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“World’s Best Think Tanks
World’s Best Think Tanks (UPenn Rankings) by Reflection Cafe THE THINK TANKS AND CIVIL SOCIETIES PROGRAM James G. McGann, Ph.D. / Director University of Pennsylvania / January 25,... Read more
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“Teens Love Facebook, Hate Blogging, Are Always Online, and Don’t Use Twitter
Pew Survey: Teens Love Facebook, Hate Blogging, Are Always Online, and Don’t Use... Read more
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Euro roundup: European Young Journalist Award 2010 etc
European Young Journalist Award 2010 from Stephen Spillane Again this year DG Enlargement are running the European Young Journalist Award 2010. (post on last years competition is here). Its simple, if your... Read more
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A fashion week in the campus
Istanbul Fashion Week happened to be at the campus I work in. Santralistanbul’s large parking lot was turned into a tent town and fashion people showed around in the campus,... Read more
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GATA incident, EMASYA annulled, one more military official arrested- roundup on Turkish politicis
Ergenekon Col. Dönmez purged from TSK, sentenced to four years imprisonment Today’s Zaman Dönmez who has been considered as a key suspect in the ongoing Ergenekon investigation which aims to reveal... Read more
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“Details of honor killing shocks Turkey” (UPI)
The hole where Medine Memi was buried by her relatives in the courtyard of their house in Adiyaman, southeastern Turkey, February 4, 2010. Memi, a 16-year-old girl, was buried alive... Read more
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Prof. Aydın Uğur on Turkish cultural analysis
From Aydın Uğur’s talk Culture and Politics in Turkey. 11/24/2009. Well, i am quite late to post it but it is still valid. Prof. Aydın Uğur, who is one of... Read more
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Social climate in Europe – European Commission survey
Social climate in Europe – European Commission survey delivers mixed results “Europeans quite happy with their personal situation, but less satisfied with economic and social climate in their... Read more
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Verheugen: EU backtracking on Turkey is “pure populism”
INTERVIEW: Verheugen: EU backtracking on Turkey is “pure populism” – Monsters and Critics Turkey’s Chief EU Negotiator Meets European... Read more
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Savage Minds Anthropology Journalism (and an anthro roundup)
How to write an anthropology book that people will read? from Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog by Joana and Pal Many thanks to Kerim and Alex... Read more
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2 million workers are expected to strike today. Strike diary will be updated all day
Honestly, it will surprise me if the strike succeeds. I will keep an eye on what happens today. update: 6 Feb 2010. It seemed that the general strike did not really... Read more
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looks like Obama skips Europe…
MAIN FOCUS: The US President skips Europe | 03/02/2010 from euro|topics US President Barack Obama will not be attending the EU-USA summit planned for May. The official explanation given is that he... Read more
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Erkan talks to Changing Turkey blog
Interview with Dr. Erkan SAKA on Media and Politics February 1, 2010 by Changing Turkey 1. Could you tell us a bit about your recent/forthcoming publications? I had produced three articles/essays during my dissertation... Read more
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TEKEL workers’ strike has a blog
nice photos and strike diary in this blog. Censorship Costs Turkey 43,000 Euro at ECHR from Bianet :: English The European Court of Human Rights sentenced Turkey to a € 36,000 compensation fine... Read more
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Turkish insurance company produces a Facebook St. Valentine day application
“Love expert” – a funny application by a real, serious insurance company: Anadolu Sigorta. Produced by an agency, Utopic Farm, in which one of my former students... Read more







