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Let it be a happy day!
Wishing all the Muslims a Happy Bayram! Eid ul-Fitr or Id-ul-Fitr (Arabic: ??? ????? ‘?du l-Fi?r), often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan,... Read more
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MA in Media and Communication Systems program at Istanbul Bilgi University
The program I used to work as a TA launches an MA program. I was informed that I will also be teaching there as an Assistant Professor at Spring 2010... Read more
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World Water Forum starts…
It happens five minutes away from the campus but I do not have any access and honestly I think at this moment of my life, I have no interest… Turkish... Read more
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A simple story of Credit Crisis…
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo. This looks like an excellent video that teaches us, dummies, what happened in the... Read more
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Darwin ban is a shame!
Check out the related material below and... Read more
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Tips from Savage Minds for graduate study applications
Rex from Savage Minds provides tips for applying anthro programs but i guess they are relevant for any social science programs… Getting into graduate school in anthropology: What we/I look... Read more
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"Top Ten (Alternative) Valentine?s Songs
Metal Hammer editors provide you top 10 song lists on Valentines Day……. India?s Shri Ram Sene, a right-wing Hindu group, is responsible for violent attacks on women who wear attire that... Read more
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Bologna Process at Bilgi
What do we do in the campus now? It is the semester break for students but we work on several bureacratic tasks. I change readings every semester so now i... Read more
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Toby Miller on Trends and Issues in Cultural Studies
Wolf Vostell, Coca-Cola, 1961 FOUND IN LACMA Features First U.S. Exhibition to Examine Art Developed During the Cold... Read more
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"Government 2.0: How Social Media Could Transform Gov PR
Political Islam, secular elite and democracy in the Middle East (1) by A. KADİR YILDIRIM In Op-Ed What is a bigger threat to democratization in the Middle East, reigning secular-elite... Read more
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"Turkey-Israel relations amid sound and fury, an enduring alliance
Obama after Gaza… VIA Turkey-Israel relations amid sound and fury, an enduring alliance ANKARA – Relations between Turkey and Israel have a long and dramatic history, but over time the... Read more
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More than 200,000 protested in Çağlayan, Istanbul
A video fragment from the Çağlayan protests. Taken from Flash TV’s live broadcasting… More than 200,000 protested in Çağlayan, Istanbul today according to Hürriyet. 50,000 demonstrated in Diyarbakır, Turkey.. More... Read more
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For the people of Gaza:
……..they encountered suffering and adversity, and were so shaken in spirit that even the Messenger and those of faith who were with him cried: "When (will come) the help of... Read more
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"Academic blogs attract growing audience
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More than 200 Palestinians murdered by Israeli attacks…
World Leaders React to Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Voice of America A few thousand demonstrators protested Israeli attacks in Istiklal Street, Taksim this... Read more
