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  • Digital journalism workshop open [Turkey]

    Digital journalism workshop open [Turkey]

    Journalists can register for a digital reporting workshop in Turkey.

    minority report

    The Digital Editors Network and the University of Central Lancashire are holding a DJCAMP2013, a two-day workshop in Istanbul January 26 – 27. The workshop will provide training to 30 journalists on how to shape data into stories with impact.

    Presented by Sarah Hartley and Megan Knight, this hands-on workshop will take place at the Santral Campus of Istanbul Bilgi University.

    DJCamp2013 is part of a series of activities of the MADE project, which aims to support innovative news entrepreneurs in Turkey and the United Kingdom.

    via Digital journalism workshop open [Turkey] | IJNet.

  • Press freedom in Turkey | KBIA « Global Freedom Movement

    Press freedom in Turkey | KBIA « Global Freedom Movement

    By REHMAN TUNGEKAR

    TURKEY PIC5Turkey stands at the world’s crossroads, both geographically and culturally. The country straddles the continents of Europe and Asia and is a contentious candidate for European Union membership.

    Turkey is a Muslim country, but a secular democracy. To strengthen its EU bid, the country has undertaken political and economic reforms.

    And free press advocates believe Turkey has the potential to inspire emerging democracies in the Middle East and North Africa. However, the government led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has instead been repressing free speech by silencing its critics.

    The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe found recently that the number of journalists imprisoned in Turkey nearly doubled over the past year. The International Press Institute — the I.P.I — says Turkey now has more journalists in prison than any other country in the world.

    Global Journalist host David Reed was joined by the I.P.I’s executive director, Alison McKenzie, along with Turkish journalists Ferai Tinç and Kadri Gursel.

    KBIA.

    via Press freedom in Turkey | KBIA « Global Freedom Movement.

  • ARMENIAN TERRORIST SASSOUNIAN IS DENIED PAROLE

    ARMENIAN TERRORIST SASSOUNIAN IS DENIED PAROLE

    ATAA ASSURES CALIFORNIA PRISON PAROLE BOARD DENIES PAROLE TO ARMENIAN TERRORIST SASSOUNIAN

    On August 4, 2010, the California Prison Parole Board denied Armenian terrorist, Hampig Sassounian, parole. The Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA), representing over 500,000 Turkish and Turkic Americans nationwide, participated in the hearing, submitting a Statement in Opposition to the Parole of Sassounian. Click here to read the ATAA’s statement and supporting documents.

    The ATAA actively participates in judicial processes to support the conviction and sentencing of terrorists with a view toward achieving complete justice for the victims. ATAA is pleased that Sassounian was denied parole, as he and his followers continue to be a threat to the public. ATAA will appear at Sassounian’s next parole hearing in 2013 to make sure that he remains behind bars for life.

    ARMENIAN TERRORIST HAD TRIED TO SNEAK TO LEBANON

    Sassounian is serving a life sentence for the racist and political assassination of Turkish Consul General Kemal Arikan on January 28, 1982 in Los Angeles. The first attempt on Mr. Arikan’s life occurred on October 6, 1980, when Hampig Sassounian’s older brother, Harout Sassounian, fire-bombed the Consul General’s home. Harout Sassounian was convicted of the attempted killing.

    Two years later, Hampig Sassounian and his accomplice Krikor Saliba massacred Mr. Arikan just outside of his residence as he waited in his vehicle at a traffic light. Their reason was that they hate Turks. LAPD captured Sassounian shortly after the killing. Sassounian’s father stated on national television that he was glad that a Turk was killed. LAPD searched Sassounian’s automobile, seizing a .357 caliber bullet and a one-way airline ticket from Los Angeles to Beirut. LAPD also searched Sassounian’s home, where they seized a gun receipt, pistol targets, and a manifesto of “The Armenian Youth Federation.”

    TERORIST CAMPS ROUTED OUT

    Federal authorities connected Sassounian and Saliba to the Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide (JCAG) terrorist group, which recruited members from the Armenian Youth Federation. JCAG serves as the militant wing of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) political party in Armenia, whose foreign agent in the United States is the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). ANCA is represented in California by ANC Western Region in Glendale. Hampig Sassounian bears an ARF tattoo on his chest. It should be noted that Sassounian’s partner, Saliba, fled to Beirut shortly after the assassination, in response to which Turkish and Israeli intelligence joined efforts to uproot Armenian terrorist camps in Lebanon.

    ATAA’S VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT: A FIRST

    The ATAA’s statement was the first appearance of a Turkish American organization at a parole hearing of an Armenian terrorist. In 2000, the ATAA also appeared at the criminal sentencing of Mourad Topalian, the former chairman of ANCA who was convicted of weapons and explosives charges which federal authorities connected to at least four terror attacks on American soil.

    NAMELESS, FACELESS WARRIORS BEHIND THE SUCCESS STORY

    On behalf of the ATAA Board of Directors, I thank ATAA Western Region VP Maria Cakırağa for submitting the ATAA’s statement on behalf of the citizens of California. I thank ATAA legal intern, Lale Eskicioğlu, and research assistant, Duygu Ozcan, for their tireless research and technical support.

    The LAPD required the provision of bullet-proof vehicles, followed and lead by several secret service vehicles during the trip to San Luis Obispo Prison, indicating the threat level of modern Armenian political violence.

    Though Sassounian’s lawyer, Michael Geragos degraded ATAA at the hearing, Parole Commissioner Peppler expressed that the ATAA’s Statement provided a much necessary history of Armenian terrorism and political violence.

    I take special note here that based on ATAA’s information and belief, the Armenian Republic submitted to the Parole Board a statement in support of Hampig Sassounian, including providing him Armenian citizenship and a residence in Armenia. By doing so, the Armenian Republic supported terrorism and undermined rapprochement.

    DINK MARTYRIZED, ARIKAN FORGOTTEN

    On behalf of Turkish Americans nationwide, ATAA expresses its deepest condolences and respects to Mrs. Arikan and her family for their loss and for their sacrifices. We have not forgotten you. You will always be in our hearts.

    Respectfully submitted,

    Gunay Evinch
    President
    Assembly of Turkish American Associations

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    PS: For exhibits provided to the parole board, please log on to www.ataa.org.

    PPS: The paragraphs heading above added for emphasis by the columnist; they do not appear on the original letter.

  • ANATOLIAN LIONS : TURKISH BRIGADE OF THE KOREAN WAR

    ANATOLIAN LIONS : TURKISH BRIGADE OF THE KOREAN WAR

    The heroic but unpublicized role of the Turkish troops during the 1950-53 Korean War is not fully acknowledged by most Western historians and public, although the Turkish Brigade named “Anatolian Lions” (composed of the 241st Infantry Regiment with three infantry battalions, a motorized artillery battalion with three artillery batteries) were awarded the highest honorable citation of the U.S. Army for saving the U.S. Eighth Army and the IX Army Corps from encirclement and the U.S. 2nd Division from total annihilation. In this legendary effort, the Turks lost 717 men and suffered 2,413 wounded representing the highest combat casualty rate of any U.N. unit engaged in Korea. Turkey was the first country after the United States to send forces to Korea on November 7, 1950 and contributed to the U.N. military efforts in Korea between 1950 and 1966. There were 5,450 Turkish troops, the third-largest contingent after the U.S. with 348,000 and Britain with 14,198.
    I thought this news piece was worth sharing with you in remembrance of the Turkish Brigade for its courageous battles in the “Forgotten War”.
    (To read more about the Turkish Brigade:
    This entry was posted on Friday, June 24th, 2005 at 10:49 am and is filed under Index, Military.
    Source :

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    Here is how JOHN M. VANDER LIPPE put it in his “Forgotten Brigade of the Forgotten War: Turkey’s Participation in the Korean War.” (Middle Eastern Studies, January 1, 2000 )

    THE TURKS IN THE KOREAN WAR
    The advance party of the Turkish Brigade or Turkish Armed Forces command arrived in Pusan on 12 October 1950. The main body numbering 5190 troops arrived five days later, on 17 October. Brigadier General Tahzin Yazici commanded the brigade. Colonel Celal Dora was assistant Brigade Commander. When the main body arrived the brigade went into bivouac near Taegu where it underwent training and received U.S. equipment. The brigade was attached to the U.S. 25th infantry division so after limited training the brigade moved north to the Kaesong area to join the division.
    The Turkish Brigade has been the subject of the world’s praise, by showing a very superior combat capability which provided our state with honor through the successes it won one after another during the three year period of blood and fire starting from the hardest and most critical moment it entered the battlefield until the signing of the “Ceasefire” agreement.
    Turkey was one of the larger participants in the U.N. alliance, committing nearly 5,500 troops. The Turkish Brigade, which operated under the U.S. 25th Infantry Division, assisted in protecting the supply lines of U.N. forces which advanced towards North Korea. However, it was the Battles of Kunu-ri and Kumyanjangni that earned the Turkish Brigade a reputation and the praise of U.N. forces. Because of their heroic actions and sacrifice in these battles, a monument was created in Seoul in the memory of the Turkish soldiers who fought in Korea.
    BILL ALLI, A TURKISH-AMERICAN WHO SERVED AT THE KOREAN WAR
    Bill Alli, a Turkish-American who served at the Korean War and who is a member of the Korean War Veterans Armistice Day Coordinating Committee in Washington, DC said:
    Korean Veterans Memorial is the only Memorial in the National Mall with Turkey’s name on it. It symbolizes the American-Turkish friendship and the sacrifices that both Nations did to protect a democratic nation that needed help. Therefore it is very special for us and we cannot emphasize it enough.
    Heart-wrenching words from an old soldier, especially made poignant when one thinks how that great friend and ally of the United States, Turkey, after all its sacrifices, is mistreated by some viciously anti-Turkish lobbies and hate groups in Glendale and Boston and their proxies in the U.S. Congress. Think about it: when Turkish boys were fighting shoulder to shoulder with Americans and dying in Korea and elsewhere, Armenia was on the Soviet camp, its soldiers shooting bullets and lobbing bombs at Turkish and American boys. Those Armenians are now the darling of some politicians with little or no memory or scruples. Go figure!

  • GENOCIDE FOR DUMMIES . . .

    GENOCIDE FOR DUMMIES . . .

    Here’s when a ‘mass killing’ can be determined as a ‘genocide’ and when it cannot.

    It took me years and years of scientific research.

    Read, learn!

    Killers: Muslims
    Victims: Christians
    Definiton: It’s definitely a Genocide

    Killers: Christians
    Victims: Muslims
    Definiton: It’s definitely not a Genocide. Please refer to such events as “War” or “Civil Conflict”

    Killers: Germans, French, Dutch, Poles, Greeks, Armenians, Slavs etc.
    Victims: European Jews
    Definiton: It’s a Genocide – But only the Germans are guilty.

    Killers: Muslims
    Victims: Muslims
    Definiton: It’s a Genocide (If the victims are the West’s allies or the killers are the West’s enemy)
    It’s not a Genocide (If the killers are the West’s allies or the victims are the West’s enemy)

    Killers: Christians
    Victims: Christians
    Definiton: Incomplete data. Unable to make a judgment. Please provide the skin color of the killers and the victims.

    Killers: The West
    Victims: Peoples of the 3rd World
    Definiton: Definitely not a Genocide. Use terms like Anti-Terrorism, Overseas conflict, War against oppressive

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    By Midas

    Copied from: https://armenians-1915.blogspot.com/2006/07/889-genocide-for-dummies.html