EFD Rights Watch: HDP’s Demirtaş still not brought to court… Academic Koray Çalışkan Detained…

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HDP’s Demirtaş Refuses Handcuffs, Not Brought to Court

Bianet :: English

HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş wasn’t taken to courtroom after refusing to be handcuffed. “We will resist injustice and protect honor of the people whom we represent”, Demirtaş said.

Jailed HDP co-chair Demirtaş slams Erdoğan over ‘terrorist’ claims

Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed co-leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has penned a letter to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after the latter accused him of being a “terrorist.”

Academic Koray Çalışkan Detained

 Bianet :: English

On his Twitter account, CHP MP Salıcı has announced that “Koray Çalışkan has just been detained from his home. The legislative intention is not clear, one more time academic whose address is known hasn’t been summoned to testify”.

Istanbul police detain 72 over suspected Gülen links at two universities

Police detained 72 people on July 10 during operations conducted at two universities in Istanbul, Boğaziçi and Medeniyet, over their alleged links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), who is blamed for the July 2016 coup attempt.

Hundreds of Thousands in Turkey Protest Erdogan

NYT > Turkey by By DAPHNE RUSTOW and MARK SCHEFFLER

Hundreds of thousands of protesters arrived in Istanbul for the end of the three-week March for Justice. Led by Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the head of the main opposition party, they protested the government’s recent crackdown ondissenters.

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After last year’s botched coup in Turkey, thousands were arrested or fired in a far-reaching purge – including some Turkish military officers and their families stationed abroad.

Turks stage largest show of opposition against Erdoğan government in years

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

Istanbul rally is final stop in 280-mile ‘justice march’ from Ankara protesting against arbitrary arrests and dismissals after coup attempt

Hundreds of thousands of Turks took to the streets of Istanbul on Sunday in the largest opposition rally in years, in a serious rebuke to the government’s large-scale crackdown on opponents since last year’s attempted coup.

Erdogan’s Post-Evolutionary Turkey Floods School Classrooms, Threatens Universities

Global Voices Online by Arzu Geybullayeva

Photo of Recep Tayyip Erdogan taken from r4bia.com. Creative commons.

While the earlier education reforms of Turkey’s socially conservative AKP (Justice and Development Party) pointed towards inclusiveness, the current ones have a far more troubling direction.

We are marching to halt Turkey’s slide into authoritarianism | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

The only way to fight the rise of illiberal populism is to stand united in defence of democratic values. This is the message of our justice march

• Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is Turkey’s opposition leaderEvery day, tens of thousands of Turkish citizens are walking to demand justice. We began in Ankara on 15 June and we are marching to Istanbul, walking for almost 20km (13 miles) every day. We are demanding justice and the rule of law for everyone living in Turkey.

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Police raided a digital security workshop and detained 12 human rights activists, including director of Amnesty Turkey…

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Human Rights Defenders Detained in Büyükada

Bianet :: English

Human rights advocates from various human rights organizations holding a training meeting in Büyükada on protection of human rights advocates were detained yesterday.

Amnesty says Turkey director and activists detained in Istanbul

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Agence France-Presse

Idil Eser, head of Amnesty International Turkey, taken away during ‘digital security and information management workshop’

Police detain 12 at human rights meeting in island hotel in Istanbul

Police have detained 12 people, including the Turkey head of Amnesty International, İdil Eser, and other rights activists at a meeting on an island near Istanbul.

Amnesty International Makes Statement on Detention of Human Rights Defenders

Bianet :: English

Holding a statement regarding human rights defenders including Amnesty International Turkey Director İdil Eser being taken into custody in a raid while holding a workshop yesterday in Büyükada, Amnesty international has demanded release of the detainees.

Hunger strikers’ time is running out, lawyers tell Turkish government

The Guardian – Kareem Shaheen – Jul 5, 2:15 AM

The health of two hunger strikers held in Turkish government custody who have not eaten for 118 days is rapidly deteriorating, according to their lawyers, who have urged the authorities to respond to their demands before the damage to their bodies

77 LGBTI, Women’s Organizations Join Justice March

Bianet :: English

77 LGBTI and women’s organizations joined the Justice March launched by the CHP from Ankara to İstanbul on its 22nd day.

Interpol denies reports of Turkey’s removal from database after listing 60,000 ‘wanted’ Gülenist names

Interpol has denied reports that it has removed Turkey from its database after Ankara uploaded a list of 60,000 people sought over suspected links to Gülen

bianet Submits Istanbul Convention Shadow Report to GREVIO

Bianet :: English

Turkey has entered the first evaluation phase concerning implementation of Istanbul Convention in domestic law. As the state submits its own report to convention’s inspection body GREVIO, bianet has prepared a Shadow Report.

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#journalism agenda: “Some of the most (and least) effective phrases for a killer headline for social…

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Trying to write a killer headline for social? Here are some of the most (and least) effective phrases

Nieman Journalism Lab by Shan Wang

Jostling for readers for your listicle on Facebook? Aim for the number “10” in your headline.

Trying to promote a story on Twitter? Emotion-based appeals popular on Facebook don’t translate to Twitter.

Findings from a BuzzSumotrigram analysis of 100 million headlines published between March and May of this year confirms a lot about the clickbait-y, competitive publishing environment of social media.

The analysis reveals nothing particularly surprising, for instance, about the headline phrases that generated the most likes, shares, and comments: “Will make you” was by far the most successful phrase, and emotion-based appeals like “melt your heart” and “make you cry” also do well. (Also, we reported that 10 was the most common number for a BuzzFeed list way back in 2013.)

Publishers beware though: Facebook says its algorithm is cracking down again on clickbait in its News Feed.

Facebook teams with Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube to fight terrorism

The Next Web by Bryan Clark

Facebook today teamed with Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube to announce the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism. The unlikely alliance aims to crack down on terrorism and violent extremists by making “[their] hosted consumer services hostile to terrorists and violent extremists.”

Reuters Institute report prompts optimism about readers’ appreciation of journalism

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Speakers from BuzzFeed, BBC, FT and Facebook discussed findings from the latest Digital News Report from the Reuters Institute in London today

The New York Times is now charging for its cooking site

 Nieman Journalism Lab by Joseph Lichterman

The New York Times on Wednesday relaunched its NYT Cooking recipe site and app as a paid product, part of its continued push toward building a sustainable subscriber-based business.

A subscription to the app will cost $5 every four weeks. Users who don’t pay will still have access to a limited amount of Cooking content. At launch, the Times is offering 28-day free trials, and “for a limited time,” Times digital and print subscribers will continue to get complimentary access.

Google News launches a streamlined redesign that gives more prominence to fact checking

Nieman Journalism Lab by Joseph Lichterman

Google on Tuesday launched a redesigned desktop version of Google News that introduces a more streamlined design, highlights fact checking, and offers users additional personalization.

Salvador Adame Is the Seventh Journalist Murdered in Mexico in 2017

Global Voices Online by Laura Vidal

Salvador Adame. Image widely circulated on Twitter.

3 big-name journalists leave CNN over retracted story

Mashable! by Patrick Kulp  /

Three CNN journalists have resigned after the network retracted a thinly sourced scoop.

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You don’t say: “Turkey in worst period in terms of rights abuses: Human Rights Association head

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Turkey in worst period in terms of rights abuses: Human Rights Association head

Turkey is going through its worst period in terms of rights abuses since the foundation of the Human Rights Association (İHD), according to İHD head Öztürk Türkdoğan.

JUSTICE MARCH: Notes from 12th Day of Justice March

 Bianet :: English

A group from Peace Mothers, Prof. Dr. İbrahim Kaboğlu, one of the AKP founders Abdullatif Şener and Ankara Platform for Women joined the Justice March launched from Ankara to İstnbul yesterday.

JUSTICE MARCH: Notes from 11th Day of Justice March

Bianet :: English

11th day of the Justice March started with exchange of bairam greetings, and then the marching started.

Germany tells Erdoğan’s bodyguards to stay away from G-20 summit after Washington brawl: Report

The German Foreign Ministry has warned the bodyguards of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who were involved in a brawl outside the Turkish Embassy in Washington in May, not to attend the G-20 summit

Turkey’s Writers Face Yet More Trials

The New Yorker – Andy Borowitz ( @BorowitzReport )

On a sweltering afternoon in Istanbul last summer, loud noises woke the Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan from a nap. “Open, police! Open, or we will break the door,” a voice called. When Erdoğan, an award-winning

Whisper it, but Europe and Turkey are talking again | Natalie Nougayrède

 World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Natalie Nougayrède

With so much volatility in the Middle East, a quiet rapprochement is in everyone’s interest

Remember how, during the Brexit referendum campaign, voters were told that “millions of Turks” would swamp Europe and Britain if it didn’t get out? Government ministers went on TV to say Turkey’s accession to the EU was just on the horizon, as a result of a refugee deal brokered between Angela Merkel and the Turkish government. Brexiters assured audiences that visa liberalisation for Turks was looming: the hordes were at the gates. None of that happened, of course. Nor is it about to.

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