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in Kütahya, 6 thousand soldiers, including my brother, are quarantined due to measles epidemic…
update: my brother just called us and said he had already left that barrack. He is now stationed in another city… Barracks of Turkish Air Forces are closed to visitors... Read more
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Turkish state says: Pay 30,000 liras when you are at 30 to be exempted from military service. don’t think of Conscientious objection
Turkish prime minister outlines paid military exemption conditions from Hurriyet Dailynews by ANKARA – Anatolia News Agency Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says Turkish nationals of 30 years of... Read more
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Gov’t hammers the Military’s service plan, works on shortening military service!
If newly proposed service plan Chief of Staff I harshly criticised before would be taken into agenda by the government, my personal support for AKP would cease immediately. According to... Read more
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A sinister plan: 9-month military service proposal
A few weeks ago, Ministry of Defence and new Chief of Staff declared that they have plans to make military service 9 months for all. As a persuasive technique they... Read more
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The Turkish Army wants you.
It was first proposed when I was serving. We had some bad moments then we thought this will legally affect the following generations of conscripts. That is, instead of different... Read more
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Guess where Erkan was in the morning? At the Local police station
Yesterday a police officer from the local police station had shown up at my parents’ place asking about me. It is about the military service thing again. In this slightly... Read more
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An “uneventful” week for Erkan
Playing chess with my students. Yes, I won:) Since I came back from the service, I have been meaning to have some peace of mind but unfortunately life is not... Read more
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Today I was arrested (and then released…)
at 7.30 after check-in, I went through the passport control and the policeman told me that there was an arrest warrant about me. He did not know what the reason... Read more
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every male soul tastes the military service (in Turkey) (!)
Recently, Hürriyet posted service photos of popular actors, footballers etc… Kadir İnanır and Mazhar Alanson Barış Manço... Read more
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Freedom in Less than 48 Hours!
A Celtic symbol for Freedom VIA... Read more
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As Erkan finishes his military service in 5 days…
Erkan as a soldier is best at reading. 152 days, 27 books Thanks to one of my favorite Facebook application, Book Tracker, you can see what I have read while... Read more
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An anectode from the Victory Day celebration while 12 Days left…
It is unbelievable but I have only 12 days left here. I do not have any night duties any more and thus I can sleep more and there is less... Read more
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Last 24 days. Doable.
I don’t like Nil Karaibrahimgil’s too girlish attitude much but I like this song as it bangs on my head in the internet cafe. Her summer hit. There are... Read more
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the last 1,5 months
1,5 months left. Another bi-weekly break ends in a hurry. No time left of after replying mails and playing with Facebook. It just goes smoothly. One day I am in... Read more
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Another relatively uneventful two weeks…
Watch duty at the Tosya Prison. I finally find a task I can achieve successfully: I asked our lieutenant if I am allowed to buy newspapers every day for... Read more
