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“İstanbul’s alternative photography spots”… Istanbul news roundup…
Pierre Loti hill (Photo: Kürşat Bayhan)
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Today’s Zaman
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İstanbul’s alternative photography spots
Within the general panorama of Turkey, there’s little question that İstanbul occupies a special spot in people’s lenses. But the shots taken of İstanbul .
Metin Akdemir is a filmmaker based in Istanbul. In 2011 he made a short film about street vendors in the city. The film, “Ben Geldim Gidiyorum” (“I’ve Come and I’m Gone”), won several awards in Turkish and international film festivals, and we think it’s a very valuable piece of work that captures a side of Istanbul’s culture that is slowly disappearing. We caught up with Metin to talk about the film.
Orhan Pamuk and Elif Shafak: Istanbul, city of dreams and nightmares
In reality, there is no such thing as Istanbul. There are only Istanbuls – competing, clashing and somehow coexisting within the same congested space
Discovering a Family History in Istanbul
Professor Erdağ Göknar became a scholar of Middle Eastern and Turkish studies after tracing his own family history to Istanbul during World War I
11th German victim of Istanbul attack dies
Berlin (AFP) – An 11th German victim has died of her injuries from a suicide bombing this month in the heart of Istanbul blamed on the Islamic State
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In case you missed- “Erdoğan transplants Turkey’s oldest olive tree for ‘green life expo’…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has taken part in a ceremony to replant the country’s oldest olive tree, which was uprooted after 945 years, at the site of a “green life expo” in Antalya
Mustafa Vehbi Koc, chairman of Turkey’s biggest group of companies, died[1] at a hospital in Istanbul on Thursday after a heart attack. He was 55. Koç Holding said in a statement that funeral prayers for Koç would be performed at Teşvikiye Mosque on Jan. 24 and that he would be laid to rest in the family grave at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.
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Restoration of Narmanlı Inn has begun with heavy equipment entering the inn, Beyoğlu Urban Defense and Archeologists Association İstanbul Branch has submitted a petition of complaint to Protection Region Directorate.
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Eurosphere agenda: In case you missed- “‘Hundreds’ of masked men rampage through Stockholm station beating up refugee children…
Hundreds of men were part of the mob, which marched through Stockholm’s main train station, reportedly targeted refugees via Aftonbladet
independent.co.uk – Jan 30, 5:14 AM
Hundreds of masked men marched through Stockholm’s main train station on Friday evening, reportedly beating up refugees and anyone who didn’t appear to be ethnically Swedish. Wearing all-black balaclavas and armbands, the men ‘gathered with the
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Davos chief Klaus Schwab
The annual Davos meeting, which opens today (20 January) in the Swiss Alps, will look into whether the forthcoming technological revolution can bring renewed prosperity in times of overwhelming challenge and mounting gloom
Andrea Lorenzo Capussela is the author of State-Building in Kosov
Angela Merkel, Germany’s conservative chancellor, has become the unlikely guardian of liberalism in Europe.
The Notara squat houses more than 100 refugees and migrants passing through Athens each night.
In the last two months, Poland has emerged as the latest European battleground in a contest between two models of democracy – liberal and illiberal. But while Poland is the largest EU country to embrace illiberalism, it is not the first, indicating a trend that must be combated.
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Cyberculture agenda: “Snapchat: The King of Millennial Micro-Moments…
In 2015, Snapchat put the world on notice that the app is an advertising force to be reckoned with — maybe the advertising force to be reckoned with. NamedAdweek‘s hottest digital brand, Snapchat commanded a reported $750,000 for brands to place ads, and the millennial darling reported more than 6 billion videos daily. Snapchat will become even bigger in 2016 as brands learn how to apply the app to create micro-moments for the surging millennial population.
On Criticising Charlie Hebdo on Facebook, and the Perils of Selective Freedom of Speech
The author’s Facebook post (L), and the takedown notice (R) he received within 24 hours of posting.
Report: 61% of Fortune 500 CEOs Have No Social Media Presence
Social integration across all levels of your business is a good idea for many reasons: faster customer service, more active roles from marketers, and a broader social presence overall.
Following up on yesterday’s fractal fun, here’s a real-time fractal zoomer on the web.
The cryptocurrency, still in testing, could be the closest thing yet to truly anonymous digital money.
If 2015 was the year of mobile and video, what will 2016 hold? Now that most social platforms and many of the companies doing business on them are thinking mobile-first, let’s take a look at what this year has in store.
Moovweb analyzed the 7 biggest mobile commerce trends today, such as the growth of mobile web and wearables. Here’s a glimpse at some of the bigger takeaways from the report:
SplashData’s report on the most commonly-used passwords finds a number of traditional disastrously bad choices performing well: “123456” comes out on top, followed by “password”.
After accusing Uber of “systematically” breaking the law back in October and resolving to crackdown on its activities in the Capital, the Mayor of London has now backed down in his five-minute rule fight with the company.
SAN FRANCISCO — Wikipedia is getting another source of cash for its 15th birthday, expanding beyond fundraising drives that have already poured $250 million into the Internet’s leading encyclopedia.
Refresh your memory with the setting of every episode of the show before the new Fox miniseries debuts on Sunday.
See how the free online encyclopedia has grown since its launch 15 years ago.
Wikipedia, aspiring to be the definitive free resource for the “sum of all knowledge,” is looking to build its nest egg to ensure a stabler future for the site, which turns 15 today.
Wikipedia celebrates 15 years of free knowledge with nearly 150 community events, new endowment. https://t.co/JlP8bh8C7N
— Wikimedia (@Wikimedia) January 14, 2016
Today, Wikipedia celebrates its 15th birthday. In Internet years, that’s pretty old. But it’s only just reaching maturity.
It has 38 million articles in 289 languages but critics say Wikipedia needs to do more to encourage diversity.
Google Drive is a blessing to anyone who wants to collaborate on documents or organize their own work. But it can get to the point where there’s so much to keep track of that finding the right file or folder is a challenge.
Denial of service attacks used to just be a nuisance. But they’re getting more powerful and more insidious.
Until now, streaming services have been a black box of unknown viewership data. But the Shazam of television seeks to change all that.
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