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A few days past after the arrival at UCI
These are still the early days. Things seem to go smoothly. Last night I stayed in the apartment I will live for 6 months. Still waiting for a formal approval... Read more
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Packing up and leaving…
Since the post I told about my sabbatical trip, I have been preparing. This is the longest stay abroad since my Ph.D. days and again the longest stay away from... Read more
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Last trip before the longer trip: In Ayvalık… (and in Bozcaada)
Before going to Ayvalık to visit a long friend of mine, I stopped by Bozcaada (Tenedos in Greek). This is a view of the island from where I stayed. Çetin has... Read more
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A year of Sabbatical in the US
Dear readers, you are last to know. I have waited to be done with the necessary visa and other technicalities. Now it is official. I will use my sabbatical leave at... Read more
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A few notes on the 24 June election night…
I did have some connections in the CHP’s electoral campaigning process and after a week passed I believe my ideas are more settled now. First of all, lack of transparency... Read more
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#Seçim2018 Live blog #TurkeyElections
Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport sees busy hours due to landmark Turkey elections Disabled and elderly cast votes via mobile ballot boxes in Turkish elections 4.52: İyi Party local branch president killed in... Read more
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#TurkeyElections and Fake News. More ideas based on a recently quoted Al Jazeera article…
Quoted in an AlJazeera piece. (Will spike in fake news have an impact on elections in Turkey?) ‘Undermining journalism’ Erkan Saka, a blogger and academic at Istanbul Bilgi University,... Read more
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In its 5th anniversary of #OccupyGezi a wiki-like project: “The Gezi Archive” #Gezi5Yaşında #GeziyiHatırla
I would like to introduce you a project I and many friends invested a lot. It is a kind of encyclopedia project on The Gezi Park Protests. Titles are in... Read more
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A Twitter message triggered a long list of heartbreaking human rights violations in the last decade…
A political Twitter phenomenon Twittered this: Olm ben bunu hiç unutmadım, hiç unutmayacağım amk… pic.twitter.com/qFHM5NwR0h — TravisandTylerDurden (@travisandtyler) May 9, 2018 Many critical citizens started to subtweet announcing what moments... Read more
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A few notes on Abdullah Gül’s [now dead] candidacy #TurkeyElections
Since I was busy in Lisbon, I missed the action. Turkey’s former president and a long time comrade of Abdullah Gül was rumored to become the presidential candidate of allied opposition.... Read more
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Farewell to Lisbon
I have started writing this post in a great cafe, Copenhagen Coffee Lab, I have saved in my Foursquare lists two years ago but only yesterday I could visit. Lisbon... Read more
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A few notes on the Doğan Group’s media sale
There is no Doğan Media Group (DMG) anymore. This triggered a great anxiety among the government critics. Well, nearly 90 % of all mainstream media is owned by people who... Read more
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Region by region, brief notes on academic job search
As some of my careful readers already know, I have been looking jobs abroad for a while. I would say, this is not as intense as I had started at... Read more
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Recent news from me. Publications, life etc.
In our bi-weekly family breakfast, I escaped to my parents’ spare room to do some reading. My nieces (5 and 3 years old) are as loud as possible as you can... Read more
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“Technologies of Relational Finance, i.e. #cryptocurrency” is the focus of my Spring semester course (MED512) [#bitcoin #blockchain #fintech]
This is the beginning of my research on cryptocurrency circles in Turkey. The course will have many guests from the industry. I offer the main reading list and all readings... Read more
