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Image courtesy of Giovana Fleck/Global Voices. The discourse around AI entered Turkey with the naivete attached to most innovations in the contemporary age, just like anywhere else in the world. Could AI drive our cars? Will robots speak to us? Can AI cure cancer? Will all social problems be resolved in seconds now that we have the perfect incorruptible and unbiased technocrat? In short, any existing problem was viewed in the framework of AI. The possibilities seemed endless! AI: the king of the jungle, the mighty lion, will get rid of the flawed pretenders and save us with its perfection. But...
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Jackson, a stray Istanbul dog adopted in 2020. Image courtesy of the author. Turkey is once again drawing criticism from animal rights activists over a proposed bill targeting stray animals. The country's Animal Rights Law was last amended in 2021. The changes introduced at the time, included mandatory pet microchipping, penalizing pet abandonment, and a provision on sterilizing strays. While lawmakers initially included a provision allowing for the euthanasia of unadopted strays, it was eventually cut because of public backlash. However, the latter is back on the agenda, in a controversial ne...
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Image by Arzu Geybullayeva Animal rights activists in Turkey are dissatisfied with a sentence handed to Ibrahim Keloğlan, a man who kicked a stray cat named Eros to death in December 2023. On March 13, the court sentenced Keloğlan to three years in prison, but citing good behavior, that was reduced to a two-year and six-month suspended sentence with no jail time and a travel ban. Social media has been abuzz with the hashtag #erosiçinadalet (justice for Eros). #erosiçinadalet pic.twitter.com/FRsR4OvqnV — mahirgra (@mahirgra) March 13, 2024 Keloğlan was first charged on February 8 and given a se...
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