Antiques Festival in Taksim Square (to boost declining Taksim area popularity)- Istanbul news roundup…

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Antiques Festival to Begin on Taksim Square Still Under Construction

Bianet :: English

Beyoğlu Municipality has initiated a series of festivals which will continue for 50 days. The events aim at reviving İstanbul’s Beyoğlu district which has become dull and empty following the bombing and the coup attempt. However, not even the construction of Taksim Square, one of İstanbul’s most important squares, has been completed yet.

Poetry and litterature festival in Istanbul

Poets and writers from various countries will be hosted in events in various venues of Istanbul during the Istanbul Poetry and Literature Festival to start on Sept 28

A corner in the world’, art beyond conflict in Istanbul

ANSAmed

ISTANBUL – Culture in the Middle East is trying to move on, despite the rubble in Syria and sectarian conflicts in Iraq, as well as the shock over the …

‘A corner in the world’, art beyond conflict in Istanbul – ANSAmed

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Journalism agenda: “A Journalist’s Guide To Approaching Social Sources”

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Download this new guide to approaching social sources for journalists

First Draft News by Alastair Reid

Two weeks ago the movie Sully opened, a dramatic recreation of the circumstances surrounding Flight 1549 which crashed into the Hudson River in 2009 with Captain Sullenberger at the controls. I’ve yet to see the film, but I doubt they feature much about Janis Krums, the man who tweeted this picture from the ferry he was on at the time.

A Journalist’s Guide To Approaching Social Sources

Tool for journalists: Reveal Project’s tweet verification assistant

 Journalism.co.uk

This free tool can help journalists figure out whether an image posted on Twitter is real, before going through the process of reaching out to eyewitnesses

WashPost makes history: first paper to call for prosecution of its own source

open Democracy News Analysis – by Glenn Greenwald

News organisations usually owe duties of protection to their sources. The Washington Post is making history as the first paper to call for the prosecution of Edward Snowden, its own source, after accepting the Pulitzer Prize.

Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden speaks via video conference in February 2016. Credit: Juliet Linderman/ AP/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.

27 media companies band together in an attempt to sell better ads

 Mashable! by Patrick Kulp

Between hush-hush widespread fraud, clunky and inconsistent load times and consumer wariness that’s driving people to ad blockers, the digital ad industry has a clear crisis of trust.

Voters are using YouTube for election news in ways you wouldn’t expect

Mashable! by Saba Hamedy

LOS ANGELES — YouTube is looking to make its on-demand generation of viewers into a generation with demands. The best way to do that, it recently found: through the most popular creators, whose fans actively seek them out for 2016 election information, believe it or not.

Survey of large publishers: 30 percent of our website visits come from Facebook

Nieman Journalism Lab by Joseph Lichterman

For publishers, Facebook is the proverbial 800-pound gorilla in the room: They know they have to deal with it, but they aren’t always sure of the best strategy for approach.

A new report out today from the International News Media Association attempts to deal with that problem by providing an overview of how Facebook works and outlining some ways publishers can use the platform to reach readers and potentially generate revenue. The report was written by Grzegorz Piechota, a former Nieman Fellow who is now a research associate at the Harvard Business School.

For many legacy news organizations in Europe, digital disruption comes with new ideas but few answers

 Nieman Journalism Lab by Shan Wang

It’s hard not to sound like a broken record here, but the digital media environment has upended everything legacy publishers have relied on for decades: a robust print product, advertising revenue, loyal readers who get their news directly from a news organization, and even the good old written word.

A new Reuters Institute report detailing these changes at 25 private-sector legacy news organizations across six countries in Europe reaffirms familiar trendlines in digital publishing.¹ Through dozens of interviews with senior leadership, editors, and strategists, the report also pulls together insight on new initiatives many of these publishers have undertaken to set their news operations on the right digital course — though there is, of course, no consensus on what that right course should be. (The authors tried to strike a balance between national newspapers, commercial broadcasters, and regional newspapers, so the challenges do vary sector to sector.)

Slate, now 20 years old, reflects on the value of taking the long view and not chasing digital media trends

Nieman Journalism Lab by Shan Wang

Being contrarian sometimes pays off. Online magazine Slate is now 20 years old, and while its strong takes are stronger than ever and its contrarianism as contrarian as ever, it’s also more self-aware — and far past its pimply, tumultuous teenage years, thanks in part to its well-positioned audio sibling Panoply.

Getting started in social newsgathering, verification, debunking and more

First Draft News by Alastair Reid

First Draft decamped to Denver for the Online News Association annual conference last week, armed with 15 mini-presentations for the great and good of digital journalism.

We’ve pulled them together into the core topics and shared them here for everyone who couldn’t make the conference. Looking to get started in social newsgathering, verification and handling fake news? Look no further.

As always, if you think we missed anything or there are any other topics you would like more information on, don’t hesitate to let us know.

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Because Turkey is very consistent, She “criticizes US over ‘inconsistency and disjointedness’ in Middle East (!)

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Turkey criticizes US over ‘inconsistency and disjointedness’ in Middle East

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed the United States for the “inconsistency and disjointedness” of its policies on the Middle East, as one part of the Obama administration continues to insist on allying with Syria’s Democratic Union Party (PYD), an organization that Ankara regards as an associate of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

US offers Turkey chance to set up safe-zone in exchange for halting clashes with Syrian Kurds: Report

Washington has made an offer to Ankara in which the United States will permit the establishment of a safe zone – something Turkey has been demanding for years – in exchange for Turkey not fighting Syrian Kurdish forces.

Unsafe Turkey, unsafe Europe

open Democracy News Analysis – by Sergio Carrera and Aikaterini Drakopolou

We need to look at the profound political, legal and ethical costs of reducing refugee flows.

Migrants and riot police watch as the Moria refugee camp burns on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Sept. 19. 2016.Michael Schwarz/Press Association. All rights reserved.The marked increase in refugee flows from Turkey to Greece and subsequently to other EU Member States during the second half of 2015 and first months of 2016 triggered a political tornado – with political manoeuvres shifting between European institutions and member state authorities.

Turkey detains brother of Fethullah Gulen in coup crackdown

 BBC News | Europe | World Edition

A brother of US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen has been detained by Turkish police on terror charges, state-run media report.

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32,000 jailed for links to group ‘behind’ coup while Turkey continues to purge media organizations that have nothing to do with the coup…

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Turkey pulls plug on 20 radio, TV channels in post-coup emergency decree

Reuters – Ayla Jean Yackley – Sep 30, 5:13 AM

ISTANBUL Turkey has ordered the closure of 20 television and radio stations, including one that airs children’s programs, on charges they spread ‘terrorist propaganda’, adding to fears that emergency rule is being used to stifle the media

Turkey: 32,000 jailed for links to group ‘behind’ coup

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Justice minister confirms arrests of almost half of the 70,000 people investigated following July’s failed coup attempt.

Attorney Durak: Police Beat the Detained Among RedHack To Create Evidence

Bianet :: English

Stating that RedHack members who were taken into custody in the investigation into the hacker organization have not been told what they were charged with, attorney Fırat Durak has noted that the detainees were being exposed to systematic torture and the police were trying to create evidence.

Declaration by 4 Academics: Demand for Peace Cannot Be Judged

Bianet :: English

“Universities generate critical thinking for the benefit of society. Universities should not be dependent on interest groups or government. It is indebted to its creator, the labor of the people”.

AKP to evaluate MPs’ photo with Gülen

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will “evaluate” a photo of a group of party MPs posing with Fethullah Gülen, an Islamic cleric based in the U.S. who the government says was behind Turkey’s failed coup attempt, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has said

Turkish citizens in Arkansas face uncertain futures
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A Wikileaks‘ dump of documents shows that Turkey is essentially operating as a surveillance state: Neighbors informing on neighbors and family reporting family to the government for any alleged ties to the Gulenist movement. Director of the Peace .

 

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For the record, despite his “insulting poetry” Boris Johnson had a good time in Turkey.

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Boris Johnson lauds his Turkish washing machine on first visit to Ankara

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk

British foreign secretary displays raffish style during first official trip since writing a poem about the Turkish president having sex with a goat

Boris Johnson seeks to mend fences in talks with Turkish leadership

 World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

UK foreign secretary avoids mention of lewd poem about Turkey’s president and pledges to support EU membership bid

Boris Johnson wants ‘jumbo’ Turkish trade deal

 BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says he wants to see a new “jumbo” free trade deal with Turkey after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.

Clean slate: Boris Johnson the ‘proud possessor’ of a Turkish washing machine – video

 World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk

In a joint press conference with Turkey’s EU affairs minister Ömer Çelik, British foreign secretary Boris Johnson praised the UK’s relationship with Ankara and also found time to talk about his “beautiful, very well functioning Turkish washing machine”. The comments came during Johnson’s first official visit to Turkey since he wrote a poem about the president having sex with a goat.

 

Erdogan Adviser Says Turkey Should Consider Buying Deutsche Bank

Bloomberg.com – Isobel Finkel – Sep 28, 7:53 AM

Deutsche Bank AG’s crashing share price is prompting takeover speculation from unexpected places. Yigit Bulut, a chief adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said the country must consider using a new wealth fund or a group of

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