an interview with David Harvey… Academies of hatred… A literati roundup…

Preoccupying: an interview with David Harvey David Harvey highlights the importance of challenging the state and addresses the everchanging ideal of the city and the social groups that sustain and contest it. Academies of hatred A series of public events in Wroc?aw, Poland?s European Capital of Culture in 2016, have been disrupted by radicals. Those … Read more

Istanbul under snow (#istanbul2010)

İstanbul beyaza büründü 23.01.2010

More photos can be found here.

Istanbul is under snow and life stopped in our European capital of culture. I decided to give a break to my life, and now camping in my parents’ place. Watching tens of episodes of How I Met Your Mother, reading, eating and napping. But this of course entails family thingies like watching food (in the morning) and marriage programs (afternoon) with mum….I hear that snow will be affective until Monday…

Another Istanbul 2010 video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C8xWl8dq1k

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Another spring day in Istanbul in the middle of winter

I took these photos a few days ago when Istanbul was still under fog but spring like days continue and today is not an exception (for spring days but not for foggy days). My god, spring days bring such a pressure of unrealized potentialities and I better sit indoors and wait for the end of these beautiful days. Today is not different. Trying to have a super productive day at the office now while -still- I cannot help having some self-pity. I now start a new category: Istanbul news. A news round in chaotic bundle follows…

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