[I would advise my readers to check back this post frequently] update: 3 May 2010- 13:00 Famous actors Halil Ergün, Cem Özer, Tarık Akan had also attended the event. Habervesaire has published a good photo galery here. Another gallery here. Turkish Anarchists’ photos here. Linux users were there, too: “Free Software for a Free World” … Read more
via an anarchist site via via
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
PM Erdoğan with with a big group of well-known Turkish writers/authors in a breakfast to discuss the Democratic Initiative… News in Turkish here.
Elif Şafak along with Alev Alatlı, Gani Müjde, Elif Şafak, Mehmet Metiner, Kürşat Başar, Etyen Mahçupyan, Doğan Hızlan, Ahmet Turan Alkan, Mario Levi, Leyla İpekçi, İskender Pala, Hilmi Yavuz, Kürşat Başar, Ayşe Kulin, Refik Erduran were among the invited writers…
Turkish rocker Teoman released a new music video on the web, “ruhun sarışın”. Because it may be labeled as obscene, producers decided to make it web-only according to Hürriyet. These two versions of the video can also be found in Teoman’s official site.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcqdpu_teoman-ruhun-saryyyn-good-jewish-gi_music
Most ‘desired’ Turkish woman: AskMen Turkey chose Tuba Büyüküstün, a recently famed actress, as the most desired woman… Hürriyet has her huge photo album here. the Pacific. We have a problem. Turks are a bit annoyed with the new TV series’ reference to İzmir Fires where Turks are accused of starting the fire… Metin Şentürk, … Read more
tekel 51 is a documentary about the 51th. day of tekel resistance ? before the day of general strike – it contains interviews with the resisters and quite good view of the squatted streets which turned to a village of tents.-
download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/367886567/tekel_51.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/367877652/tekel_51.part2.rar
I have received 62 cartoons from 22 cartoonists so far for the project to support children victimised by Law on Struggle Against Terrorism. The event is still on?
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by Cem Koç
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The doyen of Turkish cartoonists, Turhan Selçuk dies in Istanbul early this morning March 11, 2010 at 01.30 h at Acibadem Maslak Hospital where he had two operations since he was hospitalized on March 7. He was one of the three founders of the Association of Cartoonists in Turkey in 1969.……..
See his works at
http://www.sanalmuze.org/sergiler/contentxy.php?sergi=397&ic=90&pg=0
http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/karikaturculer.asp?id=4159
Abdülcanbaz was one of the most famous creations by Mr. Selçuk.
from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M
More celebration photos here. Rights activist İlkkaracan: Turkey needs urgent initiative on gender equality by YONCA POYRAZ DOĞAN Activist and researcher Pınar İlkkaracan has said Turkey needs to work harder in order to reverse some downward trends in women’s participation in public life, and for that to happen it should start an initiative, complete with … Read more
TV serial industry is booming in Turkey. Now these are exported to Middle Eastern countries and some other countries (about exports coverage). Level of sexuality or political debates (“Hatirla sevgili”, Çemberimde gül oya) within the plots are making authorities uncomfortable. Not that I condone every TV serial but I observe this an exciting media emergence.
