Memati
A father wanted to rename his two sons after the famous characters in the TV serials Valley of the Wolves: Polat and Memati. A local court rejected one of the names: Memati. Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals confirmed the local court decision: Memati is an Arabic word that means “death” or “fatal” and thus not suitable for a kid’s name… Well, nobody knows what Memati means really. I did not know myself. So I am not sure if this is really a good decision. I would feel better for a name like “Ayetullah”. That was a friend’s name back in college. His father was an Islamist and he named him like that. That was a loaded name to carry along… …
In the mean time, Turkish police forbidden a MultiPlayerOnline Game to be played in Internet Cafes (I wonder if they really have the authority to do that): Metin 2. A popular game with too much violent stuff. The police thinks it is not good for the kids.
In Turkish Press, most mentioned columnist of the week:
No | Köşe Yazarı | Haber/Yazı Adedi |
1 | Ertuğrul Özkök | 135 |
2 | Cengiz Çandar | 85 |
3 | Nuray Mert | 52 |
4 | Rıdvan Dilmen | 44 |
5 | Ahmet Hakan Coşkun | 41 |
*MTM Medya Takip Merkezi’nin, 4-10 Ocak 2010 tarihlerinde, basında yaptığı haber takibi sonuçlarından derlenmiştir. | ||