Summarized by merlin app: 00:04 Corporate leaders have reversed their approach to remote work in less than three years. 01:17 The discussion about remote work has shifted due to the slowdown in t...
https://erkansaka.net/2024/06/02/a-video-is-the-golden-age-of-remote-work-over/
Turkish authorities let the vigil happen this time, after months of ban. The Saturday Mothers/People, a group of activists and relatives seeking justice for loved ones who disappeared in police c...
https://erkansaka.net/2024/05/29/for-the-record-saturday-mothers-met-for-the-1000th-time/
“If You Think That OG Facebook Is Dead, Think Again” Summarized by merlin app: 00:01 OG Facebook is still the most lucrative social media platform in the world. 01:55 OG Facebook’s longe...
https://erkansaka.net/2024/05/29/a-video-if-you-think-that-og-facebook-is-dead-think-again/
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/
The video is in Turkish but a long summary is provided below: Remembering the Circassian Genocide and Exile on its 160th Anniversary with Elbruz Aksoy – Video Summary Speaker: Elbruz Aksoy Gu...
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/
The German newspaper Bild, published by the media conglomerate Axel Springer SE, has been known to target pro-Palestinian academics. The newspaper has been criticized for its vilification of Pale...
https://erkansaka.net/2024/05/20/a-newspaper-targeted-lecturers-in-oh-not-in-turkiye-but-in-germany/
There were some debates about “normalization,” but unfortunately, it does not seem applicable to Kurdish politicians. The outcome of the Kobani trial in Turkey resulted in convictions of form...
https://erkansaka.net/2024/05/20/kobani-trial-no-relief-for-kurdish-politicians/
You will not hear about this in Turkey’s oppositional press. Ekrem İmamoğlu, current Istanbul mayor and a strong candidate for the next presidential election, traveled to Rome with a group of...
https://erkansaka.net/2024/05/19/his-would-be-majestys-journalists/