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Turkish Airlines and Turkish Foreign Policy. A piece on similarities.
Plus, Mr. Cameron feels the heat after his pro-Turkey statements, and a new move from diasporic Armenians in US… Turkey Flying High from Istanbul Calling by Yigal Schleifer The Wall... Read more
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A video: Turkish Apaçis dancing in front of the White House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFrWmQ2qOu8 This has become viral. Apaçi is a kitsch lifestyle form developing among lower class urbanized male youths in Turkey. Particular wearing style, collective dancing, and music. Very kitsch though…... Read more
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Fazıl Say might be a good musician…
Fazıl Say might be a good musician… but he is definitely not a good communicator. He keeps making statements on every social/political issue in an utterly arrogant and elitist manner.... Read more
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World music archive/ William Faulkner’s University of Virginia Lectures ETC
A Critique of the Cuts July 27, 2010 “Oh be still my beating heart… I just fell in love again. Was that a shawl Eva was wearing, or a superwoman... Read more
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“Unesco denies report that Istanbul not on Endangered Heritage List
Unesco denies report that Istanbul not on Endangered Heritage List from Habervesaire Haberleri UNESCO denied a report by the semi-official Anatolian Agency that Istanbul will be kept on the World... Read more
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Towards Referendum (2): PSYOPs in Dörtyol and İnegöl
Two towns whose populations are more intermixed due to domestic migration, Dörtyol and İnegöl have been targets of psychological operations in order to start communal strifes. This is a pattern... Read more
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METALHEAD (Part 1)- Erkan introduces a new regular post series…
In addition to irregular series of “Introducing Turkish Cybersphere” and weekly Sunday posts of ” Erkan’s field diary: Top posts of the week and month“, I would like to introduce... Read more
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REPORT: TURKEY’S INTERNET CENSORSHIP PROBLEM
REPORT: TURKEY’S INTERNET CENSORSHIP PROBLEM The Media Association has released a report analyzing the various aspects of the problem of Internet access blocks in Turkey. The report, looking at the... Read more
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Euro roundup: France working on her identity crisis: banning burqa, chains “illegal” Romas…
MAIN FOCUS: Catalans ban bullfighting | 29/07/2010 from euro|topics The Catalan parliament in Barcelona on Wednesday passed a ban on bullfighting that will go into effect in the autonomous Spanish... Read more
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feeling sorry for CHP’s EU office
as she had to make such an irrational statement: Kader Sevinc: The CHP is the most progressive political force in Turkey working for a truly European and democratic Turkey from... Read more
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Towards Referendum (1): a roundup
Unfortunately, I could not find an English translation of proposed changes. I am working on it. You can find a documents where all changes in Turkish are listed. Besides, AKP... Read more
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“An archive of interviews with anthropologists
An archive of interviews with anthropologists from Somatosphere by Eugene Raikhel Alan Macfarlane interviews Clifford Geertz in 2004. As a number of anthro blogs have mentioned in the past, Alan... Read more
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Canan Sadık, the 351st child to be killed accidentally by security forces
Human Rights Association states that 351 children have been killed accidentally by security forces between 1989-2010 in Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia regions (mainly Kurdish lands) ********* Ministry of Justice: Defending... Read more
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Cameron makes Ankara happy
Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron (L) meet in Ankara July 26, 2010.… Read more » REUTERS/Adem Altan Cameron backs Turkey joining the EU from... Read more
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Sevcan asks for help for a Social Media survey…
One of my friend from our Social Media classes is doing a survey about the usage of social media. First of all the survey takes about 20 minutes I’m sure... Read more
