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AKP leadership: From uneasy openness to explicit homophobia

In Uncategorized on June 30, 2020 at 14:50

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Yesterday people shared what Erdoğan’s promised to LGBTI community more than a decade ago. Now the climate changed. In the last couple of years, Turkey’s political leadership and its civil apparatus went off an all-out hate campaign against LGBTI citizens. Just 4-5 years ago, Istanbul Pride March was a significant, colorful, crowded event. Now it is not allowed. Police attack the citizens if they intend to march.

Trolls organize to limit LGBTI citizens’ social media accounts. Unfortunately, social media platforms are again manipulated. Onur Öncü’s account was limited after his post became viral:

One of the major LGBTI organization’s Youtube Live show canceled  with the pretext of violating community rules.

A powerful women GONGO organization was using nationalistic imagery to oppose Pride March…

Turkey defends homophobic tweet by head of Turkish Red Crescent

Duvar English – Reuters YouTube censors famous awards ceremony of Istanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week Turkey

IFRC condemns hate speech of Turkish Red Crescent Chair Kınık

bianet :: English
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has condemned its Vice President and

Istanbul-based Muslim Brotherhood TV station calls for killing of homosexuals | Ahval

An Istanbul-based Muslim Brotherhood (Ikwan) affiliated TV channel has called for the killing of…

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Erdoğan’s reaching out to youth may have backfired

In Uncategorized on June 30, 2020 at 11:50

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I was busy with some other stuff and I could not post this on time. Nowadays AKP leadership decided that they may be losing popularity and they are trying to reach out to the younger generations. Erdoğan had a live Youtube session just before the national university entrance examination, whose date has been changed several times that had caused great anxiety. It became a scandal. While Erdoğan was talking to selected students and pre-serviced questions, like and dislike ratios signaled that this would end up as one of the most disliked videos. No worries, there are many other videos with more dislikes! However, at around the 40th minute, the editors stopped the live comments and as of now, the video is closed to comments. In yet another case, young users were active in downvoting Minister of Tourism’s company (ETSTur) app

Erdoğan worried about his ‘belly’ to be seen in cameras as he prepares for livestream with youth

Duvar English A video has emerged of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan showing his preparation process ahead of a

Erdoğan signals legislation on way to regulate social media

Duvar English Turkey’s judicial reform to hold social media providers responsible for users’ content President Recep Tayyip

Number of imprisoned journalists in Turkey rises to 85 | Ahval

The detention of the journalist Müyesser Yıldız earlier this week raised the total number of

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#Europe agenda: Greens score gains in France municipal elections…

In Uncategorized on June 29, 2020 at 17:50

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France municipal elections: Greens score gains in second round

BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Voters punish President Macron’s party, though turnout was at record lows amid the pandemic.

Croatian women show the middle finger to abortion remarks

BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Prominent female figures take to gesture politics on pre-election debate on abortion.

Hungary ‘broke EU law with foreign funding rules’

BBC News | Europe | World Edition
A law requiring NGOs to disclose foreign funding is “discriminatory”, the EU’s top court said.

In Pictures: UK far-right protest slammed as ‘racist thuggery’

Al Jazeera English (In Depth
Police says they have arrested more than 100 people on Saturday after violence at London protest.
These are the type of statues we should be putting up. Danuta Danielsson smacking a neo Nazi (1985).
Rise of electric cars in Europe
Obesity in Europe vs USA
People are practicing social distancing at a demonstration right now on Prague’s Old Town Square
Post-pandemic concert yesterday in Cluj Kolozsvár Klausenburg , Transylvania

Babynames lists victims of lynchings and police violence

Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza

A striking message from babynames.com today: “Each one of these names was somebody’s baby.”

Sweden drops probe into unsolved 1986 murder of PM Olof Palme

Al Jazeera English (In Depth)
The chief prosecutor on the case says the probe was closed because the main suspect, Stig Engstrom, died in 2000.

Olof Palme murder: Sweden believes it knows who killed PM in 1986

BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Prosecutors say Stig Engstrom, who killed himself in 2000, was the man who shot Olof Palme in 1986.

Coronavirus: Lockdowns in Europe saved millions of lives

BBC News | Europe | World Edition
The researchers say the death toll would have been “huge” without a lockdown.

Lockdowns may have prevented more than 3 million deaths in Europe

MIT Technology Review by Charlotte Jee

The news: Lockdowns in Europe helped stop 3.1 million deaths up to the start of May, researchers have estimated. Strictly limiting people’s movements and enforcing social distancing cut the average number of people that contagious individuals infected by 81%. The measures pushed the epidemic’s reproduction number, R, down from 3.8 to below 1 in all 11 European countries they studied, including Germany, France, Spain, the UK, and Italy, thus drastically curbing transmission. The calculations by the team from Imperial College London are set out in a paper in Nature this week.

Who was Leopold II, why did Belgium’s Antwerp remove his statue?

Al Jazeera English (In Depth
Belgium’s 19th-century king becomes the symbol of the country’s anti-racist movement due to his brutal colonial past.

Who was Edward Colston, why was his statue toppled?

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Edward Colston becomes symbol for UK’s Black Lives Matter movement as his statue is brought down in Bristol.

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Istanbul mafioso taxi lobby wins the first round in municipality’s attempt to break it… #istanbul news roundup…

In Uncategorized on June 26, 2020 at 12:50

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Istanbul Municipality buys Ottoman sultan’s portrait for $955,000 at London auction

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The Istanbul Municipality on June 25 purchased a portrait of Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II “the Conqueror” at a London auction, Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has announced.

“Great news! A 15th century portrait of Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror was bought by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality at a live auction in London today,” İmamoğlu said on Twitter after the auction, sharing a photograph of the canvas.

“We are thrilled and cannot wait to welcome this celebrated work of art in Istanbul soon.”

Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II is depicted with an unknown person in this oil painting.

Istanbul Municipality’s proposal to increase number of cabs in megacity rejected

Hurriyet Daily News
The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality’s proposal to roll out 6,000 new taxi licenses has been rejected by the decision of the city’s transportation coordination body and transferred to a subcommittee.

Istanbul Airport becomes Europe’s largest after Erdoğan opens third runway | Ahval

Istanbul Airport became Europe’s largest after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan opened a…

Heavy rain damages Istanbul’s historical wall

Hurriyet Daily News
Heavy rains on June 14 caused some rocks at Istanbul’s historical walls to collapse in Fatih district, damaging vehicles passing by them, with no casualties.

Nearly half of fires in Istanbul started by cigarette butts

The biggest cause of nearly 8,000 fires that occurred in the first five months of 2020 in Istanbul were cigarette butts, according to data from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.

One dead due to heavy rain in Istanbul

Hurriyet Daily News
One person died when Turkey’s largest city was hit by heavy rain, Istanbul’s governor said on June 23.

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A Covid-19 and Misinformation literature review

In Uncategorized on June 26, 2020 at 11:50

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The SSRC and MediaWell are pleased to announce a new publication today from Kate Starbird, Emma S. Spiro and Kolina Koltai.

Misinformation, Crisis, and Public Health—Reviewing the Literature
The collision between a global pandemic and a world with global connectivity may be unprecedented, but scientists have a long tradition of trying to understand how societies respond to crisis. This research review examines the intersections of misinformation and public health, and explores how humans make sense of emergencies:

https://mediawell.ssrc.org/literature-reviews/misinformation-crisis-and-public-health/

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New photo from Facebook June 25, 2020 at 11:07AM

In Uncategorized on June 25, 2020 at 10:39

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EFD Rights Watch: Seemingly Revenge justice against Canan Kaftancıoğlu… A “virtual opera” about Osman Kavala and his snails in prison…

In Uncategorized on June 24, 2020 at 12:50

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Osman Kavala, supporter of culture, human rights champion and bridge-builder, is approaching 1000 days in Turkey’s highest security prison on trumped-up charges. This lock-down opera film is an appeal to #FreeOsmanKavala Ask your friends to share #OsmanSnails

U.S.-based documentarist produces “virtual opera” about Osman Kavala and his snails in prison

U.S.-based documentary maker Robert Golden produced an opera calling for the release of businessman, philanthropist and rights activist Osman Kavala who’s been imprisoned for 967 days on multiple charges.

Initially incarcerated on dropped charges of organizing the 2013 Gezi Protests, a months-long anti-government movement that started as an environmental protest in Istanbul’s Gezi Park, Kavala had adopted two snails as pets in prison.

Turkish court upholds prison sentence for main opposition Istanbul chair Kaftancıoğlu | Ahval

An appeals court in Ankara has upheld a prison sentence for the main opposition Republican People’s…

Int’l press groups urge Turkey to release journalist Nedim Türfent on 1,500th day in prison

Duvar English International press groups on June 15 urged Turkey to release Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent from

Number of imprisoned journalists in Turkey rises to 85 | Ahval

The detention of the journalist Müyesser Yıldız earlier this week raised the total number of

Turkey ranked 150th out of 163 countries in Global Peace Index | Ahval

Turkey ranked 150th among 163 countries in the Global Peace Index 2020 released by the Institute

2020 GLOBAL RIGHTS INDEX: ITUC: Turkey among the worst 10 countries for workers

Bianet :: English
“Turkey remained one of the most hostile countries in the world for trade unionists,” says the ITUC report.

10-YEAR REPORT: 690 allegations of torture reported to Human Rights Association Diyarbakır branch

Bianet :: English
The Human Rights Association (İHD) Diyarbakır Branch has prepared a report on incidents of torture and ill treatment

Europe’s top rights court to look into Gezi victim Berkin Elvan’s case

Duvar English Thousands mark Gezi Park protests on seventh anniversary The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)

Turkey’s press advertisement authority blocks daily Evrensel’s ads for a record 45 days

Duvar English Turkey’s Press Advertisement Agency (BİK) banned ads on daily Evrensel for a record-breaking

Turkey’s top court rules for release of former HDP co-chair Demirtaş

Duvar English Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled for the release of jailed former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)

Gov’t control of media increases mistrust, pushes Turks to online sources – CAP report | Ahval

Turkey’s increasing mistrust towards Turkish news outlets and overreliance on specific sources of…

REUTERS INSTITUTE REPORT: ‘55 percent of Turkey trust news’

Bianet :: English
According to the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2020, while 67 percent of the participants say that they trust the

Turks trust Fox TV the most most, A Haber the least for news, survey reveals

Duvar English Fox TV and NTV are the most trusted news channels in Turkey, whereas pro-government A Haber TV

The confession of a Turkish mainstream journalist

Habertürk TV host Didem Arslan’s recent remarks on the channel’s editorial policy were actually a confession about the

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“Bar associations arrive in Ankara after police intervention  #savunmadurdurulamaz #savunmayürüyor

In Uncategorized on June 23, 2020 at 18:50

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#AvukatHakları Tıbbi maskeli surat
@AvukatHG
Bu fotoğraf, avukatların ve baro başkanlarının Ankara’ya girişinin engellenmesinin değil, Türkiye’nin yargısına yapılan müdahalenin fotoğrafıdır.
#savunmadurdurulamaz #savunmayürüyor

 

Bar associations arrive in Ankara after police intervention 

Hurriyet Daily News
Members of almost 60 bar associations entered Ankara on June 23 after a day of being jostled by police that tried to block them from marching into the capital city in protest against legal amendments sought to curb their representations.

Lawyers support ‘defense march,’ call on bar associations’ union chair to resign

Bianet :: English
Lawyers have gathered in front of courthouses in several cities to protest the prevention of bar association chairs’ defense march.

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EFD Rights Watch: Police ends bar heads’ Defense March… #SavunmaDurdurulamaz

In Uncategorized on June 22, 2020 at 13:50

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Police prevent bar heads from entering Ankara to end their Defense March, brawl erupts

Police have prevented heads of bar associations from entering the capital Ankara to end their Defense March, as footage showed brawls.

Marching lawyers prevented from entering Ankara

Bianet :: English
Bar association chairs are walking to the capital in protest of planned changes in the Attorneys’ Act.

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HDP concludes ‘March for Democracy’ in Ankara

Bianet :: English
“With this march, we wanted to say ‘Enough’ to the government, which chokes the society, tries to silence everyone who doesn’t think like it,” the party’s co-chairs said in a joint statement.

Pro-gov’t channel refuses to host pro-Kurdish party over ‘universal broadcasting principles’ | Ahval

Mehmet Akif Ersoy, an anchor on the Turkish television channel Habertürk, has said that his outlet…

Gov’t violating HDP’s constitutional rights through attempts to block its march, says DEVA party

Duvar English Turkey’s newly established Democracy and Progress Party’s (DEVA) has slammed the government for

MARCH FOR DEMOCRACY’: HDP Co-Chair says, ‘We won’t give up on our democratic rights,’ warns against ‘provocations’

Bianet :: English
On the second day of the HDP’s “March for Democracy against the Coup,” the party’s co-chair Mithat Sancar visited

Turkish Human Rights Association chair’s home ransacked, made to look like robbery

Duvar English

Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) said on June 17 that their co-chair Eren Keskin’s home had been broken into and her belongings had been thrown around, but that nothing had been taken.

“A simple investigation of the scene shows that the incident wasn’t a simple robbery, but instead conducted to intimidate and threaten Eren Keskin,” İHD said in an official statement.

VENICE COMMISSION : ‘Decisions of Turkey’s Supreme Election Council inconsistent with international norms’

Bianet :: English
Adopting an opinion as to the dismissal of elected mayors and appointment of trustees in southeastern Turkey, the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe has noted that the decisions of the Supreme Election Council should be reversed.

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New photo from Facebook June 22, 2020 at 12:31PM

In Uncategorized on June 22, 2020 at 11:39

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