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29 January 2012

UK: #TwitterKurds Organize First Social Media Gathering in London

Written by Nigar Hacizade · Freedom of Speech, Human Rights

A group of Kurdish Internet activists that have been organizing around the #TwitterKurds hashtag on Twitter have come together for the first Kurdish Social Media Gathering earlier this month in London. The event was live streamed and joined in via Skype and YouTube by those who could not be there physically, although there were participants who had traveled from as far as Australia to participate.

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26 August 2011

Turkey: An Armenian Adventure on Two Wheels

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Arts & Culture, Travel

Despite historical differences and a closed border, an Armenian motorcyclist travels across Turkey, blogging his experiences and observations en route.

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11 August 2011

Syria: World Cities Rally Against and For Bashar

Written by Thalia Rahme · Human Rights, Protest

Events in Syria are being echoed around the world. Syrians in the diaspora rallied in the majority of the cities in the world, either asking to overthrow Bashar Al Assad and his regime or chanting their love to their leader. Check out this video round up for footage from demonstrations worldwide.

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24 July 2011

Turkey: Ethnic Tension Rises Further as Street Clashes Erupt in Istanbul

Written by Kubra · Breaking News, Protest

In the aftermath clashes between army and separatist Kurdish PKK militants earlier this month, ethnic tension in Turkey continues to grow. Marches in the Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul broke out into larger scale street fighting on the night of July 21.

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19 July 2011

Turkey: Protest Against Kurdish Singer Prompts Strong Social Media Response

Written by Kubra · Freedom of Speech, Arts & Culture

Aynur Doğan, a Kurdish-Turkish singer, was jeered by part of the audience during an open air concert in the Istanbul Jazz Festival because she sang a song in Kurdish. Part of the audience sang the Turkish National Anthem in protest, while others in the audience supported the singer.

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11 July 2011

Videos: Tortillas, Chapatis, Bread and More Around the World

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Arts & Culture, Food

Most cultures accompany their meals with a grain based product; bread, flatbreads and steamed buns are part of people's meals in many places of the world. Today we visit artisans and cooks to see how they prepare and make the food that feeds them and their families.

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Updates about Turkey

19 January 2012

Updates

Stella Tsolakidou of the Greek Reporter website writes about the recent publication of the Cretan literature masterpiece “Erotokritos” in Turkish. Erotokritos is a 17th century epic romance, and has been translated by Professor Hakki Bilgehan, a Turkish microbiology professor, and published by the Foundation of Lausanne Treaty Emigrants [Turkish].

• Veroniki Krikoni

9 January 2012

English

Trici Venola's wonderful Istanbul drawings and reflections - at her Drawing On Istanbul blog: “Plein Air drawing in Turkey: blogging about the site and the process.” More drawings by Trici are here.

• Veronica Khokhlova

3 January 2012

English

Writing on the Huffington Post, Ziya Meral explains why honoring those Turks that saved Armenians during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire is important. Meral argues that recognizing these ‘Turkish Schindlers' would go some way in defusing tensions between Armenia and Turkey, making the events of 1915 a shared tragedy. For this reason he has launched his own blog-based project to honor those that did save Armenians in what many consider to be the first genocide of the 20th Century at http://www.projectcommonhumanity.net.

• Onnik Krikorian

29 December 2011

Turkish

Two recent initiatives by civic-minded journalists added value to the e-content in local languages from Macedonia and nearby countries: Diversity Media is offering news analysis through text and audio podcasts in Macedonian and Albanian, and Balkon3.com is enabling “peeking over the neighbors' fence” in Macedonian, Turkish, Greek, and English. The former also started a competition for news bloggers [mk, sq], ending Jan. 31.

• Filip Stojanovski

9 December 2011

English

Jovana Tozija wrote lovingly about making ajvar, a traditional favorite winter provision in Macedonia and some other post-Ottoman countries.

• Filip Stojanovski

17 November 2011

English

At BlogActiv.eu, Kader Sevinc writes about “a creative way of criticizing the Schengen visa procedure” - Schengen Macht Frei, a song by Sarp Yeletaysi/Sarpinto, who writes this on SoundCloud: “[…] This song is the product of many visits to embassies of European countries to obtain a visa which is a painful, costly, time-consuming and humiliating process. […] This is my attempt to raise awareness about the Schengen Problem which I believe is a violation of basic human rights […].”

• Veronica Khokhlova

5 November 2011

English

Back in Armenia from his motorcycle ride through Turkey, Areg Harutyunyan reflects on the journey and shares his impressions of the country. Despite its political and historical problems with Armenia, the motorcyclist and blogger says Turkey is fascinating, hospitable, complex, and diverse.

• Onnik Krikorian

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UK: #TwitterKurds Organize First Social Media Gathering in London

Say It! And Say It Loud! We Are #TwitterKurds And Proud!
@shishar_xoshnaw we are support the social media #twitterkurds or #kurdishrights...its a big campaign to announce our cases right in social...