My pet project @SosyalKafa is 11 years old and here are the top videos of 2022 in our Youtube Channel

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SosyalKafa started as a TV show at BJK Tv and moved to other platforms until it became a Youtube-only channel at the start of the pandemic. I have uploaded all the program videos from the outset so you can find the whole archive. It has a massive list of guests, a tribute to Turkey’s digital culture.  I design SosyalKafa as a training place for my students, too and I hope I achieved some success. I intend to continue broadcasting in 2023. Here is a list of most watched videos in 2022:

 

Hale Akay ile TERF Tartışmaları

Umut Özkırımlı ile İptal Kültürü https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlo_KKlHqb0

Seçkin Barış Gülmez ile Tez Öğrencilerine Tavsiyeler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLeCq5_SLJ8

Reddit nasıl kullanılır? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wcRcIc674

Slack Nasıl Kullanılır? | SosyalKafa

Ferda Keskin’le Foucault’yu Bugün Düşünmek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T21Wd1SEGF8

A normal day in istanbul cats of istanbul

Dijital Oyun Tasarımı. SosyalKafa’da Meslek Tanıtımları

Ali Burak Darıcılı ile Siber Güvenlik, Yapay Zeka ve İstihbarat Çalışmaları https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3wGX5efGi0

Asana nedir, nasıl kullanılır? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sG56esWnUQ

Giyim Tarzları Üzerinden Örtülü Müslüman Kadın Kimlikleri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj1iyLxHjCE

Notion Nasıl Kullanılır? | Sosyal Kafa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yMn2eONZsQ

Gazeteci Michelle Demischevic ile Feminist & Trans Aktivizm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRLHBPi7vjQ

Instagram’da Mağaza Açmak

İyi TikTok videosu nasıl yapılır? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-NsW-UK_HQ

İsmail Coşkun’la Akademi Üzerine Bir Söyleşi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnKN3Rk6XW0

Heidegger’i nasıl savunuruz? Savunamayız. Kaan Ökten’le söyleşiden

Kulüp Dizisi Üzerine Bir Söyleşi- Tarihle Yüzleşmek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq3_S0Qym28

Aydın Uğur ANISINA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Szq2uDTwk

Gülfem Akten ile Canva Creators Programı Hakkında

Discord Nasıl Kullanılır? | Özellikleri Nedir? | SosyalKafa

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I could finally visit Göbeklitepe!

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There are so many ancient settlements in Turkey, and I made it my goal to visit them all. Göbeklitepe was at the top of my list, and Sinem and I could visit the place last weekend. I am rarely too excited about the settlements I visit, but this was inevitably impressive. It was built 12 thousand years ago! A rival to Göbeklitepe is emerging at Karahan Tepe, one hour drive to the former. I will pay a visit there later.

Sinem and I were trainers in a local journalism session in Adana, and it took nearly five hours to reach Göbeklitepe. Under normal conditions, you should better fly to Antep or Urfa and drive much less to reach there. On our way to Göbeklitepe, we also visited a less-known ancient settlement from the Late Hitite times:, Castabala.

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Once again Paris is where pro-Kurdish women leaders assassinated

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The last one is supposedly racist, but bad smells out there. Fascists also collaborate in a globalized world. The French police acted violently towards protesters who fought back in return.

Paris Shooting Suspect Indicted on Charges of Murder With Racist Motive

One city, one community, two triple murders, 10 years of struggle for truth and justice.
To hell with fascism. Long live the freedom struggle
ANF#Paris pic.twitter.com/BN9pFJy2LN

— Dilar Dirik (new account) (@dlrdrk2) December 26, 2022

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New photo from Facebook December 26, 2022 at 11:35AM

Nuuk, Greenlands’in en büyük şehri. via Reddit. via Facebook Pages https://ift.tt/ujO0HpG

Imamoğlu vs. Erdoğan

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A former professor of mine asked me my opinion about an opinion piece at Washington Post. This helped to think about the Imamoğlu case. The trial is a political one and in the long run, those who are responsible will be ashamed of this sentencing. However, I do not share the logic that this will help Imamoğlu like it helped Erdoğan before.

Throughout my dissertation writing and afterward, I followed the author of that opinion piece and I find her one of the worst analysts in politics (!) She has good connections and she is beloved in international circles but she continuously makes wrong guesses. Apart from bashing the author,

the author represents a common point among the opposition circles in Turkey and (to some extent others in the West who has sympathy for İmamoğlu). That this will help İmamoğlu’s rise as this situation is similar to what happened to Erdoğan before. However, times changed and Erdoğan has very strong bureaucratic control. In the short run, İmamoğlu may be out of the race for sure. 

If there is no other candidate I would definitely support İmamoğlu as the candidate of the opposition. However, the personal similarities between these two politicians are just too much. For legal reasons, I will now state any humourous comparisons here. There are in fact other opposition candidates but the Imamoğlu lobby is just too vocal. Understandably, as the most powerful candidate, his elimination would help Erdoğan. But who knows exactly if he is the most powerful candidate? There are not many reliable opinion polls or sociological surveys. What we know some in the opposition and in the West support Imamoğlu more than others.

In fact, Imamoğlu case may backfire in another way: Since imamoğlu is gone there will be no opposition to Kılıcdaroglu candidacy- Kilicdaroglu is the head of CHP-. Many in the opposition find Kilicdaroglu not a shiny candidate but I find this important. He is a low-profile figure who promises to switch back to a parliamentary system. He has proven to be a more tolerant and wise administrator who expelled many ultranationalists from the party. The real hesitation against him might be the fact that he has Alevite and Kurdish origins. Few explicitly state this but I believe that’s why they oppose him. If Imamoglu is gone, Kılıçdaroğlu will get the full support of – out of necessity- his own party and the opposition in general, and this may trigger a new period. Well, we will see, I don’t claim to be a better analyst but I have my own observations (!)

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Will the Istanbul mayor’s conviction backfire on Erdogan? – The National

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NYT > Turkey by Ben Hubbard

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My new publication: A report on Metaverse and Journalism (in Turkish)

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I have been thinking and reading about Metaverse recently, and this is a piece on its encounters with journalism.

Here is the link to download the report.

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Iranian dictatorship continues to murder its citizens

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Saman Yasin, a Kurdish rapper who has spoken against the Iranian regime, has been charged with ‘enmity against God’. Photograph: Handout

23-year-old Iranian protestor Majidreza Rahnavard's dying wishes–before being hanged–reflect the living wishes of so many young Iranians living under theocratic tyranny.

"Don't cry, don't read the Koran, don't pray"

"Be joyful. Play happy music"pic.twitter.com/5TMHDEW5mK

— Karim Sadjadpour (@ksadjadpour) December 15, 2022

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Iran authorities arrest actress of Oscar-winning movie

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) /

Taraneh Alidoosti was jailed after she expressed solidarity with a man recently executed over protests.

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Old news: 

‘Anonymous’ hacks Iran state websites after Mahsa Amini’s death

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Thread:
1/. As the death toll rises to 41 today, four women you should know who were deliberately and unlawfully killed in Iran when protesting gender apartheid and the killing of #Masha_Amini:

Hadis Najafi, aged 20, shot six times when security forces opened fire on her. pic.twitter.com/ZjbOTo3Zq3

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What if Twitter is gone? How to reach this blog

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Well, of course, the blog is here, not tied to Twitter hosting. You can come directly here. However, apart from the most committed readers, most traffic comes from social media connections. I have automated the blog to several of my accounts.

In the last year, here are the top referrers:

Search Engines
Twitter
linkedin.com
Facebook
Instagram

I believe one of the most direct ways to follow the blog is by subscribing. You can subscribe to the blog through the box on the right-hand side.

Secondly, an RSS reader will catch all the posts. Such as Feedly.

Thirdly, Linkedin has had more engagement in the last couple of years. Still, it is algorithmic.

Meta productions are important but it has algorithmic caprices.

Finally, if we are banned from Twitter or it just collapses, I also share my blog posts on Mastodon.

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Twitter reinstates accounts of suspended journalists and Mastodon

The Social Software Weblog by Mariella Moon

has announced through its Safety account that it has “identified several policies where permanent suspension was a disproportionate action for breaking Twitter rules.” The website has already started reinstating accounts that were suspended for violating those rules, the tweet continued, and it will lift more suspensions every week over the next month. Twitter didn’t specify the policies it’s talking about and which accounts will be reinstated. But upon checking, the accounts of Mastodon and the journalists recently banned due to the website’s new doxxing rules are up and running again.

Top journalists banned from Twitter without notification or explanation—and Mastodon’s account is gone too.

A number of prominent journalists’ accounts were suspended on

Twitter

this evening, including those of correspondents from CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post. Aaron Rupar, Ryan Mac and Drew Harwell were among those to go dark at about 7:30 p.m—Rupar — Read the rest

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#Europe agenda: Corruption scandal in EP, Alleged coup attempt in Germany…

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Strange days in Europe…

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The EU Hosted a $400,000 Metaverse Party But No One Showed Up – Entrepreneur

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Thousands of citizens and opposition leaders gave support to #İstanbul Mayor

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İmamoğlu’s sentence seems to have energized the opposition, who, in the last couple of months were in decline.

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Millet, iradesine sahip çıktı.

Bugün Saraçhane'de bu iradeye sahip çıkan kıymetli liderlerimize, vekillerimize, belediye başkanlarımıza ve bizi hiçbir zaman yalnız bırakmayan İstanbullulara teşekkürler. Hiçbir yargı oyunu, hiçbir engelleme çabası bizi yolumuzdan döndüremez. pic.twitter.com/jsoHBnDHht

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Thousands protest in Turkey over Istanbul mayor’s conviction – Reuters Reuters Thousands of people rallied in Turkey on Thursday to oppose the conviction and political ban of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, chanting slogans

 

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Infographic: The network that organized the İstanbul bomb attack

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