Sunday, March 11, 2012

Newsfeed - March 11

To sign the inaugural declaration of GIT, please send an e-mail to diana.gonzalez2@wanadoo.fr -- to join GIT - North America, e-mail gitamerica@yahoo.com

Sociologist and writer Pınar Selek's Kafkaesque trial

Read about the trial of the 1998 blast in Istanbul's Spice Bazaar that has been going on for fourteen years, in which the prosecutor repeated the void plea of seven years ago, via GIT - North America.

Dictionary of discriminatory sayings, proverbs, and idioms in Turkish

Read about the online dictionary that aims to document discriminatory sayings, proverbs, and idioms in Turkish on GIT - North America.

International Press Institute urges Nedim Şener's release in alleged coup plot

Read the statement of IPI, which had selected Nedim Şener World Press Freedom Hero in 2010, via GIT - North America.

The New Yorker's "Letter from Turkey" and "Daily Comment" on Turkey's Jailed Journalist

Read the New Yorker's commentaries on the authoritarian tendency in Turkish democracy under Tayyip Erdoğan's rule via GIT - North America.