Here is a Friendfeed discussion: Users discuss which Istanbul cafes are good to stay and read. Discussion in Turkish.. ******* Europe’s Tallest Building is in Istanbul Now from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Kiler Group will spend an additional $150 million for constructing the retail facility and residential/office tower, bringing the overall cost of the project … Read more
I could probably be more sympathetic if Necmettin Erbakan did not prevent Numan Kurtulmuş‘ ascendancy at Saadet Party despite his old age and illness. But he did his best to stop Mr. Kurtulmuş who could provide a marginal but substantive political standing. What Mr. Erbakan did in fact to assume his own leadership in order … Read more
Bu parti hiçbir işe yaramadıysa bile Ümit Bektaş ile olan dostluğumu pekiştirdi. Sedef Olgaç da bize yoldaşlığını esirgemedi. Bazen yenilgiler üzerinden daha kuvvetli ittifaklar doğabiliyor;) Bu parti onsuz ve Sevcansız ve Yıldızsız olamazdı. Benden çok emekleri geçti etkinlikte. Son zamanlarda tanıştığım en güzel, en çalışkan, en medeni insanlardan Deniz Ergürel de partimizi onurlandırdı. Yine son … Read more
My dear readers, Now that our poster is ready, I hereby announce the party to celebrate the one million visits Erkan’s Field Diary had since June 2005. Yes, I know, we haven’t reached the 1 million visits yet but we are close;) A dear friend and contributor, Ümit Bektaş, a professional organizer, had persuaded me … Read more
The festival will run from Feb. 17 to 27 in Istanbul and from March 2 to 6 in Ankara. !f Istanbul celebrates decade of independent film by ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News The 10th !f istanbul AFM International Independent Film Festival starts Thursday in Istanbul. The festival will continue through Feb. 27 in the city and … Read more
He is goner. After the miserable Dinamo Kiev loss, Bernd Schuster challenged Beşiktaş fans who asked him to resign. Of course he is not only factor in Beşiktaş’ downward slope as he is working under probably the worst president of Beşiktaş. Still, fans are increasingly anxious with the way he coaches the team. Now he … Read more
However it gets complicated. If there isn’t hard evidence, and there is a growing anxiety over the evidence issue, then it is impossible to support this raid. This is despite the fact that I have no sympathy for Soner Yalçın and his gang at Oda.TV, an influential website with idiosyncratic left leanings, anti-AKP and pro-Ergenekon … Read more
Prof. Nezih Erdoğan has been working on this project for a while. It has finally been launched here.It is not user friendly but it contains a treasure. and it is just the beginning… there will be more documents uploaded day by day… and a cinema roundup: A controversial new film — “Valley of the Wolves … Read more
(from L to R) Haluk Şahin, Erkan Saka and Serhat Ayan This week is the course registration week and we are supposed to be in the office all day all week. Well, I still miss the early hours, but students can reach me in myriad ways and sometimes a phone call from a student wakes … Read more
… and Erkan’s only connection with the Fashion Week was that it took place in santralistanbul, my own campus, and I had to park far away as our usual parking lot was used of IFW. photo via Istanbul Fashion Week ends with flair Hurriyet Daily News Istanbul Fashion Week, held Thursday to Sunday, concluded with … Read more
İlk gün bitiyor bile. Açılış partisine katılamayacağım. Malum TRT Haber’de Sosyal Medya günü bugün. Stüdyoya doğru yola çıkacağım. Resmi sayfa burada. Program, duyurular vb hakkında oradan bilgi alınabilir. Öğrencilerimizden Beril haftanın programının güzel bir özetini blogunda geçmiş. Ona da bakmakta fayda var. Benim de katılacağım panel Çarşamba santralistanbul’da 16:35 ? 18:00 arasında E1 ? 301 … Read more
update: and he is disappointed once again. like in the old days, Beşitakş played miserable and the result is a draw. Damn! After a relatively long time (since July, I think) I haven’t been to İnönü Stadium to watch a Beşiktaş game live. Now I am on my way, to meet friends to do our … Read more
Istanbul’s world heritage sites in neglect PRI’s The World It was no real surprise, perhaps ? Istanbul is an archaeological treasure trove, with historic sites from the Hippodrome of Byzantine times to the Ottoma Transport takes lion’s share of İstanbul Municipality budget Today’s Zaman The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, led by Mayor Kadir Topbaş, has released a … Read more
It was NTV news with Can Dündar. My sister recorded the session here. Stating the obvious that social media had a central role in organizing the demonstrations. Since conventional media was under the control of the veteran authoritarian regime, there could not be any other media. And social media is harder to control and there … Read more
Controversial film on Nursi gets İstanbul gala Today’s Zaman ?Hür Adam? (Free Man), a movie that recounts the life of Said-i Nursi, a Muslim scholar who lived in Turkey from 1876 to 1960, was screened in İstanbul on The modernist tradition in Turkish Islam and Said Nursi by ŞAHİN ALPAY Last week a film by … Read more