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Erkan talks to Changing Turkey blog
TweetShare via email 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... Read more
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Rest and peace in Houston
TweetShare via email After all, what I do need is some rest and this is what I do after my first post-defense days. Now it sinks in well, that I... Read more
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Erkan's thesis is accepted…
TweetShare via email…with some revision requests. I will work on these while I am in Houston as I had already planned…. Now I just want to have a peaceful... Read more
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Today is the day.
TweetShare via emailSo here comes the day. The very raison d’etat of this blog. The defense ritual will start at 14:30 (at 22:30 in Istanbul) TweetShare via... Read more
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Stress, recovery, stress, recovery…
TweetShare via emailEbru and I had managed to stress ourselves to the end last Friday night. I don’t know how it started. We had studied in Ebru’s temporary office all... Read more
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Day 3 and 4
TweetShare via email Defense will take place in this room… Anthropology Reading Room as it is known. Oh boy, I was stressing about driving. As if I have not... Read more
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Early hours of the third day…
TweetShare via emailThis is the third day. I haven’t made it to the campus yet but it is still noon. It is Christmas time and Ayhan, who hosts me, is... Read more
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Erkan is in Houston
TweetShare via emailMy dear readers, please accept my apologies. I have had some hectic days and I stopped blogging completely. I have arrived Houston last afternoon and slept in until a... Read more
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Revised draft sent, Erkan will soon be in Houston…
TweetShare via email Now that draft sent, Erkan can enjoy Saturday night derby between Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe. It is an away game for Beşitaş. Photo, from Beşiktaş-Eskişehir game, credit goes... Read more
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Just one more chapter to go…
TweetShare via email From the Beşiktaş-Eskişehir game last Sunday. Yes, I could not keep my promise, I am back to the games. A week later, Erkan feels fine. I had... Read more
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the Battle of Chapter 009
TweetShare via emailSo now with hope and more confidence I am working on the draft. I can now think there is more or less coherence in most of the chapters... Read more
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Galip and Erkan
TweetShare via email Since Tuesday, Galip hoca took me under his wings, and so I am not all lost. I woke up to start a better day and I am... Read more
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Just a little better….
TweetShare via emailI am trying to work on the text according to my adviser’s comments. This is a traumatic pre-defense period. I knew it was coming, I observed in many... Read more
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Erkan just received a feedback mail…
TweetShare via email …from his adviser. Not a positive one. No changes in the defense day but I will have to sweat more, it seems. I have had nothing easily... Read more
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Days before the defense
TweetShare via email Despite several attempts I could not go back to writing and I did not hear from my professors. Because there are sections that need more work, my... Read more
