Come to Turkey! “Turkey ranks 71st in UN Human Development Index

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Turkey ranks 71st in UN Human Development Index

Turkey has scored 71 out of 188 countries on the Human Development Index (HDI) for 2016, according to the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) latest Human Development Report.

Moody’s revises outlook of 14 Turkish banks to negative

Moody’s Investors Service has taken rating actions on 17 Turkish banks, changing the ratings outlook from stable to negative on 14 of the lenders.

Moody’s cuts outlook on Turkey credit rating to ‘negative’

Hurriyet Daily News

Moody’s late on March 17 cut its outlook on Turkey’s rating to “negative” as risks to the country’s credit profile have “risen materially” in recent months

Turkey’s unemployment rate rises to 12.7 pct, highest in seven years

Turkey’s unemployment rate hit 12.7 percent in December 2016, the highest since March 2010, while youth unemployment stood at 24 percent, official data from the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) showed on March 15

Turkey’s annual inflation up to double digits in February

Turkey’s annual inflation rate was 10.13 percent in February, according to Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) figures released on March 3.

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#Journalism agenda: NEW IPI website calls on Turkey to release the 148 people in jail for practicing journalism

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‘Sometimes I laugh at this farce’: six writers on life behind bars in Turkey

The Guardian – Kareem Shaheen – Mar 23, 12:00 AM

Six persecuted writers describe the mental and physical toll of living in the country that jails more journalists than any other

Revealed: the terror and torment of Turkey’s jailed journalists

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

Prisoners tell of solitary confinement and maltreatment after being caught up in ‘Kafkaesque’ media purge

Scores of imprisoned Turkish journalists face a Kafkaesque nightmare of legal limbo, farcical charge sheets, maltreatment and even solitary confinement in the country that locks up more reporters than any other in the world.

 

Avoiding articles from “the creep”: People trust news based on who shared it, not on who published it

 Nieman Journalism Lab by Laura Hazard Owen

From new mottos to television advertising campaigns, news organizations are refocusing efforts on why their readers should trust them. But new research suggests they should also focus on who their “ambassadors” are: The main factor in determining a reader’s trust in an article appears to be who shared it, not the news organization that published it, according to a study out Monday from The Media Insight Project, a collaboration between the American Press Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Piqd is combining expertise from academics, journalists and professionals to curate news

Journalism.co.uk

The German start-up founded in 2015 launched an international version of the platform in February

Study: Fake news more likely to be trusted if shared by the right person

The Next Web by Rachel Kaser

A new study confirms what you already suspect: Some people will believe anything if the right person shares it on Facebook. The Media Insight study, funded by the American Press Institute and AP-NORC, interviewed a sample of 1,489 adults on AP-NORC’s survey panel in the period between November and December last year. Media Insight created a series of fake social media posts sharing two identical articles from different sources — one article being published by the Associated Press, and the other by a fake site called DailyNewsReview. The participants were shown a mock-up social media post that showed the story being…

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Karadzic guilty of Bosnia genocide, jailed for 40 years

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been sentenced to 40 years in jail by U.N. judges who found him found guilty of genocide for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, as well as on nine other war crimes charges

Two Belgian ministers offered to resign over bomb suspect

EurActiv.com

Belgium’s interior and justice ministers offered to resign on Thursday (24 March) over the failure to track an Islamic State militant expelled by Turkey last year who blew himself up at Brussels airport on Tuesday.

Some thoughts on the psycho-geography of Europe’s free movement

open Democracy News Analysis – by Eva Hoffman

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Eastern European migration takes place in a very different context than it once did. What drives people to leave, and what drives them back again?

Debate: A new security framework for Europe?

euro|topics

After the Brussels attacks the EU’s interior ministers have convened for a special meeting to discuss how to respond to the terrorist threat. The exchange of information among European countries must be improved, some commentators urge. Others fear that the data could then end up in the wrong hands.

From Trump to Brexit: ripple effects of Brussels attack

EurActiv.com by Georgi Gotev

As Brussels reels from an attack by Islamic State jihadists, analysts warn of a ripple effect that could further whip up populist sentiment on the continent and in the United States and push the British to vote to leave the EU.

Germany’s election result is a warning to Merkel – not a far-right triumph | Mary Dejevsky

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Mary Dejevsky

With no mainstream outlet for discontent over migration, the real problem facing the chancellor is not AfD gains but the future effects of her deal with TurkeyHow bad is bad? As the results of Germany’s three regional elections came in, thelosses suffered by the chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right CDU were described as “dramatic”. In a vote widely seen as tantamount to a referendum on the welcome Merkel had extended to Syrian refugees, the verdict was interpreted as an unequivocal thumbs-down, with electoral momentum passing – almost unthinkable in Germany – to the xenophobic far right. The CDU was being punished for an unpopular policy devised and articulated, with uncharacteristic audacity, by its leader.

Brexit deal on EU migrants inspires Switzerland

EurActiv.com by Frédéric Simon

A February deal allowing Britain to limit the free movement of workers coming from the European Union is giving ideas to the Swiss, who would like similar exceptions applied to their own relations with the 28 member bloc.

The struggle for sans-papiers human rights

open Democracy News Analysis – by Upendra Baxi

Protecting the rights of refugees and migrants requires a response based in hospitality not hostility. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on thefuture of refugee protection.

 

The Vienna Insurrection: the conclusions

Brussels Blog by Duncan Robinson

On Wednesday, Vienna hosted nine countries – and 18 ministers – to discuss the migration crisis in the western Balkans. Despite the size of the diplomatic shindig, a few names were left off the list.

 

Transversal cultural spheres and the future of Europe

open Democracy News Analysis – by Nikos Papastergiadis

The pulse of cultural productivity no longer rings louder in the centre, but is dispersed around the peripheries, and paradoxically this location is often adjacent to those who feel stuck.

In the context of growing frustration over the techno-financial determinism in the European political landscape that has cast veil upon veil over executive functions and facilitated the normalization of neo-liberal regimes, a new cosmopolitical movement was launched in Berlin – DiEM 25.

Britain’s fabulous Brexit song is even better than the Trump Girls Freedom song

Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza

Britain is to hold a referendum on leaving the European Union, and the “Brexit” group—largely represented by the country’s nativist UKIP party—have a fabulous music video to promote their cause.

The mechanics of leaving the EU – explaining Article 50

Open Europe blog by Raoul Ruparel

The mechanics of leaving the EU – explaining Article 50

 

Five Comments on Britain’s EU Settlement

Ideas on Europe by Anthony Salamone

The UK’s renegotiation of its EU membership concluded on Friday at the European Council in Brussels. The text of the settlement is contained in the Council conclusions. We also now know that the EU referendum will take place on Thursday 23 June 2016. Some comments on the renegotiation and referendum:

EU agricultural emissions: On the table

EurActiv.com by Aymone Lamborelle, Laura Fernandez

The winners and losers in EU’s great privatisation fire sale

open Democracy News Analysis – by Nick Buxton and Sol Trumbo Vila

Selling state assets such as ports and airports in order to meet bailout requirements is not a realistic solution to the financial crisis.

 

Schengen in crisis as Belgium reintroduces border controls

EurActiv.com by Samuel Morgan

Border controls continue to be tightened across the EU as member states scramble to react to a refugee crisis that continues to escalate.

Debate: Spain on course for new elections?

euro|topics

The Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez has also fallen short of the majority he needed to become prime minister in the second ballot. Will the acting conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy now try to form a government or are new elections inevitable?

Debate: Court rules on “Jungle of Calais”

 euro|topics

The clearing of the southern part of the “Jungle of Calais” demanded by the departmental authorities has been delayed. Camp inhabitants and relief organisations are protesting against the eviction plan, and now the Administrative Court of Lille will rule on the case. Calais is yet another example of Europe’s failure to manage the refugee crisis, commentators observe.

Unexpected Border Closure Leaves Thousands of Afghan Refugees Stranded in Greece

Global Voices Online by Marianna Karakoulaki

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The castle where a Central European bloc was born

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

The castle where a new European bloc was born

Debate: Romanian president disappoints his fans

 euro|topics

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has criticised the tax authorities for demanding that a news channel belonging to imprisoned media mogul Dan Voiculescu vacate its premises. Disappointed that Iohannis is opposing a 2014 court ruling with his stance thousands of his Facebook fans, as well as the press, have turned against him.

Debate: Mob rages against refugees in Clausnitz

 euro|topics

An online video shows how an angry mob of roughly 100 demonstrators surrounded a bus filled with refugees arriving in the German town of Clausnitz and shouted abuse at them. The refugees were so afraid that they didn’t dare leave the bus. Another video shows a police officer forcefully dragging a minor out of the bus. For the German press this is proof of how brutal society has already become.

“Here Is Why Brexiters Are Completely Wrong On Trade” by Henning Meyer

 Social Europe Journal » Blogs by Henning Meyer

Henning Meyer

The fight for the UK to remain a member of the European Union is now fully on. The country will have a momentous decision to make on 23rd June this year. I unfortunately won’t have a vote on my future as a German living in the UK, the country I have lived and paid my taxes in for the last 15 years. But I will take the opportunity to debunk as many dangerous myths of the Brexiters as I can and I will start today with the economic argument about trade.

You often hear that “the rest of Europe sells us more stuff th

Debate: Can Cameron keep Britain in the EU?

euro|topics

The British are set to vote on whether to stay in the EU or not on June 23. The UK and its EU partners have agreed on compromises regarding London’s reform demands but the deal will only bolster those who want a Brexit, some commentators write. Others say that even if Britain doesn’t leave Cameron has already done irreversible damage to the EU.

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AKP Declining Proposal of Setting Up Commission On Child Abuse Steps Back

 Bianet :: English

AKP Group Deputy Chair Naci Bostancı has announced that a motion on setting up an investigation commission on child abuse would be submitted at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey plenum on the basis of an agreement reached with CHP, HDP and MHP.

Four political parties agree to launch a probe on sexual child abuse cases

All four political parties in the Turkish parliament have jointly agreed to launch a parliamentary inquiry into cases of sexual abuse against children following a tense debate late March 23

Sciences-Po Paris Cancels Conference Due To Oppressions Against Academics

Bianet :: English

Paris Institute of Political Studies has cancelled the conference “Refugee Question in Europe and Turkey’s Role” planned to be held together with İstanbul Aydın University due to the oppressions and rights violations the academics have been exposed to.

Freedom and democracy have ‘no value’ in Turkey, President says

independent.co.uk – Mar 18, 2:30 AM

The President of Turkey has said democracy and freedom have “absolutely no value” in the country after calling for journalists, lawyers and politicians to be prosecuted as terrorists. Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke on Wednesday as almost…

Everyone is Fair Game in Turkey’s New War on Terror

Global Voices Online by Arzu Geybullayeva

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey, gives a press conference after Erdogan had walk out of the session ‘Gaza: The Case for Middle East Peace’ at the Annual Meeting 2009 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 29, 2009. Copyright by World Economic Forum swiss-image.ch/Photo by Andy Mettler. Permission to reuse.

Dündar, Gül Visit Peace Watch for Arrested Academics

Bianet :: English

Can Dündar and Erdem Gül have visited the Justice Watch in front of Bakırköy Prison demanding freedom for the arrested academics. The Justice Watch will continue today and there will also be one tomorrow in Silivri.

100 writers call for release of Turkish journalists on eve of espionage trial

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by David Batty

Monica Ali and Margaret Atwood among signatories of letter to Turkish prime minister calling for charges to be dropped against Can Dündar and Erdem Gül

More than 100 leading international writers, including Monica Ali and Margaret Atwood, have called for espionage charges against two of Turkey’s leading journalists to be dropped on the eve of a trial, which could see them jailed for life.

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EFD Haftanın Web Projesi: Journo (@JournoComTr)

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26-27 Mart’ta Özgür Yazılım ve Linux Günleri Santralİstanbul’da #BilgiPRCC ev sahipliğinde…

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2002’den beri her yıl ilkbaharda düzenlenen, alanının en büyük ve köklü
etkinliği olan Özgür Yazılım ve Linux Günleri bu yıl 26-27 Mart 2016
tarihlerinde, Santralİstanbul’da yapılacak. Etkinliği, Linux
Kullanıcıları Derneği ve İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Halkla İlişkiler ve Kurumsal İletişim Yüksek Lisans Programı beraber
düzenliyor.Oturumların 3 paralel salonda gerçekleşeceği etkinlik boyunca 50’ye
yakın konuşmacı, 40’tan fazla konu başlığında bilgi ve deneyimlerini
izleyicilere aktaracak. Seminerler, kısa oturumlar ve hızlı konuşma
oturumlarının yanı sıra, çeşitli çalışma toplantıları da etkinlik
programında yer alıyor.

Özgür Yazılım A.Ş., BilgiO, Kartaca ve Logsign sponsorluğundaki Özgür
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26 Mart 2016 Cumartesi

1. Salon

09:30-09:45 Açılış Konuşmaları
10:00-10:45 Özgür Yazılım, Özgür Kültür / Barış Büyükakyol
11:00-11:45 Emacs: Özgür Yazılım Devriminin Editörü / Üstün Özgür
12:00-13:00 Copyleft Nedir? Türkiye’de Uygulanabilir mi? / Ege Orhan

            BilgiO A.Ş., Siber Güvenlik ve Açık Kaynak Kod (*) / Sena
Kamer, Çağrı Ersen
Özgür Yazılım, Linux ve Sanat / Gökhan Cilam
13:00-14:00 Öğle Arası
14:00-14:45 Kanunun Pençesi Nereye Kadar? Mahremiyet, Güvenlik, Suç,
Takip… / Yaşar Safkan
15:00-15:45 Git Sürüm Takip Sistemi / Sadık Faruk Çetin
16:00-17:00 Özgür Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri / Mustafa Ergan
GnuMilion İstanbul İşi Özgür Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemi / Orkut
Murat Yılmaz2. Salon

10:00-10:45  Docker ve Apache Mesos ile Ölçeklenebilir Mikroservis
Mimarisi / Ahmet Emre Aladağ, Ilgaz Şumnulu
11:00-11:45  Kubernetes ile Container Kümesi Yönetimi / Fatih Arslan
12:00-13:00 Pgbarman ile PostgreSQL Yedekleme / Aydan Taşdemir
PostgreSQL için SQL Sorgularının İyileştirilmesi / Mehmet
Emin Karakaş
13:00-14:00 Öğle Arası
14:00-14:45 Apache Kafka ile Mesajlaşma Kuyruklarına Farklı Bir Bakış /
Emre Akış
15:00-15:45 Node.js ve Apache Kafka Gerçek Zamanlı Uyarılar / Hüseyin
Babal
16:00-17:00 Büyük Veri ve NoSQL Uygulamaları / Doruk Fişek
Apache Spark İle Kişiselleştirilmiş Öneri Sistemleri
Geliştirmek / Şükrü Hasdemir

3. Salon

10:00-10:45 Open Web Application Security Project – OWASP, Bünyamin Demir

                     HTTP Güvenlik Başlıkları ve Türkiye’deki Sitelerin Analizi / Emre Kısa

11:00-11:45  Uygulama Güvenliği Sızma Testlerinde Başarı Oranının

Arttırılması / Onur Karasalihoğlu

12:00-13:00 Ruby on Rails Web Çatısı Güvenliği / Muhammet Dilmaç
Web Uygulamalarında Ödül Avcılığı – Av Gözünden / Gökmen
Güreşçi
13:00-14:00 Öğle Arası
14:00-14:45 SSL Protokolüne karşı Güncel Saldırılar ve Korunma Yöntemleri /                         Özkan Boztaş
15:00-15:45 Web Uygulama Açıklıklarından Sistemi Ele Geçirmeye Giden Yol /                           Fatih Emiral
16:00-17:00  HTTP/2 ve Güvenlik / Alp Özgür27 Mart 2016 Pazar

1. Salon

10:00-10:45 Raspberry PI ve Görüntü İşleme / Murat Gezer, Sefa Saylan
11:00-11:45 Python/Kivy ile Mobil, Masaüstü, IoT Uygulamaları / Güray
Yıldırım
12:00-13:00 Arduino ile IoT / Sertan Deniz Saygılı
FreePBX ile VoIP Santrali / Aykut Sağlam
13:00-14:00 Öğle Arası
14:00-14:45 Openflow ile Ağ Cihazlarında Yaklaşan Özgür Yazılım
Devrimi / Gökhan Akın
15:00-15:45 Siber Güvenlik Dünyasında Açık Kaynak Tehdit İstihbaratı
Kavramı / Çağrı Ersen
16:00-17:00 Siber Tehdit Gözetleme ve SIEM Olarak Açık Kaynak
Sistemlerin Kullanımı / Huzeyfe Önal

2. Salon

10:00-10:45 PisiLinux (Özgür Kedicik ile Yola Çıkalım) / Varol
Maksutoğlu, Mehmet Sütcü
11:00-11:45 Yine Yeniden Özgür Yazılım / Kaan Özdinçer, Necdet Yücel
12:00-13:00 Çalışma Toplantısı: LKD nereye gidiyor?
13:00-14:00 Öğle Arası
14:00-14:45 Django Girls Tanışma Toplantısı
Kadın Yazılımcı Tanışma Toplantısı
15:00-15:45 Türkiye’de Hackathon Kültürü ve Özgür Hackathon’lar / Halil
Kaya, Fatih Kadır Akın
16:00-17:00 Çalışma Toplantısı: LibreOffice Geliştirme ve
Yaygınlaştırma

3. Salon

10:00-10:45 Yazılım geliştirme sürecinde kalite ölçümü / Zafer Çakmak
11:00-11:45 JBoss Wildfly Java EE Uygulama Sunucusu / Hakan Uygun
12:00-13:00 YunoHost ile Tembeller için Self-Hosting / Uğurcan Ergün
Bilişim Güvenliğinde Kariyer Yapmak (*) / Okan Türksever,
Roy Büyüksimkeşyan
Owncloud ile Online Depolama / Güven Atbakan
13:00-14:00 Öğle Arası
14:00-14:45 Crystal Programlama Dili / Serdar Doğruyol
15:00-15:45 Sistem Yöneticileri için Java Garbage Collector / Koray
Oksay
16:00-17:00 Yeni Geliştiriciler için Rehber Hazırlanması / Ahmet Emre
Aladağ
Neden Meteor ile Yapamadık? / Roy Büyüksimkeşyan
PHP 7’nin Yenilikleri / Emir Karşıyakalı

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