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Baran Mavzer
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joined 10 January 2013 · 9 posts

Baran Mavzer is a web enthusiast and a freelance writer/translator.
Personal websites:
azadolu.com
bekoskitchen.wordpress.com

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Latest posts by Baran Mavzer

22 June 2013

Censorship and Police Brutality Mark Three Weeks of Turkish Protests

Written by Baran Mavzer · Middle East & North Africa

It's been three weeks since massive protests started across Turkey. Since their start on May 31, the country has witnessed media censorship, police brutality, protests by the thousands and the...

4 June 2013

Turkey: A Social Media Chronology of Occupy Gezi

Written by Baran Mavzer · Middle East & North Africa

On April 10, a hashtag on Turkey's Twitter proclaimed, #ayagakalk ("stand up"). This came from a small group of activists trying to preserve the standing park, Gezi Park in Taksim...

18 May 2013

Turkey: Syrian Refugees Targeted after Reyhanlı Blasts

Written by Baran Mavzer · Middle East & North Africa

On May 11th, Reyhanlı [en] small Turkish town on Turkey-Syria border, was under terrorist attacks. This was the biggest terrorist attack [en] in country's 90 year-old republican history. Netizens react...

3 May 2013

VIDEO: Turkish Police Crack Down on May Day Protesters

Written by Baran Mavzer · Turkey

Violent clashes between Turkish police and May Day protesters in Istanbul left 25 civilians and 22 police officers injured, including one man who reportedly lost an eye due to a...

20 March 2013

Hackers Publish Turkish Mayor's Phone Number in Tit-for-Tat Cyber Attack

Written by Baran Mavzer · Middle East & North Africa

A group of Turkish hackers who call themselves Redhack have published the mayor of Ankara's cell phone number on Twitter in retaliation against him for publicizing the cell phone number...

27 February 2013

Turkish Women Speak Up: My Body, My Decision

Written by Baran Mavzer · Middle East & North Africa

Turkish women protested, and protected their rights by saying 'my body, my decision.' But it seems like they still have a long way to go and fight until it is...

20 February 2013

Turkey: Lynch Attempt on Kurdish Members of Parliament in Sinop

Written by Baran Mavzer · Middle East & North Africa

Kurdish members of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and Democratic Congress of the People (HDK) faced a lynch attempt by almost 2,000 angry protesters during their visit to Sinop,...

27 January 2013

After 15-year Trial in Turkey, Pınar Selek Sentenced for Life

Written by Baran Mavzer · Middle East & North Africa

After three acquittals, Pınar Selek, a sociologist and a writer, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by Turkish courts for the 1998 Istanbul Spice Bazaar bombing.

11 January 2013

Zonguldak Accident Draws Attention to Turkish Miners’ Plight

Written by Baran Mavzer · Middle East & North Africa

Eight miners were killed due to a gas leak on January 7, 2013. Zonguldak, the main mining city of Turkey, hits the headlines once again with this fatal mine accident....