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Most read posts in 2018 in Erkan’s Field Diary…
In Uncategorized on December 31, 2018 at 10:17
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I have unintentionally created some clickable posts, I guess.
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Istanbul is ready for New Year’s Eve with nearly 40K security personnel…
In Uncategorized on December 31, 2018 at 03:17
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39000 security personnel to be on duty on New Year’s Eve in Istanbul
The director of Istanbul undercover police units announced on Dec. 29 that security measures have been upgraded for New Year celebrations in
‘Chinatown’ rising in central Istanbul
Amid a new flock of Chinese citizens visiting Istanbul, Dolapdere, a central neighborhood, is preparing to become the centerpiece for investors from
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4000 cubic meters of waste removed from Bosphorus Strait in one month Some 4,000 cubic meters of solid waste have been removed from the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul over the past month. “This amount is approximately
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Istanbul airport transfer now to be ‘gradual’
A transfer of Istanbul’s Ataturk airport operations to its new international facility has been delayed and will now happen “gradually” from January, the
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IN PICTURES: Thousands protest in Istanbul against higher living costs Thousands of protesters on Saturday took to the streets in Istanbul to demonstrate against the rising cost of living and crippling inflation in Turkey
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Istanbul airport transfer now to be ‘gradual’
ISTANBUL: A transfer of Istanbul’s Ataturk airport operations to its new international facility has been delayed and will now happen “gradually” from …
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New photo from Facebook December 28, 2018 at 11:05PM
In Uncategorized on December 28, 2018 at 23:45
Sümela Manastırı, Trabzon. via Reddit. via Facebook Pages http://bit.ly/1heKubC
“2018 Was a Rough Year for Truth Online” #journalism #cyberculture
In Uncategorized on December 28, 2018 at 10:02
The internet has been awash with misinformation for years, but researchers are finally realizing it’s hard to quantify the scope of its impact.
Low-paid workers at Marriott hotels, in part, protested encroaching automation—finding unexpected common cause with some well-paid engineers across tech.
When bots finally accounted for half the traffic on the internet, Media Experts speculated that algorithms would start
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New photo from Facebook December 28, 2018 at 07:59AM
In Uncategorized on December 28, 2018 at 08:04
Jill Bliss tarafından hazırlanmış bir mantar aranjmanı. via http://bit.ly/2QQYDa4 via Facebook Pages http://bit.ly/1heKubC
New photo from Facebook December 27, 2018 at 07:45AM
In Uncategorized on December 27, 2018 at 08:04
Bu arada Puerto Varas, Şili. via Reddit. via Facebook Pages http://bit.ly/1heKubC
Two veteran actors comment about fascism, then targeted and released on probation…
In Uncategorized on December 27, 2018 at 01:37I guess this proves their points. Nearly anyone at my age and older grew up watching comedy films in which Metin Akpınar was one of the main actors. New Turkish elites’ crusade against “old Turkey” continues at all fronts…
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A Turkish prosecutor has launched an investigation into two prominent actors over their comments on “fascism,” after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan publicly complained that he was the target of their “death threat.”
A list of films Akpınar acted are here
In the wake of Erdoğan’s statement addressing Akpınar and Gezen without referring to them by their names, “You mentioned hanging the president on the rope? Now, you go and pay the price for it”, an investigation has been launched against the actors.
Akpınar and Gezen, against whom the İstanbul Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation due to their statements on a TV program, have been released on probation after their depositions at the Prosecutor’s Office.
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Courthouse lightning is the new thing in Turkey
In Uncategorized on December 25, 2018 at 05:36As the state of justice declines fast, Turkey seems to be investing in weird courthouse lightning…
Journalist Ümit Alan tweeted about one of them and some in the subtweet posted Bakırköy Courthouse (İstanbul)
Bakırköy Courhouse, İstanbul
and this is the Denizli Courthouse, more modest…
In other news:
Check our President Erdoğan’s entourage in a busy Friday traffic:
Cuma akşamı, Levent’te Erdoğan’ın konvoyu. Polislerin trafiği açmak için üstün çabası!
Lafa gelince “tevazu, kefenle yola çıktık, bir lokma, bir hırka”; gerçekte en az 50 eskort araba, zırhlı askeri araçla korunma..! pic.twitter.com/4zTW2K6zXt— Av.Gonca Aytaş (@goncaaytas) December 21, 2018
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It has been more than 600 days #WeMissWikipedia
Turkey’s cyber police at work:
In 2018, 110 thousand social media accounts investigated, 45 thousand users are checked, 7109 detained, 2174 arrested and 2828 released with judicial control…
@EmniyetGM’nin 24 saat "sanal devriye" 2018 verileri:
Yaklaşık 110 bin sosyal medya hesabı incelemesi,
45 bin kullanıcı tespiti,
7 bin 109 gözaltı,
2 bin 754 tutuklama,
2 bin 828 adli kontrollü serbest bırakma.— Av. M. Gökhan Ahi (@MGokhanAhi) December 22, 2018
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Quoted in “Fact-checkers seek out grain of truth in Turkey’s fake-news onslaught
In Uncategorized on December 25, 2018 at 02:31
Fact-checkers seek out grain of truth in Turkey’s fake-news onslaught
ISTANBUL — The truth is having a hard time in Turkey these days.
A government-led crackdown has shuttered scores of media outlets and landed numerous journalists in prison. Allies of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wield near-total control over the mainstream media; self-censorship is endemic. Polarization and partisanship abound…..
“Most of the fake news comes from the government. But the opposition is not exempt — especially in the case of refugees they use fake news” — Erkan Saka, UC Irvine in California…
Saka described fake news on television as especially “poisonous,” adding: “Sometimes I think all social media combined is still less dangerous than what TV channels are spreading. It reaches more people.”…
Yet Saka, the academic, fears the fact-checkers’ efforts may amount to no more than a drop in the ocean. “Compared to the fake news sources their reach is limited,” he said….
In other news:
The Guardian – Dec 21, 8:13 AM
The German news weekly Der Spiegel is to publish a 23-page special report on how one of its award-winning reporters faked stories for years and dealt a blow to media credibility. Claas Relotius, 33, resigned after admitting making up stories and
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