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The Turkish daily Hürriyet published a report on February 25 that is supposed to reflect the views of the military high command on some recent developments in the armed forces. The report with the headline “Military headquarters disturbed” has caused strong reactions from the President, the government, as well as the opposition. 

The independent internet freedom watchdog “Turkey Blocks”  reported last Sunday that the Turkish government has started to target the TOR-network, an internet security utensil.

The pressure on the media in Turkey has reached a new peak with the recently introduced “Periodicals Regulation,” and especially its parts concerning the official Press Announcement Agency

Academics for Peace have made a call to “everybody who sides with peace and free thought” to join them on the 20th when they will gather in front of the YÖK building in Ankara to speak out –again- against policies of war, both in Turkey and the world, defend the right to life, and be in solidarity with their colleagues who are being exposed to pressures because they have stood for those principles.

Today, especially in light of the Gezi Uprising of last year, it appears that humor lives in and through social media. Magazines could not deal with television, and they could not keep up with the oppositional humor that was evolving by the minute in social media. To be fair, they are not leading this humor, they contribute to it, but they could not become its guiding force or pulling force.

Series were born in this “it is all for commercials” environment and were given a name reminiscent of the radio period: Soap opera. Not because they were light like soap bubbles and disappeared when they popped but because they were produced by soap companies themselves!