Censorship (part I: in literature) Censorship in Iran is not something related to a specific government and cannot be referred only to post-revolution time. Even before Islamic Republic, it existed. In Shah’s time (in the other words: Pahlavi Period) books and newspapers were under the exact lenses of censorship, though it was done mostly on … Read more
GRAND, BIZARRE #4 Saunas and Trains and Mummies, oh my! by John McCarroll December 1: 11 22 A.M. ?False alarm.? I report, trying to calm my heart rate down a bit. I?m not sure which arm is supposed to hurt when you get a heart attack, but it?s a bit moot; both of them … Read more
GRAND, BIZARRE #2 An Inside the Box kind of weekend: Halloween and Occupy Istanbul by J.A. McCarroll October 27: 11 46 P.M. ?It?s not pizza, John.? My girlfriend stands in the doorway of our house holding nine Domino?s Pizza boxes. She is responding to my gleeful cry of ?You really do love me!? ?They?re … Read more
Grand, Bizarre: Adventures in Istanbul by J.A. McCarroll # Notes from the many adventures of your narrator, an unemployed American writer living in Istanbul, the world?s sixth largest and 109th most livable city. Adventures are highly unlikely to involve carpets, the phrase ?bridge between East and West?, or where to find a hotel with a … Read more
The boss was too bad so I decided to be an entrepreneur. Today while I was watching the second part of etohum summit of entrepreneurship, Tuğrul Tekbulut from Logo said this sentence. ?The boss was too bad so I decided to be an entrepreneur.? And I remembered a detail. Last year, so many people changed … Read more
Haneberduş* ?Good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.? Chinese Philosopher Lao Tzu said. Even if there is a certain destination the plan undergoes changes generally, the route turns to other directions. If we’re not a “tourist” it means we do not have a definite plan already. Let me specify the … Read more