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Sunday, November 20, 2016

“Istanbul’s new airport wins design award in Berlin” -Istanbul news roundup…

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Someone discovered an affinity between Trump and Istanbul map.

Istanbul’s new airport wins design award in Berlin

Istanbul’s planned new airport has received a design award at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin

50 migrants escape from resettlement center in Istanbul, set building on fire (VIDEO)

Some 50 migrants, mostly from Afghanistan and Pakistan, have set a refugee resettlement center in Istanbul ablaze and used the fire as an opportunity …

Refugees escape from deportation center setting building on fire in central Istanbul – Hurriyet Daily News

50 migrants escape from repatriation center in Istanbul – Xinhua

Stolen statue of beloved Istanbul cat returned

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Bronze sculpture of Tombili, star of countless internet memes, reappears after social media outcry.

Exhibit traces the cultural landscape around Istanbul’s land walls

A new exhibition by Koç University’s Research Center for Anatolian Civilization (ANAMED) puts the walls of Istanbul and the surrounding area under the spotlight

High-end Residential Developments Rising Throughout Istanbul

Mansion Global

The Tarlabaşı 360, a new mixed-use project in Istanbul which mixes the 19th Century building style of the area with sleek contemporary interiors

e-flux debuts an architectural edition for the Istanbul Design Biennial

The Architect’s Newspaper

As part of the 3^rdIstanbul Design Biennial, the newly created e-flux Architecture, a division of the online art publication e-flux, is curating a reading

New Istanbul airport is set to open in 2018: Erdoğan

The first section of Istanbul’s third airport is planned to open in 2018, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, underlining the economic importance of the government-backed construction projects.

Istanbul Armenian school walls Vandalized with anti-Armenian Graffiti

Public Radio of Armenia

The exterior walls of the Bomonti Mkhitarian Armenian School of Istanbul were vandalized with anti-Armenian graffiti recently. “One night, we suddenly

The last station: Burhan Sönmez on gentrification, fire and protest in Istanbul

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Burhan Sönmez

All Turkish authors are destined to write about Istanbul, sooner or later. While doing this very thing, author Sönmez examines the changing face of Turkey’s biggest city

By Burhan Sönmez for The Writing Life Around the World from Electric Literature, part of the Guardian Books Network

Stolen ‘Tombili’ cat sculpture returned in Istanbul

The small sculpture erected in memory of Istanbul’s iconic cat “Tombili,” which was stolen on Nov. 8, has been returned to its original spot after a social media outcry

Thousands to run from Asia to Europe in Istanbul Marathon

Hurriyet Daily News

Thousands of people will meet in Turkey’s biggest city on Nov. 13 to run the Istanbul Marathon, the world’s only road race where people can cross from

Contemporary Istanbul 11 years old

Contemporary Istanbul, where several new and good pieces of world and Turkish visual art are being exhibited, was opened with a special activity this week.

Contemporary Istanbul attacked by group

Members of religious groups attacked Turkey’s 11th contemporary art fair, Contemporary Istanbul, late on Nov. 3 in protest over a sculpture that displayed the likeness of Sultan Abdulhamit, an Ottoman sultan known for his conservatism.

Artist withdraws work from Contemporary Istanbul

Turkish artist Ali Elmacı has withdrawn a sculpture of his from the 11th Contemporary Istanbul art festival following an attack on it on Nov. 3.

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Ephebophilia*

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*Ephebophilia is the primary or exclusive adult sexual interest in mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15 to 19. The term was originally used in the late 19th to mid 20th century. It is one of a number of sexual preferences across age groups subsumed under the technical term chronophilia. Ephebophilia – Wikipedia

The pro-AKP press headlines today will go down in history as great moments in the heroic defence of paedophilia (or at least hebephilia) https://t.co/1fjieYfIbx

— Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) November 19, 2016

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Cyberculture agenda: “Livestreaming Is Transforming Activism Around the World…

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How Livestreaming Is Transforming Activism Around the World

Wired Top Stories by Lexi Pandell

In some countries, livestreaming an event can get you thrown in jail. Explore the promise and peril of using your smartphone to fight the power worldwide.

Snap’s Spectacles Are the Beginning of a Camera-First Future

Wired Top Stories by David Pierce

Cameras aren’t just for pictures anymore. They’re for helping computers see the world, and helping us see each other.

Snap Inc. Files for IPO (Report)

All Facebook by David Cohen

Did a Snapbot make a surprise appearance at Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters, or did Snapchat parent Snap Inc. file its initial public offering documents via a more traditional courier?

Lauren Hirsch, Liana B. Baker and Matthew Toole of Reuters reported that Snap Inc. secretly filed for an IPO at some point before Election Day, noting that secret IPO filings are permitted for companies with less than $1 billion in revenue.

Alt-right accounts suspended after Twitter anti-troll announcement

Mashable! by Gianluca Mezzofiore

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Twitter has suspended a number of accounts linked with the alt-right movement after announcing new features and policy changes in a bid to combat abuse on the platform.

Your search history could be an early detector for lung cancer

The Social Software Weblog

“You may have lung cancer. Please consult a physician.” That’d very likely be the worst alert you could ever see on your phone, right? In the future, though, it could be a reality. By looking at anonymous search history and cross-referencing it with…

US judge orders FBI, CIA, NSA to disclose Occupy spying

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US agencies have 60 days to turn over data related to surveillance of income inequality protesters in Philadelphia.

The Importance of Social Proof in the Digital Space

Social Media Today by Chiara Di Rago

The consumer purchase process has changed, and influencers now play a much bigger role in boosting your brand message.

Report: Snapchat secretly, officially filed for its IPO

The Social Software Weblog

It’s no secret that Snap Inc. (aka Snapchat) has been thinking about selling stock to the public, but it looks like it has officially — and quietly — pulled the trigger. According to a report from Reuters the messaging company confidentially filed

Twitter’s rolling out new features to tackle trolls and crappy hashtags

The Next Web by Lauren Gilmore

Oh coveted mute button. The long-overdue, though recently enabled and then removed new feature from Twitter has finally made its official debut. The ‘muted words’ feature allows users to filter out potentially disturbing content.

Expert says AI-driven sex robots will blow you… away

The Next Web by Bryan Clark

The only possible culmination of AI research is packing it neatly inside a synthetic body and having sex with it.

U.S. internet giants ask Trump to support encryption, net neutrality, and reform domestic surveillance

Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) says a few words of support for Donald Trump (L) at a campaign rally in Naples, Florida, U.S. October 23, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

The US-based trade group The Internet Association has released a policy roadmap for Trump’s incoming administration and the GOP-led Congress with proposals “to enable continued growth and success in the internet ecosystem, and in turn, the U.S. economy.

Regardless of Its Influence on the Election, Facebook Needs to Change

MIT Technology Review

The social network may not want to be a media company, but it must stamp out fake news.

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Eurosphere agenda: “France prolongs state of emergency..

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MAIN FOCUS: France prolongs state of emergency | 20/11/2015

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The French National Assembly on Thursday voted to prolong the state of emergency in the country for a period of three months. This step allows the authorities to impose curfews and carry out searches without a warrant, among other measures. France has sacrificed its civil rights in the interests of counter-terrorism, some commentators criticise. Others call for security laws to be tightened across Europe.

A week after the Paris attacks, many questions remain unanswered

Mashable! by Megan Specia

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One week after gunmen carried out a coordinated attack in central Paris, investigators are still working to unravel the plot behind the assault

Cybersecurity in the European Union and Beyond

RAND: Latest Publications from RAND

The study seeks to better understand cybersecurity threats and existing cybersecurity capabilities in the European Union and the United States, examining in tandem transnational cooperation and perceptions of the effectiveness of the EU response.

France to ‘intensify Syria operations,’ says President Hollande

France is to ‘intensify Syria operations’ after the Paris attacks, said French President François Hollande, while police raided homes of suspected Islamist militants across France overnight arresting 23 people, as French fighter aircrafts have bombed ISIL targets in Syria’s Raqqa city late Nov. 15

World Forum for Democracy Day 3, storified

open Democracy News Analysis –

Twitter coverage of the WFD 2015 on “Freedom vs Control: For a Democratic Response”, Strasbourg, 18-20 November 2015. See Day 1, Day 2.

MAIN FOCUS: Paris and Moscow wage war on IS | 19/11/2015

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Since the attacks in Paris, France has intensified its airstrikes against IS positions in Syria, in cooperation with Russia. But bombing alone will hardly ensure a victory over the terrorist organisation, some commentators write. Others enjoin the Western powers not to let themselves be drawn into a ground war.

MAIN FOCUS: France invokes mutual defence clause | 18/11/2015

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Paris called for military support from the EU states and invoked the Treaty of Lisbon on Tuesday evening to counter the terrorist threat. New methods are needed in the war against the IS terrorist organisation, write some commentators. Others point to the risks associated with activating the mutual defence clause.

29 journalists take European Parliament to court

EurActiv.com

Twenty-nine journalists have filed 27 complaints with the European Court of Justice against the European Parliament, which allegedly refused to give information on how MEPs spend their allowances

Global Voices Online

Since the Copenhagen negotiations, the global population has passed 7 billion people. Photo by Flickr user James Cridland. CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0

The Paris talks beginning November 30 will mark the most important negotiations on climate change since the 15th gathering of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen in 2009 (COP 15). The world has changed markedly since then. Part one of this postexamined key developments in science and emission trends. Part two below takes a look at how politics and attitudes have shifted in the last six years.

Why Did the Killers Target the Eagles of Death Metal Concert?

Slate Articles by Justin E.H. Smith

PARIS—I got home to my apartment in the 19^th arrondissement two hours late Friday night, well after midnight, having made my way from the Gare de Lyon by bicycle through the neighborhoods of Paris around the Bataclan. A large segment of the 10^th and 11^th arrondissements had been cordoned off as a security zone, as the police planned to raid that concert venue and put an end to a rapidly worsening hostage crisis.

Malcolm Turnbull’s reality check finds him adrift in Europe’s sea of uncertainty | Katharine Murphy

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Katharine Murphy

The Australian PM went to the G20 at ease among the world’s great powers and confident in his trade and economic agenda. Then Paris changed everything