I have been neglecting this line of posting. Now I am back:) Acı Şafak (Bitter Dawn) is a blog project in which ex-conscripts narrate their service memories. Good work! Atabase is collection of Atatürk photos. A commendable project in its scope… Blogging Turkey– Mavi Boncuk Links for Blogging Binnur’s Turkish Cookbook Cafe Fernando Du bretzel … Read more
One of the most popular photos for the day. Atatürk teaching… I don’t know if university professors are eligible for the day – since “öğretmen” in Turkish mostly mean educative personnel until the level of university, many of my students keep celebrating my teachers’ day. Well, thank you. Whether I am a teacher or not, … Read more
Naipaul cancels Istanbul travel plans following reaction from Hurriyet Dailynews VS Naipaul, the winner of a Nobel Prize for Literature, has chosen to abandon his trip to Istanbul for a writers? conference following a storm of controversy over his past comments on Islam. But the writer who first started the debate, Hilmi Yavuz, says, ?The … Read more
Turkish protesters marching in Istanbul against Israel?s takeover of the Gaza flotilla in May. Photo by: AP Israel should compensate Gaza flotilla victims – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News Israel can take several steps to defuse tensions between itself and Turkey. By Shlomo Avineri The waves caused by the raid on the Gaza-bound Turkish … Read more
El Classico’ya sadece 5 gün kaldı. Bu seneki her zamankinden daha farklı olacak. Bu sefer iki takım da çok formda. İki takımın da kadrosu çok dengeli ve iki takım da çok seri ve etkili bir şekilde hücum ediyor. Son hafta Real Madrid Athletic Bilbao’ya 5 attı, Barcelona ise işi biraz yüzsüzlüğe vurarak 8 tane gönderdi … Read more