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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

“illegal birdsong cafes of Istanbul” İstanbul news roundup…

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Locked out of heaven: inside the illegal birdsong cafes of Istanbul

In Istanbul, men keep birds locked away in cages to encourage ever more mournful songs – and then gather to listen to their sorrow. Two photographers teamed up to chronicle this secretive subculture

Number of Istanbul domain names rivals other world cities

Since becoming available in January, new website domain name extensions forIstanbul have been selling swiftly among domain names for other …
An American in Istanbul: Molly Crabapple on Art and Activism
She spends a month in Istanbul, where she walks down Istiklal Caddesi, the city’s main commercial artery, which strikes her as “the grandest .

Istanbul Photo Awards shines spotlight on region

The Istanbul Photo Awards have succeeded in drawing global attention to recent developments in the Middle East, said Georges De Keerle,
A hacker broke into Istanbul public trasnportation monitors’ systems, replacing the usual route information with the message “Ekbar was here,” early March 21

German book exhibition in Istanbul

As part of the 52nd Week of Libraries celebration, Goethe-Institut Istanbul will organize an exhibit displaying the “Finest German Books 2015”
The Istanbul Electric Tram and Tunnel Company (İETT), the city’s public bus authority, introduced buses with new “panic buttons” on Feb. 26
Celebrating the transformation of the arts through digital technology since the 1970s, ‘Digital Revolution’ has opened at Istanbul’s Zorlu Center PSM

Fünf Tote bei Selbstmordanschlag in türkischer MetropoleIstanbul

Istanbul – Bei dem zweiten Selbstmordanschlag innerhalb einer Woche in der Türkei sind in Istanbul fünf Menschen getötet worden. 36 Menschen …

Istanbul explosion: ‘Shaken’ Skunk Anansie singer Skin says blast was outside her hotel

“Beautiful Istanbul taken before the horrendous bomb blast that just went off outside our hotel,” she wrote in post on Facebook. “Many people injured

stanbul reels after suicide bombing – video

Governor of Istanbul Vasip Sahin speaks to the media after a suicide attacker detonated a bomb on Istanbul’s main pedestrian shopping street on .

A ghost town after bombing

Turkey’s most populous city, Istanbul, looks deserted after a deadly terrorist attack in one of its most famous avenues, a report says. The Saturday ..

Five of the best: places to eat in Istanbul

If you tire of the tourism of Istanbul’s European shores, take the ferry from Karakoy to Kadikoy on the Asian side, then walk to the “fish market”. Ciya has

Germany shuts consulate in Istanbul on terror fear

Germany shuts consulate in Istanbul on terror fear. The consulate said it received a warning that was “not conclusively verifiable,” but was closing the …
The Netherlands Consulate General in Istanbul was closed on March 23 due to “terror threats,” the Dutch Foreign Ministry has announced

Terror threat leaves ‘everyone scared’ in Istanbul

After closing its embassy, Berlin has now closed its consulate and a German school in Istanbul due to a terror warning. The continued terror threat has …

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

In Davutoğlu’s dreamworld Sur will be rebuilt as Spain’s Toledo, while 132 Intellectuals: ‘We are Ready to Save Those in Cizre if You won’t’

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Diyarbakır’s historical Sur district will be rebuilt to erase the scars of weeks-long clashes between security forces and PKK militants, Turkish PM Davutoğlu has said, citing Spain’s reconstruction of historic Toledo as an example
132 figures among whomst are Kadir İnanır, Murathan Mungan, Tarık Ziya Ekinci, Vedat Türkali, Rakel Dink have called on state authorities for the wounded to be taken into hospital: “We are ready to save them if you won’t”.

Turkey: Zeid concerned by actions of security forces and clampdown on media GENEVA (1 February 2016) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Monday urged the Turkish authorities to respect the fundamental rights of…

Preview: Noam Chomsky responds to Erdogan

In this online preview, the renowned US academic calls the Turkish government a “deeply authoritarian regime”

Erdogan vs Chomsky – who’s hardest?

Turkey’s military has been escalating vicious attacks against the Kurdish population under the pretext of fighting ISIS. Last week, a petition of condemnation was circulated by 1,200 Turkish academics calling themselves “Academicians for Peace.” President Erdoğan then issued a tirade against intellectuals, adopting what Noam Chomsky referred to in an email to the undersigned as “the George W. Bush line: you’re with me or you’re with the terrorists.”

The management of Ferhat Tunç’s Fan Page has been taken over from him following the promotion of his album Kobani in three languages featured on the Fan Page.
Daily Nous – Jan 31, 1:30 AM

Jülide Yazıcı, a student in the Philosophy Department in Boğaziçi University who was active on social media supporting academics threatened by the Turkish government, was arrested two days ago. According to one source

Buildings destroyed in Diyarbakir.

For many years Turkey’s recipe for combating Kurdish nationalism was to pretend that Kurds did not exist. Even as Turkish troops battled the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), government propaganda maintained that Kurds were a subgroup of Turks and that their language, banned from official use, was a dialect of Turkish. To his credit, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s president, has never indulged in such fantasies. His Justice and Development (AK) party pursued peace negotiations with Abdullah Ocalan, the founder of the PKK, and moderate Kurds.

The Rise of ISIS and Other Extremist Groups: the role of the West and Regional Powers
Intifada Palestine
This essay examines the role of Western and regional players (i.e.Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar) in inflaming the conflict and the growth of terrorism in Syria. It examines the attempts to break up Syria’s civilian and military institutions .

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Monday, January 25, 2016

Erkan in Bergen and Oslo, Norway for a few days…

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This is a pure vacation. I have no presentation, or projects to attend etc.

I came here with a dear librarian friend, and met with a former student of mine, Doğan Çelik who studies MA degree in Bergen University.

Quite relaxing after the hectic agenda in Turkey.

I will fly back to İstanbul from Oslo on 29 January.

As can be expected from my background, I have to visit black metal scenes. In fact, I feel like it is all past now after the notorious early years. Still I have visited

Fantoft stavkirke

The first church burned down by extremist Black Metal fans. Fantastic Church, it is a pity they did that. It is now reconstructed.

I have passed through

Grieghallen 

A nice concert hall where the early black metal albums were recorded.

Well Bergen was the capital of black metal at one point. Honestly, I prefer thrash or viking metal but still black metal has the aura:) I will also stop by Helvete album shop (now a museum), Neseblod record shop in Oslo. Tonight I plan to stop by Garage, one of Bergen’s well known metal bars. 

You can follow my route in this trip through my Foursquare history.

And of course there is more fancy stuff:

You might have a look at my Instagram account for more fancy photos (!)

I will also meet with a Norwegian friend in Oslo, who used to be in İstanbul and who follows this blog for ages…

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