Anthropology at Howard University needs our attention…

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Anthropology on the Ropes at Howard from Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology ? A Group Blog by Matt Some faculty at Howard University write: Dear Friends and Colleagues, This is a Call for Action regarding the possible closing of the Anthropology Program at Howard University. On September 23, 2010, Howard University President Sidney … Read more

Mardin welcomes President in 4 languages…

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And there were Turkish, Arabic and Syrian in addition to Kurdish banners.. Kurdish language program at university sign of Turkish prosperity, says Gül from Hurriyet Dailynews Different cultures contribute to Turkey?s prosperity, President Abdullah Gül said at a ground-breaking ceremony in the southeastern Anatolian province of Mardin on Monday. FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK – Chief prosecutor … Read more

France on Strike – photos

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photos here Testimonial from French protests from decasia: critique of academic culture by eli So as everyone who reads the news has probably heard, there has been a major ?social movement? here the last few weeks, basically opposing the government?s reform of the pension system. There have been a number of street protests, major strikes … Read more

A video: Obama Tells Gay Teens ?It Gets Better?

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President Obama Tells Gay Teens ?It Gets Better? from Mashable! by Zachary Sniderman photo credit ******************* Does America have a corruption problem? from FP Passport by Blake Hounshell Transparency International’s new Corruptions Perceptions Index is out, and it’s bad news for the United States: For the first time, America has slipped out of the ranks … Read more

Another dark moment for the Turkish judiciary: Hrant Dink murderer to be tried at Juvenile Court

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and he will probably get a short sentence and be out soon… Dark alliance behind this triggerman remains unraveled… Triggerman Suspect to be Tried at Juvenile Court from Bianet :: English The 15th hearing of the trial regarding the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is currently held in Istanbul – the first session after … Read more

Turkey as ?Healthy man of sick Europe? by Yavuz Baydar

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?Healthy man of sick Europe? from Bosphorus Diary by Yavuz Baydar As what the Economist notes as a ?welcome rise? of Turkey in the economic and international policy field becomes increasingly visible, the state of confusion within the EU about Turkey is more clearly exposed. It is an interesting type of development. In the first … Read more

Çocukluktan Merkeze: An exhibition on the kids exposed to Counter-terrorism laws

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Place: Taksim Araştırma Hastanesi karşısı  Soğancı Sokak Açık Alan 1/A  Cihangir/Beyoğlu Date: 24-31 Ekim 2010 Narrators: Neslihan Akbulut, Esra Arsan, Mehmet Atak, Hilal Kaplan, Ferhat Kentel, Gülizar Tuncer, Ayten Zara A exhibition communiqué: WHAT IS THE COUNTERTERRORISM LAW (TMK)? The Counterterrorism Law (TMK) has been continuously debated because of its unjust nature since 1991, the time it … Read more

Twitter and European Public Intellectuals (by Jon Worth) [and a Euro roundup as usual]

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Public intellectuals on Twitter ? where are the Brits (or even the Europeans)?

from Jon Worth

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Labor movement in Turkey: Special issue of European Journal of Turkish Studies

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Labor movement in Turkey from European Journal of Turkish Studies (Re)Considering the Labor Movement in Turkey [Full text] Brian Mello Turkey?s accession to the European Union and the Turkish Labor Movement [Full text] Kaan Agartan When Neoliberalism Confronts the Moral Economy of Workers: The Final Spring of Turkish Labor Unions [Full text] Mustafa G. Dogan … Read more

Life stops at 19 today: Fenerbahçe vs. Galatasaray. But not for all, i.e. Erkan

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Galatasaray is at her weakest moment. Honestly, I haven’t witnessed GS in such a miserable state for a long time. However, she nearly lost all away games against Fenerbahçe in recent years anyway… Let’s see what happens this time though people bet for Fenerbahçe in record numbers… Derby games may always produce unexpected results. This … Read more

Erkan’s Field Diary: Top posts of the week and the month

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Top Posts for 7 days ending 2010-10-24 1- A video: ?UBRIVO ? PORNO STAR 2- A video: Turkish Porn Star Şahin K?s comedy film trailer 3- 73.7 % for Aşk-ı Memnu 4- BBC interviews Hilal Kaplan on ?the humiliating ban? 5- Sepultura concert tomorrow 6- After Barcelona, Turkish Airlines gets Manchester United 7- Turkish TV … Read more

European Far-Right parties unite against Turkey

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Member of the European parliament of the Austrian right-wing Freedom Party, FPOE, Andreas Moelzer and the party’s leader Heinz Christian Strache, from left, attend a press conference after a meeting with European right wing parties in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) (Ronald Zak – AP) Far-right parties to push for … Read more

A blog project: Pictures of Muslims Wearing Things

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Pictures of Muslims Wearing Things Muslims dressed in their garb Former NPR analyst Juan Williams, among other ignorant people, has an irrational fear of Muslims, and thinks you can identify them based on what they look like. Here I will post pictures of Muslims wearing all sorts of things in an attempt to refute that … Read more

“Freedom of speech in Turkey, 1994-2010

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A very good comparative post: Freedom of speech in Turkey, 1994-2010 by istanbulnotes Last week?s release of the 2010 edition of the annual Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index made for more uncomfortable Turkish reading. Turkey was placed in 138th position in a list of 175 countries, down from 99th position in 2002 when … Read more

Roundup: Alain de Botton’s Week at the Airport; LSD art; Useful YouTube Channels for Teachers;

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Alain de Botton: A Week at the Airport from Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder For one week, writer Alain de Botton worked from his desk in the middle of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport, and wrote a book about it, called A Week at the Airport. LIFE magazine on “LSD Art,” 1966 from Boing Boing … Read more