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Such a frustrating day…A few words on manners and Open source in academy (!)
I was accused of Piracy today by a quite well-known scholar on web censorship issues. Not publicly though. In a previous post I gave a link to his book whose... Read more
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Web Censorship in Turkey: An Impasse due to a Minister who takes it personal, Kemalist complicity with the politically conservative judiciary and Indifferent user base
I feel that Mr. Yıldırım takes the web censorship issues in a very personal level in his continuously apologetic speeches. Maybe indifference of Google administrators made him angry and he... Read more
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PKK’s latest terror campaign might be the end of Kurdish gains
Once I stated that Turkish State have lost Kurds after the closure of DTP. Kurdish opening etc progressed slowly but there had been gains. 30 years ago, you could not... Read more
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Turks reading, Grup Yorum, Ali Nesin
It is a bit of old news now. In last weeks, a Turkish NGO in cooperation with a local municipality tried to break a world record: Biggest number of people... Read more
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Attempts to take Turkey back to pre-AKP political scene: PKK increase attacks, Top courts intervene in favor of Ergenekon, American neocons scream for battle
Top Statesmen visit the ambushed site … and a few ask why the all powerful Turkish army cannot defend its own soldiers… And the government doesn’t have any other support... Read more
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Foreign policy roundup: Turkey is not a piece of cake anymore
I have stated several times that Turkey has started a new foreign policy which is riskier but more attractive than the old obedient silent ally policy. I sincerely wish for... Read more
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Deniz Baykal gives in to the concentrated attack
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputies Bihlun Tamayligil and Savci Sayan (R) cry as their leader Deniz Baykal (not pictured) addresses the media in Ankara May 10, 2010.... 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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TÜBA President represents the state of Turkish academia…
I always heard it as a gossip but a few days ago TÜBA (The Turkish Academy of Sciences) President Prof. Yücal Kanpolat made it official in my eyes: Prof. Şerif... Read more
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Formula of AKP’s success
Any suggestions and comments are of course welcome. Here is a formula (!): Having one strong, charismatic leader (RTE), who had proved his administrative capacity as a mayor of Istanbul,... Read more
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Is Democracy possible in a country where journalists write op-eds in NYT to support the army?
Take the case of Aslı Aydıntaşbaş of Milliyet who had written an op-ed in NYT in defending Turkish military. She represents a more moderate secular breed of journalists who gave... Read more
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Iranian Revolution. 30 years after.
Abbas Milani in Open Democracy lists three paradoxes of the revolution. have a look. I have also learned the following data, which sounds funny. I do not know how one... Read more
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What happens on April 25th?
Yuvakuran below urges us to think about what might happen after April 24: On 24th April 2009 Friday morning, it is most likely that the new US President will make... Read more
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Erkan looks at Turkey's news channels…
As a news junkie, I may live in the right country. At the moment, there are at least 6 TV channels that specialize in news, that they call themselves as... Read more
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Evidence issue in the Ergenekon case.
Forensic officers search for weapons in a wooded area in central Ankara January 9, 2009. More than 40 people, including three retired generals, nine military officers, a state prosecutor and... Read more
