Category: In English
A Personal Take on Turkey Elections: Hopeful But Really Tired
“I can rest, finally!” To be honest, this was my first thought when my brain started working at June 8th. I was feeling tired, worn out. And still feel the same. My guess is the elections affected a lot of people living in here similarly. Yes, I’m also an digital activist, including lots of other…
[Read] Rapture of the Nerds
Rapture of the Nerds – Cory Doctorow, Charlie Stross If you’re a science-fiction writer and you want to write about Singularity, you have to know how people and civilization works. If you don’t, your story doesn’t mean much and it’ll be impossible to read. Thankfully, both Doctorow and Stross knows this very well, plus, they have…
[Read] Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free, Shivering Sands
Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free – Cory Doctorow This is one of the books that we’ll need more in the near future. Doctorow collects his ideas and short writings about the copyright, future of computing and future of artists and creates this handbook for anyone interested in any of these topics. And Cory shows…
National Security is Not An Excuse For Censorship and Surveillance
On my latest Global Voices article, I wrote about the latest censorship bill proposal and soon to be voted Security Bill in Turkey. I talked about what those bill could do and why and how Turkish government uses “national security” as an excuse for these. The security bill proposed by AKP leaders looks scarier…
I Was On TV (at Sweden)
(Türkçesi burada.) Yes, that happened. Long story short: Two lovely people, Sara and Tigran, came from Sweden last March and said “We want to make a documentary about activists around the world and we want to interview with someone from Turkey too. We’ll talk about who you are, what are you doing, what’s your views…
Bots With Characters
There used to be a thing called Weavrs, living at weavrs.com but I’ve remembered it recently and saw the project and website looks like a zombie. And now I’m wondering if there’s something similar exist? The idea was pretty interesting and I’ve always wondered how far could it go. Having bots that can wonder around…
A Compilation to Understand GamerGate
Yakın zamanda GamerGate saçmalığı üzerine bir yazı yazmayı planlıyorum ancak o sırada hem benim bilgilenmemi sağlayan ve yazıda kullanacağım kaynakları bir araya toplamak, hem de konuyu merak edenlerin ya da derli toplu okumak isteyenlerin işine yarayacak bir kaynak oluşturmak için böyle bir derleme yapmaya karar verdim. Yeni yazılar, videolar buldukça bu listeyi güncelleyebilirim. Ve eğer…
The Week of Internet and Its Politics (or Where I’m This Week)
After a kinda lazy summer, September begins so fast and busy. The week begins tomorrow (September 1st) comes with lots of events, meetings and surprises. It’s mostly because of Internet Governance Forum 2014 will be held in Istanbul this week. So, what am I going to do this week? Other than my personal jobs and…
My First Article at Global Voices
Good news, everyone! I’ve joined the Global Voices. I’ll be one of the contributors from Turkey. I’m planning to focus on my main interests such as censorship, surveillance, freedom of speech and digital activism in Turkey. Not sure how frequently I’ll write but I’ll do my best to cover every story happens in here that’s…