Towards elections: What if current political leaders were women? A campaign to increase awareness for more women candidates…

Check out the blog of Necati Özkan, a political consultant, for more of these campaign posters. If they were women, they would probably be housewives, not politicians… Who’s calling Turkey a police state? | Cengiz Çandar by Cengiz Çandar Freedom of speech is part of the daily routine in Turkey. Western attacks on the Turkish … Read more

Tatlıses poses with Erdoğan… And a social roundup

The first pose after the assassination attempt appeared yesterday: via Turkish singer shot in attack to be released from intensive care – Monsters and Critics Rape in Turkey: between incitement, complicity and silence, Sertaç Sehlikoğlu from open Democracy News Analysis – by Sertaç Sehlikoğlu The debates triggered by a 14-fold increase in violent crimes against … Read more

Melek Çetin: Ümit Boyner?in Kocası

Ümit Boyner?in Kocası Cem Boyner Türk Sanayicileri ve İşadamları Derneği (TÜSİAD) Yüksek İstişare Konseyi toplantısında söz alarak TÜSİAD?ın anayasa çalışması hakkında fikir beyan etti. Söylediklerinin bir kısmı şöyleydi : Çok zor bir testi söylemek istiyorum. İnsanlarımızın özgürlüğü, onuru, hakları ülkenin bölünmesinden daha önemlidir, devletin kendisinden daha önemlidir. Devlet insanları mutlu etmek için vardır. Anayasa da … Read more

Now comes Reporters without Borders report on Turkey. Growing concerns on human rights issues…

Countries under surveillance Turkey Domain name : .tr Population : 77,804,122 Internet users : 35,000,000 Average monthly salary : 560 U.S. dollars Number of imprisoned netizens : 0 The YouTube saga Much was written throughout Turkey in 2010 about the fate of the Google-owned video-sharing website YouTube. Blocked in Turkey since May 2008 because of … Read more

Melek Çetin: Medya Kadınlar Gününü Kutluyor

Medya Kadınlar Gününü Kutluyor Reklamcılık, halkla ilişkiler, medya, pazarlama…  Dünyanın özel gün ve haftalara en duyarlı insanları bu sektörlerde çalışıyor. M.E.B Belirli Gün ve Haftalar Çizelgesi?nde bile göremeyeceğiniz özel günler için aylar öncesinden çalışmaya başlıyor ve bu günleri her sene daha güzel kutlayabilelim diye yaratıcılık mesailerine kalıyorlar. Her gün. Sevgililer günü başta olmak üzere, anneler … Read more

Turkey meets International Women?s Day with not much progress in gender equality…

  Get involved in International Women?s Day from Protect The Human by ben   Just 100 years ago women in the UK didn?t have the right to vote, they weren?t allowed to serve as magistrates or jurors, and they were barred from many professions. Murder Count: One Week from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White Image … Read more

Journalists protest latests Ergenekon arrests as Turkey goes thru a dark year for press freedom. Human rights roundup…

more photos here. Turkish Journalists Association: “A Dark Year for Press Freedom” from Bianet :: English After eleven people, mostly journalists, were taken into custody under the Ergenekon investigation, the Turkish Journalists Association warned that “crimes of thought are on the rise again”. The Contemporary Lawyers Association sees a fair trial endangered. Most dailies today … Read more

A social rounduo: “The Associated Press-GfK Poll in Turkey and more…

The Associated Press-GfK Poll in Turkey from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Mavi Boncuk | Download PDF from Mavi Boncuk Archives The Associated Press-GfK Poll in Turkey, on attitudes and opinions of Turks, was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from Nov. 1 to Dec. 11, 2010. It is based on a national … Read more

Bir sözde soru: Tecavüze uğrayanın suçu ne? (Elif Sudagezer)

foto kaynağı burada?Sen dekolte giyinirsen bu tür çirkinliklerle karşılaşman sürpriz olmaz? sözleri, uzun bir dönem boyunca popüler olan Wilson ve Kelling tarafından Amerika?nın New Jersey eyaletindeki 28 şehirde ?Güvenli ve Temiz Çevre Programı? adı altında yapılan uygulama sonrasında ortaya çıkan sonuçları açıklamada kullanılan ve Atlantik dergisinde 1982?de yayınlanan ?Kırık Cam Teorisi?ni (Broken Windows Theory) hatırlatıyor … Read more

hmmm, Universiade organizers think Turks don’t need condoms?

according to a Hürriyet news: Turks don’t need condoms, Universiade organizers say from Hurriyet Dailynews Authorities removed condoms from Turkish athletes? rooms at the Winter Universiade Games Village on the grounds that they do ‘not belong to Turkish culture.’ and a social fabric roundup: Nearly 4 million Turkish women illiterate, report says from Hurriyet Dailynews … Read more

International Holocaust Remembrance Day was also commemorated in Istanbul… under the shadow of a movie…

Turkey’s Chief Rabbi Izak Haleva (L) and Istanbul Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu (R) light candles in the memory of holocaust victims during a commemoration on International Holocaust Remembrance Day at Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul January 27, 2011.? Read more » REUTERS/Murad Sezer Remembering the Holocaust from Hurriyet Dailynews by HDN This year?s Holocaust commemorations … Read more

Nationalist paranoia at Karabük University/ Politics of gender in Turkey (by Deniz Kandiyoti)

Fulbrighters Hounded Out of Karabük University By Spy Allegations from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White Americans Rachel Smith and Hayfa Aboukier have been teaching English at Karabük University under the Fulbright exchange program, like many other teachers around the country. (I was a Fulbright research fellow in Turkey in 2008.) Turkish teachers, students and researchers … Read more

?Yersiz Uzun? Diziler ve İzleme Biçimleri Üzerine Birkaç Not (Feyza Akınerdem)

Türkiye?de tartışmasız en popüler programlar olan yerli diziler haftada ortalama 90 dakika çekiliyor,  reklamlar ve özetlerle birlikte akşamları iki buçuk saatlik sürede yayınlanıyor. Geçtiğimiz yıllarda ?Son Bahar? isimli dizinin gece geç saatlere kadar süren çekimlerinden dönen set aracının kaza yapması sonucu iki çalışanın hayatını kaybetmesiyle gündeme taşınan yerli dizilerin ?yersiz uzun?luğu, geçen Cuma set çalışanları … Read more

Turkey,the 53rd in personal armament rates.

Plus a social fabric roundup…. There is a a blog that supports personal armament in Turkey. It provided a list of personal armament rates in the world: World ranking Country Population Armament per 100 persons. (%) 1 USA 304.201.200 88,8 3 Switzerland 7.437.100 45,7 4 Finland 5.246.100 45,3 6 Cyprus 757.800 36,4 10 Sweden 9.024.100 … Read more

A Financial Times piece on “Turkey’s contemporary art scene

Turkey’s contemporary art scene Financial Times Galvanised by the Istanbul Biennial, which kicked off in 1987, the city has witnessed an explosion of commercial galleries ? there are now more than 200 Taner Ceylan?s ?1881? Turkey Becomes 15th Biggest Economy in the World in National Income From U.S.A.K. Blog by USAK Thursday, 25 November 2010 Journal of … Read more