Archive for October, 2009
Dirty Story: Exhibition of Silence
October 31st, 2009 by lifeproof
Turkey is beginning to face its past. The coupe of September 12th 1980 has been a tormenting event in the lives of Turkish people. There is an art exhibition in Istanbul nowadays that brings together a number of artists and their sufferings of the 1980 coupe. Hurriyet Daily introduces the exhibition: With an eye to [...]
Tags: Air Force Academy, AK Party, Aktif Kollektif, armed forces, army, BM SUMA Art Center, Burak Karacan, Çağrı Saray, Canan Beykal, coupe, coupe d'etat, Coupe of 1980, democracy, Erdag Aksel, Ergenekon, Evrensel Belgin, Extramücadele, Fulya Çetin, Hakan Akçura, Hakan Gürsoytrak, Hurriyet Daily, İlhan Sayın, Istanbul, Justice and Development Party, Karaköy, Kenan Evren, military, military interventions in Turkey, Murat Başol, Murat Morova, Nalan Yırtmaç, Neriman Polat, September 12, September 12 1980, Serpil Odabaşı, Yeşim Ağaoğlu
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles, PinPoint, Reminder
Air is Back
October 30th, 2009 by lifeproof
The second volume of Air, which is a comic book written by G. Willow Wilson and illustrated by M. Kutlukhan Perker, is out on the shelves this week. I have also written to introduce the first volume before. Wired Magazine has interviewed G. W. Wilson about Air. You can read the interview here.
Tags: Air, Comic, G. Willow Wilson, illustration, M. K. Perker, M. Kutlukhan Perker, Wired, Wired Magazine
Posted in PinPoint
Tayyip ♥ Mahmoud
October 28th, 2009 by lifeproof
The Guardian was very surprised to hear from Turkish PM, Tayyip Erdogan to say that Iran (Mahmoud Ahmedinejad) is a friend of Turkey. It is quite surprising for me to see that they are surprised at this statement. This friendship was obvious, inevitable–and to be fair: quite logical. I have been saying continuously, even before [...]
Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Democratic initiative, Iran, Israel, Kurdish, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Mesopotamia, Russia, Syria, Tayyip Erdogan, Tehran, the East, the EU, The Guardian, the West, Turkey
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles, PoliTickles
H1N1 Prevention
October 27th, 2009 by lifeproof
The flu is resurrected. It is now said to be everywhere. The schools are closed down in Turkey. People are advised to stay home if they are sick. Prevention infos are broadcasted on TVs and radios continuously. Vaccines will be available to certain people soon. But there are doubts about the content of the vaccines [...]
Tags: Angela Merkel, Flue, French Football League, Germany, H1N1, H1N1 Prevention, Marseille, Paris St. Germain, swine flue, vaccine
Posted in Reminder