Attractions: football, cinema, music

It has been 27 years, Fenerbahçe cannot win the Turkish Cup…

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a circulating web joke: the last FB fans who witnessed FB’s winning the Turkey cup…

This has become one of the major jokes of Turkish Super League. Although Fenerbahçe (FB) won championship several times- and this is definitely more precious than the Turkish Cup itself, FB just cannot win it. It is now 27 years. FB lost it in the final to Trabzonspor yesterday…

Trabzonspor wins the Turkish Cup

from Turkey(Turkiye) football(soccer) Column and News by Ahmet Turgut

Fenerbahce this season was eager to get both of the cups , but coach Christoph Daum has only one price deal: the championship. They loss the Turkish Cup to Trabzon on Wednesday in Sanliurfa,Turkey,3-1.

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Kırmızı. A band that rocks.

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I and Ümit Bektaş were lucky to meet with the members of all-girls metal band, Kırmızı, for an interview at Taksim Face. The interview will be published in a few days and here I would like to introduce a very successful and promising metal band. They have been playing together for five years now and … Read more

Tribeca victory for Turkish (expat) cinema and a Cinema roundup

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Sibel Kekilli, above, won for best actress in a narrative feature in Tribeca Film Festival.

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Beauty Through Order – New Slayer video (now official)

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update: now official: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTINfHlAkLk update: Sony Music Entertainment is doing its best to make the new video non-available due to copyright issues. Damn me if i pay a penny to watch it then…I don’t know why Sony tries this way. Why cannot we just watch it… Music Industry really sucks… Tom Morello solo acoustic, with … Read more

New Rammstein video, Haifisch, and Metallica Live Footage videos

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Rammstein Premiere New Video, ?Haifisch? Official Live Metallica Live Footage and more videos here. via:GIRLS ROCK –http://www.ronlewhorn.com

Sepultura concert tomorrow

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The Brazilian death metal giants, Sepultura, is performing tomorrow night in Istanbul. I don’t particularly like death metal but this band deserves a special place in the history of heavy metal. This will be the first time I will be watching them live.

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Metalhead Diaries; A look at Turkish metal scene (In Turkish)

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An interview with Özge Özkan, Turkish gothic metal band, Catafalque’s lead singer, who prepared the Metalhead Diaries documentary… Part I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ecIxykhU5k Metalci Günlükleri; Catafalque grubu ve solo projesiyle tanıdığımız metal sahnesinin en önemli bayan vokallerinden Özge Özkan’ın hazırlamış olduğu Türkiye’de metal müzikte dışavurum temalı bir öğrenci belgeselidir. Fakat bir öğrenci belgeseli olmanın ötesinde,Türkiye’de metal müziğin … Read more

A video: Fairuz Derin Bulut

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Fairuz Derin Bulut Official website. via last fm

R.I.P: Peter Steele

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source: Wikipedia entry on Peter Steele Type O Negative Band Members Release Statement On Pete Steele?s Passing from Metal Hammer by terrybezer Dom Lawson: A Tribute To Pete Steele from Metal Hammer by terrybezer

Beşiktaş: Champion of Sympathy

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According to another survey on football fans in Turkey, Beşiktaş is the third biggest football club in terms of fan numbers. However, it is the most sympathized team among other teams’ fans.. More findings here.

In the mean time, it has become too complicate to estimate who will win Turkish Super League. Dear Ahmet Turgut has a good roundup:

WHO WILL WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN TURKEY?

from Turkey(Turkiye) football(soccer) by Ahmet Turgut

IT IS A JUNGLE OUT THERE…

Things at Turkish Turkcell Super League are getting hotter as we get close to the end of the rope.

It is like jungle …

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Clash of the Titans a failure, lemme suggest something else

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If we were duped with 3D magic, I would not be too disappointed. This film does not deserve to be labeled as 3D. And otherwise, the plot is not strong. Action scenes are not satisfactory. But I would see it anyway because I tend to watch whatever exists there:)

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Thanks to Criticker.com, I have found some interesting movies recently. Check out: Madeo (2009), Seksmisja (1984), Ai no mukidashi (2008)

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Min dit: First Kurdish movie with Turkish subtitles

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I haven’t seen it yet.

Min Dit: The Children of Diyarbakir

On an empty road near Diyarbakir, life of ten year old Gülistan and her brother Firat takes an abrupt change. Their Father, a political journalist, and their mother are being killed before their very eyes. Having also lost all relatives during the war, Gülistan and Firat are forced to survive on their own.

Review in Turkish.

Cinephiles campaign for supporting an historical movie theatre in Istiklal Street. Emek Sineması.

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“Turks” in ‘How I met your mother’ and ‘Weeds’…

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Season 2 Episode 3 in Weeds: – do we trust the landlord? – mr… is a client of mine for years, retired to Arizona. As long as we pay on time and swear we are not Turkish… – not Turkish? – Armenians hate Turks. Some Armenian genocide thing- just never order Turkish coffee in an … Read more

A video: Massive Attack – Splitting The Atom

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Official video for Splitting The Atom, from Massive Attack. This is the first single for the long awaited 5th album, Heligoland. Launch date: February 8th.

Beşiktaş may have played a role in “Why America never fell in love with soccer (!)

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Why America never fell in love with soccer By James Montague, CNN “In 1950 we played Besiktas of Istanbul, in St. Louis. They beat us badly, 5-0. It was a tryout as much as anything, and then we faced an English select team with Stanley Matthews playing, in New York, and they won 1-0. Those … Read more