by the way, another low record from the miserable Demirören administration in BJK:

Our men’s Volleyball team has been relegated to the second league…News in Turkish here. Usual fan fight ensued… In older news: Schuster resigns as Beşiktaş coach from Hurriyet Dailynews by ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News Bernd Schuster has resigned from his post as Beşiktaş coach with immediate effect, the Spor Toto Super League club?s spokesman … Read more

Vehbi Görgülü: Jeff Buckley?nin uğruna şarkılar yazdığı kadın: Joan As Police Woman

Jeff Buckley?nin uğruna şarkılar yazdığı kadın: Joan As Police Woman Joan As Police Woman, 19 Mart gecesi Salon İKSV?de sergilediği performansla, son albümü ?The Deep Field??ın promosyonu için çıktığı Avrupa Turnesi?ni sonlandırdı. 2008 yılında verdiği Bowery Ballroom konserinden, Joan As Police Woman?ın ilk dönemki, şimdikilerine kıyasla daha agresif ve karanlık şarkılarının büyük hayranı olduğum için … Read more

Can Erol: Avrupa’nın En Büyüğü Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom!!!

Haftanın, belki de Türk sporu için yılın olayı Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom?un voleybolda Avrupa Şampiyonlar Ligi şampiyonu olmasıdır. Spor kamuoyu derbide gelen Fenerbahçe galibiyetinden sonra Sarı Melekler?e biraz daha konsantre olmuş olsa da, Vakıfbank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom görece mütevazı olan bütçesiyle şampiyonluğa ulaşmayı başardı ve son 6 yıldır İtalyan takımlarının hegemonyası altına girmiş … Read more

A. Kaan Göksal’dan ilk yazı: D.R.I. konserinden…

İlk konser kritiğim olduğu için şimdiden hatalarım affola… 14 Mart 2011 Pazartesi, Mekan Old School Rock Bar. İstanbul metal kitlesinin bence yeni favori mekanı. Özellikle düzenledikleri konserlerle ve tabi ki getirdikleri grupların hep underground ve kült olmasıyla. 2010?da keşfettiğim mekan geniş, ferah. Kışın üşürsünüz yazın serin olur. Yüzlerce kişi alabilir. D.R.I. da demin tarif ettiğim … Read more

Towards elections: Digital natives in Turkey prepare for independent MEP candidates

Notarious İnci Sözlük community gangs up to present independent MEP candidates for the elections in Turkey.  News in Turkish here.  

Organized crime in Bulgaria, EU 2020 Strategy… What else in Europe? A Euro roundup

The euro pact and Germany: Triumph or a coming bust-up? by Open Europe blog team The Telegraph‘s Ambrose Evans-Pritchard describes the weekend deal at the EU summit as a “total German triumph”. He paraphrases Chancellor Angela Merkel saying that “whoever wants credit must fulfil our conditions”. 2011-03-18 Bulgarian Organized Crime Uncensored from WL Central by … Read more

Nevruz celebrated peacefully- so far

  Turkish Kurds gather to celebrate the Nowruz in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, March 20, 2011. The Nowruz has traditionally been used as an opportunity to highlight separatist demands by Kurdish rebels and police had to intensify security against possible violence as tensions run high ahead of nationwide general elections. Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for ‘new … Read more

15 April: Deadline for 2011 International Hrant Dink Award Nomination Proposals

Check out for details here. The International Hrant Dink Award is waiting for your nominees The International Hrant Dink Award winners will be announced on September 15th, 2011. Every year, the Award will be presented to individuals, organisations or groups that work for a free and just world free from discrimination, racism and violence, who … Read more

Erkan’s Field Diary: Top posts of the week and the month

The link below gives Russian artist, designer and pothographer El Lissitzky as the author of this portrait. I doubt about this, since when El Lissitzky died (1941 according to Wikipedia) Fidel Castro was only 15 years old. Any ideas?-http://www.ex-exp.com/painters/search.php?kw=El%20Lissitzky found in: El Lissitzky (??) (1890 -1941) Portrait of Fidel Castro & Che Guevara Top Posts … Read more

Activists in Istanbul marched against nuclear power. And a Japan earthquake roundup

Activists march during a protest against the Turkish government’s plans to build a nuclear power plant in the country in Istanbul March 19, 2011. The leaders of Russia and Turkey, calling nuclear energy safe, promised on Wednesday to press ahead with the construction of a Russian atomic power plant in Turkey despite Japan’s nuclear crisis. … Read more

Sarkozy seizes the moment, French-led intervention begins in Libya

Still here in Turkey, many people rely on scepticism on western intentions, while “muslim” Gaddafi murders muslim Libyan citizens…. France send warplanes against Libya after Gaddafi’s forces enter Benghazi from Wash Post Europe by Liz Sly, Karen DeYoung and Sudarsan Raghavan Sarkozy confirms no-fly zone, says Libyan leader attacked civilians with “murderous madness”; rebel warplane … Read more

Towards elections: Probably the best election offer, Paid-for military service, rejected by AKP

I am sure CHP is not very sincere about her proposal still its election promise was the closed to get rid of the mandatory military service for many. And not surprisingly, AKP  leadership, as the new leaders of Establishment, rejected the proposal outright… The CHP?s paid-for military proposal by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK Following its civil … Read more

Erkan’ın ZETE yazısı: Tunus ve Mısır?da yaşanan bir sosyal medya devrimidir

Geçen ay Türkiye’nin ilk iPad gazetesi diye tanımlanan ZETE gazetesi için yazdığım yazının metnini aşağıda sunuyorum. Bu metin üzerinden anlattıklarımla katıldığım bir konferansın haberininin linkini de aşağıda sunuyorum: Taha Kılınç ve Erkan Saka Bilgi Üniversitesi’nde Arap devrimlerini ve bu devrimlerde sosyal medyanın rolünü tartıştı. Foto: Serdar Dilmen. Mehmet Özen’in kaleminden konferans haberi burada. Tunus ve … Read more

Gadhafi backs down for the moment, Brutality in Yemen…

Libya airstrikes could start ‘within hours of resolution’ by Mark Mardell (the Reporters) The United Nations seems on the brink of taking a momentous decision. After hanging back for days the Americans have now not only backed the British and French resolution on Libya but beefed it up. The fact that the French foreign minister, … Read more

Busy Friday Night in Istanbul. Death Angel concert. Derby btw GS-FB. Istanbul Shopping Fest starts.

This super thrash metal band, Death Angel, comes to Istanbul for the first time and that’s definitely my top priority tonight. Yer: Old School Rock Bar Tarihler: 18.03.2011~18.03.2011 21:00 Telefon: 0212 292 98 17 Adres: Atıf Yılmaz Cad. (Ağa Cami Sokağı) No: 17 Kat: 2 Beyoğlu Istanbul Bilet Ücreti: Ayakta: 45,00 TL Nereden Alırım: Biletix.com, … Read more