MANAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL URBAN MIGRATION:

TURKEY-ITALIA-ESPAÑA

PROGRAM – 16 NOVEMBER 2009

09.30 – 10.15        Opening Speeches:

Ahmet İçduygu (Koç University-Migration Research Program Director)

İrşadi Aksun (Koç University Provost)­

Marcello Balbo (Universita IUAV di Venezia)

Julio Perez Serrano (Universidad de Cadiz)

Cevat Yaman (İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality)

Murat Aydın (Zeytinburnu Mayor)

       10.15 – 10.30        MIUM-TIE Project Presentation

       10.30 – 10.45        Coffee Break

10.45 – 11.45         Managing International Urban Migration: Country Presentations (Turkey-Italy-Spain)

Ahmet İçduygu (Koç University)

Marcello Balbo (Universita IUAV di Venezia)

Julio Perez Serrano (Universidad de Cadiz)

11.45 – 12.00        Questions & Answers

12.00 – 13.00        Lunch

13.00 – 14.00                    Case Study Analysis Findings:

Kristen Biehl (Koç University): İstanbul

Giovanna Marconi (Universita IUAV di Venezia): Treviso and Bologna

Marcela İglesias (Universidad de Cadiz): Jimena de la Frontera and Seville

14.00 – 14.15                    Questions & Answers

14.15 – 14.30        Coffee Break

14.30 – 16.00        Panel: Cities and Migration

Panel Chair: Ahmet İçduygu (Koç University)

Vildan Yirmibeşoğlu (İstanbul Governorship)

Maurizio Busatti / Meral Açıkgöz (International Organization for Migration)

Sabriye Yazıcı (Zeytinburnu Municipality)

Mustafa Tütüncü (Iraqi Turks Culture and Solidarity Association)

Mustafa Demir (Humanitarian Aid Foundation)

16.00– 16.30         Discussion / Closing

Nokaut Selcuka Aydina na Jacksonie Onsei Bonsu. Pojedynek odbył się 11 lipca 2009 roku.

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Head over to a baby naming website and suggest naming your baby-to-be Alivia.  Or Jaxon.

Some will applaud your choice and add that Alyveah and Jaxin are cute, too.  Several will sigh, and ask what’s wrong with Olivia and Jackson.

I’ll admit to a few snarky comments about Konner and Mackynzee.  So maybe it sounds like hypocrisy – or blasphemy – to now write that perhaps variant spellings are not the end of the world.

The more I mull it over, the more I think that I may have been wrong to object to spelling variants – at least some of the time.  Here’s why:

10. Good luck determining the original. Which came first, Catherine or Katherine?

It’s a trick question.  The name – like so many – comes from the Greek.  The original wasn’t just written in a different language – it was written in a different alphabet.  K and C are equally valid translations.  If a name predates the English language – and many do – there may not be a definitive version.

In our spellcheck world, it is difficult to remember that widespread literacy is quite new, and standardized spellings are even more recent.  In 1880, Catherine, Catharine, Cathrine, Katherine, Kathryn, Katharine, Kathrine, Katheryn and Kathryne all appeared in the US Top 1000.  Go back far enough and you’ll find people who spelled their own name differently in different records.

Pre-widespread literacy, the spelling didn’t matter.  In the era of handwritten records, it wouldn’t have been possible to enforce a correct spelling.  And now?

It’s a little late.

9. The most popular version might not be closest to the original. So if it isn’t possible to pinpoint the original, why not use the most common?  It will save your child headaches, right?

Maybe so.  Hailey ranked #25 in 2008 – far more popular than Haylee, Hayley, Haylie, Hailee, Hailie or Haley.  But the original version of name is an English surname – making Haley the more authentic pick.  Likewise, Caitlin and Aidan are Gaelic heritage choices – but Kaitlyn and Aiden outrank both.

If Jayden is far more common than Jadon, which is the variant?  And will Caitlin take any comfort in wearing the “most authentic” version when she’s spelling her name for the umpteenth time?

8. Making a heritage choice can lead parents to choose an apparently unconventional spelling. Let’s say you’re of Scottish descent. Isobel might feel like the better choice, even if she’s awfully close to the chart-topping Isabella.

Our son was named after his grandfather Aleksander, born an ocean away in Poland.  That leads to the next point.

7. Honoring a loved one can also encourage parents to make a different choice. Our Aleksander became Alexander after immigrating.  That simpled up our decision.  But what if he’d held onto his k-spelling?

Likewise, what if you’re naming your daughter after one of those Kathrynes from back in the day?  Sure, you could update the spelling.  But you can also argue that preserving the spelling is part of passing on your loved one’s appellation.

6. Does it really do any harm? I’ve often argued that Madisyn sounds just as common as Madison, so why put your child to the trouble of spelling her name every. single. time.  And while I think that’s true, it is also true that Madisyn is just a tiny headache.  The world is filled with people named Alison and Krista, Dillon and Stephen who have survived spelling their names.

You can, of course, go too far.  Maddasihnne, for example, is an exercise in pointless excess.

5. Could it do some good? If you’re choosing an unusual name, it can seem like a kindness to try to Anglicize or modernize your pick.  Zofia is a family name on my Polish husband’s side.  Would we maintain the exotic, vibrant Z of Zofia?  (Technically it is pronounced differently – ZAWF yah – though I’ve met Poles who use three syllables in the US – ZO fee ah.) Opt for the chart-topping Sophia?  Or split the difference with Sofia?

What if you’re naming a daughter after Great Aunt Eithne?  Spelling your daughter’s name Enya might save her some confusion – and still honor your beloved aunt.

4. You might honestly think  a variant spelling is correct. I don’t mean this to sound snobbish.  Television and movies, books and songs often pluck names out of nowhere, and their creators take some license with the spellings.  So if you first hear of Damien in a movie, or Lorelai on television, why would you suspect that the name has another spelling?

Or maybe you hear the name Schuyler.  That’s certainly not an intuitive spelling. The phoentic Skyler or Skylar seems more obvious.  It’s easy to argue that any parent owes their kiddo enough research to know something about a name they plan to bestow.  But, of course, plenty of resources online and in print would list Skylar.  And Damien.  And so on.

3. It could possibly minimize pronunciation issues. Parents sometimes choose Madalyn or Carolyn to emphasize that they want their daughters’ names pronounced with “lynne” at the end, rather than “line” or “leen.”

Doubtless they’re really irritated when their kiddo is called car oh line anyhow.  But it is an understandable impulse.

2. It could fit a family tradition. While it can seem a bit much, some families do opt to use the same letter for all of their children’s names.  Or some might pass on a pair of initials.  While it can lead to oddities like the TLC mega-family’s Jinger Duggar, it can also lead to small variations, like Johnathan to honor a grandfather John, or Dianna – an anagram of my maiden name, something my husband thinks is wildly silly, but I still find appealing.

1.  It has meaning. Yes, this is covered under the two related to family names.  And the heritage choices.  Maybe most of the other ones, too.

You can’t make a name “more unique” by changing the spelling – Ryleigh is too close to the Top 100 Riley to be distinctive on a daughter, and Aydin still sounds common on a son.  Better to choose a less-often heard moniker than to monkey with a popular one.

But there are plenty of compelling reasons to opt for an unusual spelling, from heritage choices to family custom to simply falling in love with the spelling Cristina.

Just remember your reasons, and keep your cool when you receive yet another birthday card for your daughter Christina.  

MALATYA, Turquia, 22 de outubro de 2009 (CDN) – o Chefe do Departamento Nacional de Inteligência da polícia turca, Sr. Ramazan Akyurek, foi demitido na sexta-feira 16 de outubro em meio a alegações de que ele cometeu erros que levaram ao assassinato do editor cristão de um jornal semanário armênio, Sr. Hrank Dink, bem como os homicídios de outros três cristãos nesta cidade do sudoeste da Turquia. Ramazan Akyurek é também acusado de ocultar evidências nesses casos e cometer erros na investigação de um padre católico em 2006.

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Depois de uma audiência de tribunal na cidade de Malatya na sexta-feira, os advodados de acusaão neste caso pediram a demissão de Akyurek por negligência, mas esse pedido veio tarde. Akyurek havia sido promovido para outro cargo na sede central de polícia de Ankara. Antes do assassinato do editor Hrant Dink do semanário armênio Argos, Ayurek havia recebido um relatório sobre o plano para o crime. Isso implica claramente que ele foi um dos organizadores do crime, de acordo com Erdal Dogan que é um dos advogados de acusação neste caso.

Enquanto chefiava as investigações sobre o assassinato de Dink, Aykurek não só ocultou evidências mas também tentou influir no resultado do julgamento, declarando no seu relatório sobre a investigação de que um grupo de “amigos” planejou matar Dink porque ele ofendeu a Turquia. “Isso é um desastre”, disse o advogado de acusação Dogan. “O mesmo aconteceu com o massacre de Malatya. Nós sabemos que o Chefe de Polícia Aykurek tinha informações sobre todos os detalhes mas ele não agiu para evitar. Ele tentou encobrir. Nós sabemos agora que eles estavam seguindo os movimentos dos assassinos.”

O massacre de Malatya: os cristãos turcos Necati Aydin e Ugur Yuksel e o cristão alemão Christian Tilmann Geske tiveram seus pés e mãos amarrados, foram torturados e depois degolados com facas nos escritórios da editora Zirve Publishing Co. em abril de 2007. O advogado de acusação Dogan disse que se os membros da equipe da editora Zirve não houvessem suspeitado de que algo estava errado e houvessem chamado a polícia, os cinco jovens que foram presos na cena do crime jamais teriam sido localizados.

“É difícil saber até onde o chefe de polícia Akyurek deturpou as investigações naquele tempo”, disse Dogan. “Isso porque ele havia sido promovido para uma posição muito importante, a de Chefe do Departamento Nacional de Inteligência, mas eles o removeram desse posto muito tarde, ele foi demitido tarde demais.”

Promoção de um incompetente para um alto cargo

Akyurek era chefe de polícia na cidade de Trabzon em 2006 quando o padre católico Andrea Santoro foi assassinado. Foi por orientação de Ayurek que um jovem foi preso e acusado do assassinato sem a devida investigação de quem estava por trás do crime, de acordo com Dogan. No mesmo ano, Akyurek foi promovido para chefe nacional da unidade de inteligência da Turquia. “Mesmo sendo incompetente como chefe de polícia e encobrindo crimes, Akyurek tornou-se chefe nacional da inteligência policial com acesso a todos os dados importantes e secretos,” disse Dogan.

Embora a Constituição turca permita a liberdade de religião, e as atividades missionárias sejam legais, um relatório da Comissão da União Europeia informa que os missionários são amplamente vistos como uma ameaça à integridade da Turquia e do Islã. O relatório também informa que o Ministério da Justiça da Turquia permitiu julgamentos sob o artigo 301 do Código Criminal – que determina que “insultar a nacionalidade turca é crime” – no caso dos cristãos turcos Hakan Tastajn e Turan Topal que compartilhavam sua fé cristã com outros.

De volta ao caso Dink em Malatya, “Está finalmente claro que existe uma conexão entre as mortes de Santoro, Dink, Aydin, Yuksel e o cristão alemão Tilmann”, disse o advogado de acusação Dogan. “Agora é óbvio que esses crimes foram organizados pelas mesmas pessoas”.

A próxima audiência do julgamento em Malatya está marcada para 13 de novembro.

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Journée d’étude du GEJC

« Nouvelles religiosités, nouvelles laïcités ? »

 vendredi 23 octobre 2009

de 9h30 à 16h (entrée libre)

 au CNRS, 59-61 rue Pouchet 75017 PARIS

 Programme de la journée

 9h30                Introduction

par Jean Baubérot (Directeur d’étude émérite, EPHE)

 10h00-11h30   « La laïcité, frein ou vecteur de la sécularisation ?»

Président de séance Jean Baubérot

 Sami Kilic, « L’idéologisation de la laïcité juridique en France et en Turquie »

Salih Dogan, « L’exception laïque turque : approche comparative d’une symbolique républicaine séculière »

Marjorie Moya, « La laïcité, nouvel enjeu du féminisme ? »

 11h45-13h15   « Les voies de la sécularisation : l’impact des nouvelles formes de religiosité »,

Présidente de séance : Valentine Zuber (maître de conférence, EPHE)

 Erkan Toguslu, « La nouvelle sociabilité religieuse en Turquie »

Kim Hien Nguyen, « ‘Univers psycho-spirituel’  chez les cadres-fonctionnaires et sécularisation/laïcisation de la religion communiste au Vietnam »

Mustapha Bakir, « Pratique individuelle contre religion institutionnelle : une nouvelle religiosité au Maghreb ? »

 13h15-14h15  Pause déjeuner

 14h30-16h00   « Le rôle des minorités religieuses dans la sécularisation des sociétés »

Président de séance : Pierre-Jean Luizard (chercheur au CNRS)

 Ali Ihsan Aydin, « Le lobbying catholique auprès de l’UE »

Christian Euvrard, « Entre défis et accommodements, l’intégration de l’Eglise mormone dans différents pays d’Europe »

Hakan Kaplankaya, « La sécularisation du droit : le cas des minorités en Turquie »

Rachid Id Yassine, « Les musulmans des sociétés occidentales : mobilité et éclectisme culturels ? »

 16h00-           Conclusions 

Valentine Zuber et Erkan Toguslu

aydın – 16 ekim 2009

Aydın’ın Didim ilçesinde 3 gün önce kaybolan Sinan Görken (36) öldürülmüş olarak bulundu

Alınan bilgiye göre, kocasından 3 gündür haber alamayan Sinan Görken’in eşi emniyet güçlerine kayıp başvurusu yaptı. Olayla ilgili soruşturma başlatan jandarma ekipleri, Görken ile aralarında husumet olduğu olduğu öğrenilen H.H’nin (36) ifadesine başvurdu.

H.H’nin ifadesinde Sinan Görken’i öldürdüğü ve cesedini de Denizköy Mezarlığına gömdüğünü söylediği öğrenildi. Bunun üzerine olay yerine giden ekipler, toprağın 30 santimetre altına gömülü bulunan cesede ulaştı.

Üzerinden kimlik çıkmayan cesedin 3 günlük olduğu, Sinan Görken’in eşinin cesedi teşhis ettiği öğrenildi.

H.H’nin gözaltına alındığı, soruşturmanın devam ettiği bildirildi

zaman

aydın – 20 eylül 2009

Aydın’ın Söke ilçesinde bir kişi, ayrı yaşadığı eşini sokakta tabancayla ateş ederek öldürdü.

Cevdet İ. Kemalpaşa Mahallesi 6 Eylül Caddesi’nde, bir süredir ayrı yaşadığı eşi Rukiye İ. ile karşılaştı. Cevdet İ., bir süre tartıştığı eşine, yanındaki tabancayla ateş etti. Ağır yaralanan Rukiye İ., kaldırıldığı hastanede yaşamını yitirdi. Cevdet İ. yakalandı.

milliyet

Nuit du jazz turc

Soirée Paris Jazz Club

La musique traditionnelle turque et le jazz ont en commun de recourir à l’improvisation. Pour mettre en lumière les subtiles alliances créées par les jazzmen turcs entre ces deux styles musicaux, Paris Jazz Club organise le 22 septembre la « Nuit du jazz turc ». « 1 entrée = 4 clubs » pour découvrir la richesse du jazz turc dans les quatre clubs de la mythique rue des Lombards à Paris : Duc des Lombards, Baiser Salé, Sunset et Sunside. De grands noms de la scène jazz turque, dont Murat Öztürk, rencontreront la fine fleur du jazz français (Alexandre Tassel, Stephane Belmondo) lors de cette soirée exceptionnelle.

Haftalardır gole hasret olan ve zirvenin gerisinde kalan Beşiktaş, şeytanın bacağını yine kıramadı; evinde 3 puan bıraktı! Konuk ettiği Kayserispor karşısında da gol orucunu sürdüren Kartal, rakibine İnönü’de ilk kez mağlup oldu, taraftarına bayram hediyesi veremedi. Maçın tek golü Arıza Makukula’dan geldi.

STAT: İnönü
HAKEMLER: Bünyamin Gezer, Erhan Sönmez, Ekrem Kan

BEŞİKTAŞ: Hakan, İbrahim Kaş, Sivok, Ferrari, Ekrem, Serdar, Ernst, Tabata, Tello, Nobre, Bobo
TEKNİK DİREKTÖR: Mustafa Denizli

KAYSERİSPOR: Souleymanou, Durmuş, Ali, Aydın, Toledo, Mehmet Eren, Saidou, Furkan, Olembe, Makukula, Cangele
TEKNİK DİREKTÖR: Tolunay Kafkas

Beşiktaş – Kayserispor Maçının Gollerini ve Özetini izlemek için tıklayın.

aydın – 15 eylül 2009

Aydın’da bir otomobilden başka bir otomobile henüz belirlenemeyen nedenle silahla ateş edilmesi sonucu 1 kişi öldü, 3 kişi yaralandı.

Alınan bilgiye göre, Hükümet Bulvarı’nda bulunan Aydın Adliyesi’ndeki bir duruşmadan çıktıkları belirtilen Tayfun Ş, Mehmet S, Deniz K. ile adı henüz öğrenilemeyen bir kişi otomobillerine binerek hareket etti.

Söz konusu kişilerin bindiği otomobili başka bir araçla takip eden 3 kişi, adliyeye 300 metre mesafedeki semt pazarının yakınında öndeki otomobile silahla ateş etmeye başladı.

Çevrede büyük bir paniğe neden olan saldırının ardından otomobildeki Tayfun Ş, Mehmet S, Deniz K. ile araçtaki diğer kişi isabet eden kurşunlarla yaralandı.

Aydın Devlet Hastanesi’ne kaldırılan yaralılardan Tayfun Ş, müdahaleye rağmen kurtarılamadı. Diğer yaralıların tedavilerinin sürdüğü bildirildi.

Olayın ardından geniş güvenlik önlemlerinin alındığı bölgede olay yeri inceleme ekipleri 22 adet boş mermi kovanı buldu.

Azmettirici olduğu öne sürülen Ş.M’yi gözaltına alan polis, otomobilden ateş eden kişilerin M.Ş.M, S.Ş. ve O.M. olduğunu belirleyerek, kısa sürede M.Ş.M’yi yakalamayı başardı.

Yetkililer, saldırının neden gerçekleştirildiğinin belirlenmesine ve diğer zanlıların yakalanmasına çalışıldığını bildirdi.

zaman

Babies, babies, babies…everywhere!!! No not ours! All of our friends and family are having babies! Starting in March, we were blessed first with little Gaston Galjour (boy).  Then my new little brother, James, in June. July was Madden Thie (girl), parents of Michelle and Matt Thie.  August was a blessing with 2 babies…our new nephew Marshall Whiteaker, to (Jay’s sister) Kelly and Travis Whiteaker. Then little Hayden Diaz (boy) was just born last Friday to proud parents, Renee and Chris Diaz. We even had to rush Cal (from work) up to the hospital today because his wife was having a baby and don’t forget, Michele Buring is due with her second little boy this month. Whewwww…that’s a lot of babies. Aren’t they cute?!

I have to admit, it’s tough not to think about having some of our own little ones when all your friends are having babies, left and right, but…we are going to wait! We are loving being married and do look forward to having a few of our own one day. Until then, we are just enjoying our time with our other “baby” (shhh…don’t tell her), Aydin, but she says she’s a big girl now.  She told us that she would always be our little girl last weekend. It was so cute.  She really reminds me of myself.  I can really see myself in her because I have been in her shoes.  I was the exact same age when I met Dad and I know how hard it can be to go from home to home.  You always feel like you are missing out on something, somewhere.  So, I always try to make sure we all do something fun when we have her. We get her every other weekend and she is the life of the party when she’s here.  I always want her to have her own room because it’s important to me for her to know she is home when she is here.  We took her to the Zoo last weekend and had a great time, not to mention perfect weather!  Here are some pictures of her at the Zoo and with her new cousin, Marshall, and new uncle, James.