"Erkan's Field Diary" was a blog to register Erkan Saka's fieldwork days for his dissertation thesis project on Turkish journalism and the European Union (EU). He defended his thesis at the Anthropology Department of Rice University (Houston, TX) back in December 2008 and he is serving his mandatory military service in Turkey now. He will be a civilian again sometime in mid-September 2009 and hopefully resume his work as a lecturer at the Public Relations Department, Istanbul Bilgi University. (04/11/2009)