Turkey’s head coach Bogdan Tanjevic reacts, foreground, during their World Basketball Championship round of 16 match against France in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010.? Read more »(AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta) Turkey has been showing a fantastic performance with the start of the tournament. It can be easily seen that we are making the toughest defence … Read more
Referendum and propaganda It?s just the matter of yes or no? I?m road tripping 100 kilometers per day to go to work and come back home and on the way exposed to hundreds of referendum posters saying yes or no. According to political parties, mainly AKP, CHP and MHP, communication with audience referendum is just … Read more
Kerem Tunceri of Turkey celebrates scoring against Greece during their FIBA Basketball World Championship game in Ankara August 31, 2010.? Read more » Kerem Tunceri of Turkey celebrates scoring against Greece during their FIBA Basketball World Championship game in Ankara August 31, 2010.? Read more » REUTERS/Mark Blinc World Basket 2010 Turkey is now on … Read more
Almost a month ago, a discussion erupted after pianist Fazıl Say?s these statements: ?Arabesque music is the picture of arabesque lifestyle. This music weighs upon enlightenment and modernity. It?s against labor and it?s nor creative neither sensitivity. I am ashamed of arabesque music? Many Turkish arabesque artists like Orhan Gencebay, Hakkı Bulut and many pop … Read more
We had our first social media program at TRT Haber channel last night. Actually, even our program consultant Erkan Saka had no idea about the program circulation. (because he is in Ireland now and we are jealous.) So we could not write about before it started. While watching the program, we discussed with many of … Read more
Political Lobby or Hate speech? (Caution: Serious zone!) There was a sensational polemic, especially in Turkey, when Greek Cypriot people lobbied against Jennifer Lopez?s planned concert in Northern Cyprus where ?pre-dominantly? Turkish people reside. Why? Because they are Turkish and they* don?t show any ?reasonable? reason! A month or less ago, when Jennifer Lopez was … Read more
A scene from the Turkey-Serbia warm-up match. 2010 FIBA Basketball World Cup is approaching and Turkish National team is continuing its preparation for the tournament. There had been a classical camping period in Bormio, Italy, however head coach Bogdan Tanjevic was away from the team as he had a serious operation regarding his colon cancer. … Read more
Time shows us, we are getting crowded and bigger in social media more than our real life. But also we have to convince others who are not aware of us and cyberculture about being real. Starbucks can make everyone mayor in these days So many social bookmarking websites, platforms and forums are organizing meetups. They … Read more
One of my friend from our Social Media classes is doing a survey about the usage of social media. First of all the survey takes about 20 minutes I’m sure that you will find it enjoyable. Not only the questions but also the answers which you rate will be so similar with your daily life. … Read more
This is certainly the example of ?Political Economy? Just after the shocking speech of the prime minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in which he told that that people should prefer fruits instead of drinking alcoholic beverages since these drinks are made up of fruits, a company launched alcohol-free wine. I find it really interesting … Read more
The prime minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had a shocking speech about drinking in the meeting of World Health Organization (WHO) at which he received a special award from the WHO for his championing of Turkey’s indoor smoking ban. Erdoğan told that people should prefer fruits instead of drinking alcohol and continued that alcohol … Read more
It?s just the matter of ?moustache? These days, Turkey witnesses an interesting argument between Hüseyin Çelik (vice president of AKP) and Devlet Bahçeli (the head of MHP) which can be called as a ?moustache polemic? A few days ago, Mr. Çelik told that there were some people who look like militants with their long mustache … Read more
Protest against web censorship Today we walked from Taksim Square to Galatasaray in Istkklal street. Once again, I thought that we are not alone, and it was not a simple crowd. A good team was there from our limited cybersphere but it was not enough. [many of photos here are provided by Elif, our other … Read more
Spain’s goalkeeper Iker Casillas kisses the World Cup trophy as team mate Carles Puyol (R) celebrates after their final match victory over Netherlands at the 2010 World Cup at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg July 11, 2010. REUTERS/David Gray Finally,the ?holy? month is over. We are all done with the most boring world cup ever. … Read more
TRT (Turkish Radio Television Establishment) has never been so much criticized before. These days, the first television channel of Turkey which is established by the state faces with this question: ?What?s going on in TRT?? Because TRT is the state channel, it has always been moderate to government?s strategies and can be mentioned as ?speaker … Read more