Can Erol: Nationalism and the game between Turkey and Germany

Mesut Özil and Angela Merkel via Last Friday, Turkey played against Germany which had gained the third place in the latest World Cup in South Africa. Under normal circumstances, Turkey was expected to play offensive and harsh, however things did not go that way. The squad on the pitch was not efficient enough to surpass … Read more

Belated congrats to İstanbul Şehir University

Istanbul gets a new and ambitious reserch university project. A few weeks ago Istanbul Şehir University was officially opened. Several of my friends with great academic credentials begin to teach there. In some respects, this new university reminds me the early years of Bilgi U as it hired so many free spirited academicians. However, we … Read more

Blog Action Day 2010: Water

We registered our blog to the Blog Action Day 2010 as you can see. Normally it was better to write about one issue/topic on water (usage, unsafe or unhygienic cause illnesses etc.) but actually, not only I wanted to rise the awareness of this activity, the day and the importance of topics, but also I … Read more