Posts Tagged ‘democracy’
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
Democracy Lessons vs. Democratic Lessons
September 25th, 2009 by lifeproof
I had friends visiting Istanbul from New York recently. As usual, we had a deep conversation about life, Turkish culture, touristic places, food, Orientalism… you know where this kind of conversations ultimately lead to… and finally, the War in Iraq. Through to the end of our conversation, I utilized an analogy, which I use in [...]
Tags: democracy, iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi, New York, New York City, Orientalism, Saddam Hussein, the EU, the USA, Turkey
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles, PoliTickles