Dear Friends and Colleagues, I have started a project with my graduate students that is becoming an edited volume. With an ethnographic sensibility, we are conducting research and collecting ca...
Last weekend, I attended the Wikipedians’ gathering in Arhavi, a lovely Black Sea town in Artvin. A group of Georgian Wikipedians also participated in the meeting hosted by Artvin’s only priv...
https://erkansaka.net/2024/05/23/wikipedia-camp-in-arhavi-turkiye/
This piece was originally published in Turkish here. Translated via DeepL How AI will transform education We are in the early years of the productive AI revolution. It is hard to predict what kin...
https://erkansaka.net/2024/05/21/my-op-ed-on-how-ai-will-transform-education/
Here are some recent photos I have taken: My own private İstanbul (!) Windows scenes from the event I attended. When I was passing through the first Bosphorus bridge to get my new car. The ...
https://erkansaka.net/2024/05/15/a-few-days-ago-in-bosphorus/
I just heard my edited volume on the generative AI book proposal has been accepted. I will talk about it later. In the meantime, I am on a tour! I am attending an HR summit next month; below, I...
The video is age-restricted and only available on YouTube. I could not embed it here. Here is the video to watch I have seen it trending on TikTok and a restricted form can be found at Youtube. ...
This piece was originally published in Turkish. It was translated with DeepL to English. Possible US ban on TikTok could deal a major blow to the fight for internet freedom. The possibility of Ti...
MLSA’s Twitter account documents the rights violations towards journalists and other activists. Historic Unkapanı towards Taksim Square is blocked by police. An iconic image of shame for Turki...
This week has been overwhelmingly busy. A few days ago, we met in Istanbul for the Istanbul session for our GRADE COST project. My colleague Ivo Furman did a fantastic job of organizing the ev...
https://erkansaka.net/2024/04/25/our-cost-meeting-in-istanbul/
19:15 The higher Election Council does not allow to announce results yet, but the vibe in opposition is that AKP may be losing. 18:20 Istanbul mayoral contest takes centre stage as Turkey votes i...
https://erkansaka.net/2024/03/31/to-be-updated-local-elections-day-blogging-today/