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Talin Suciyan Fotoğraf Bianet- 24 Nisan 2011, IHD'nin düzenlediği Anma Töreni Geçtiğimiz Pazar günü Taksim’de “Hocalı’yı Anma Mitingi” adı altında yaşananlar, yeni ırkçı pogromların yaşanmasının … more →
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Ece Temelkuran - Deep Mountain; Fethiye Çetin - My Grandmother (book review)
wrote 1 week ago: [I've started writing book reviews for the Hürriyet Daily News blog. I'll be able to post them here … more →
May 19th: Youth and Sports Day
wrote 2 weeks ago: Today is Youth and Sports Day, but the holiday was established to commemorate the beginning of the T … more →
Museum of Innocence
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wrote 1 month ago: ‘Help!’ That’s what I thought when I saw a whole wall of cigarette butts, every single one of them p … more →
The neo-Ottoman view of history
wrote 1 month ago: As the modern vogue for neo-Ottomanism lurches on in Turkey, the contrasts between the contemporary … more →
Europe, Turkey and historical amnesia
wrote 2 months ago: [Published on openDemocracy (27th March 2012): http://www.opendemocracy.net/william-armstrong/europe … more →
Realising the Turkish tapestry
wrote 2 months ago: IT SEEMS THAT IN some circles at least there is increasing acknowledgement of cultural diversity wit … more →
Turkish Islam & Turkish Nationalism: A New Balance (Turkish Policy Quarterly, Winter 2012)
wrote 3 months ago: [This is an extended and elaborated version of a piece I posted on here some time ago. It is publish … more →
Morning view: the archeological ruins of Ephesus, Turkey
wrote 3 months ago: At the ruins of Ephesus in Turkey, a cat just wanted a bit more shut-eye before all those pesky tour … more →
Open Letter from Young Academicians to Prime Minister Erdogan
wrote 3 months ago: The letter below speaks for itself. It was signed by over 3.000 people. Dear Mr. Prime Minister, We, … more →
Hrant Dink, in memoriam
wrote 4 months ago: After five years finally some people have been convicted for the murder on Hrant Dink. Yet, liberal … more →
Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds (Book Review)
wrote 4 months ago: Stephen Kinzer is an ex-New York Times correspondent who has written about many parts of the world, … more →
Dersim massacre and state apologies
wrote 5 months ago: On 23rd November the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyıp Erdoğan, officially offered a state ‘apolo … more →
Happy Istanbul Independence Day!
wrote 8 months ago: Today is Istanbul Independence Day. This holiday celebrates the liberation of Istanbul during the Wa … more →
The Sultan's Gardner
wrote 1 year ago: In ancient times the hyacinth was a straggly, insignificant flower, which pales in comparison to the … more →
Between a rock and a hard place
wrote 1 year ago: In front of my butcher’s shop the other day, I bumped into an old Armenian friend. I hadn’t seen him … more →
A book is born
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wrote 1 year ago: A book is born For months on end now I have been writing and rewriting my latest novel. Finally it’s … more →
Atatürk's Youth March
wrote 1 year ago: The Turkish War of Independence began when Atatürk arrived in Samsun on a ferry on May 19, 1919, sup … more →
***Birds Without Wings by Louis De Bernieres (2004)
wrote 1 year ago: I haven’t read a book this good in a very long time. Ironically, it took me nearly a month to … more →
The ancient ruins of Ephesus, Turkey
wrote 1 year ago: Ephesus is an ancient city was originally built by the Greeks and then expanded and inhabited by the … more →
