Disk Encryption?

The security at the center of everything from the Apple-FBI fight to a sweeping new Android vulnerability.

‘Mic drops and Twitter burns’: welcome to the 2016 US presidential race

Hillary Clinton’s rebuke to Donald Trump, ‘delete your account’, went viral and launched a wave of think-pieces. What does it tell us about the shallowness in American politics right now?

Hillary Clinton stops for a selfie. John Locher / AP/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.For Edward Snowden, politics is “the art of convincing decent people to forget the lesser of two evils is also evil.

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New photo from Facebook July 03, 2016 at 01:55PM

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“Significant Digits For The Istanbul Attacks

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Significant Digits For The Istanbul Attacks

You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the telling numbers tucked inside the news.

foreignpolicy.com – Paul McLeary – May 29, 2014, 5:16 PM

The Islamic State has waged a yearlong military campaign in Turkey that includes suicide bombings, unguided rockets fired from Syria into Turkish border towns, and the assassination of Syrian journalists living there. The June 28 attack on

Letter from Istanbul: ‘People are angry’

Istanbul – It was one of those texts you get just before switching off the bedside lamp. I was expecting it to be a loving goodnight message from my .

Photos Believed to Be of 3 Istanbul Attackers Emerge

Images have emerged that are believed to be of the three men who are suspected of launching an attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, killing 44 people
Three suicide bombers killed more than 40 people at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport on Tuesday evening. The Turkish authorities blame the IS for the attack. What goals are the jihadists pursuing with their terrorist attacks in Turkey?
The three men who carried out Tuesday’s deadly attack on an Istanbul airport were all from former Soviet states, Turkish media and officials say.

Across the world, from Australia to Amsterdam, landmarks were bathed in Turkey’s national colors of red and white on Wednesday as cities stood in solidarity with Istanbul.

Turkey says it has identified the Istanbul airport bombers

Three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers who killed 42 people in a gun and bomb attack at Istanbulairport this week were from Russi
Turkey’s in a Terrible Spot

Istanbul’s Atatürk International Airport was once a gloriously modern, efficient airport for a country with big ambitions. Over the last decade, it reached well beyond its capacity and became a frustrating slog for anyone accustomed to the hurry-up-and-wait aspect of international travel.

Carnage in Istanbul and the point of no return

Once the external anchor of Turkey’s democracy, the EU‘s normative influence has sunk as low as its reputation among its many erstwhile supporters, who now feel betrayed and abandoned.

Turkey Airport blasts. Family members of victims outside the Forensic Medical Center in Istanbul, June 29, 2016. Emrah Gurel /Press Association.

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Friday, July 3, 2015

You can visit Erdoğan’s Palace virtually

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In addition to watching gigantic iftar dinners…
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s office has released a video on the making of the gigantic iftar dinner table, which was criticized over its gaudiness and excessive cost.

If you would like to visit Erdoğan’s Palace virtually, click here

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