March 05, 2007
well, in the middle of the night, in the darkness of a night travel and in an uncomfortable seat, an intense loneliness did strike me but thanks God i am alive. what to do in the cold early morning of...
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March 04, 2007
BESIKTAS UP INTO SECOND position after the victory of GS yesterday. It was a wonderful spring like day and despite my anger directed against the BJK players, we got it this time. Erdem, Mustafa, Esra and Erkan. Some of the...
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January 18, 2007
I couldn't overcome my hangover to start writing before:) We had a nice night at the Awards ceremony. Aydın Doğan Foundation provides a good venue for the Communication Schools all over the country. Our school had a low profile until...
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November 15, 2006
We have decided to cancel my part in the Brussels trip between 5-8 December, as my military service situation is not certain. Even if it is postponed due to the Rector's intervention, we figured out it might be too late...
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October 12, 2006
The law draft on criminalizing the rejection of the so-called Armenian genocide, to be discussed in the France Parliament on October 12 jeopardizes the shares that French companies, some of which had made their way to the shortlist, can get...
June 26, 2006
While I was doing my usual wandering around during a lunch time last week, I saw Serdar, the head librarian, and said hello. He was having lunch with someone whom I did not know before. Well, she was Sedef Kabas,...
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June 17, 2006
(In one of rare moments) Asli Tunc on high heels! I guess we all went back our homes tired but happy after the first day. I only miss not having the opportunity to watch fantastic team play of Argentina...
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May 04, 2006
Ingmar Karlsson In my fieldwork this rarely happens. Lots of people know what I am doing but few thinks of inviting me in some occasions. (What you were thinking Erkan? Why are you so special?) Anyway, I was particularly...
April 24, 2006
Well, I am pissed of with these spam comments and this urges me to move to a MT 3.2 version through which I can have many more blog goodies including anti-spam plug-ins. The angel of help will be one of...
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March 26, 2006
M. Kemal watching a movie at Elhamra. Makbule Atadan on the left Şükrü Kaya on the right. (3 December 1930) VIA Mavi Boncuk Well, it is a pity to see the end of week without a new interview. It...
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March 18, 2006
On 10 March 2006, Journalists' Association of Turkey (TGC) and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung organized a panel on TR-EU relations and Turkish Press.... The two institutions have been collaborating for a Local Media Project and this panel was a fruit...
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March 14, 2006
Hakan Yılmaz (L) and Ali Akay discussion their book. A few weeks ago, I had atttended a book introduction meeting in EU Information Center in Taksim. The Center plans to regularly organize seminars on newly published EU related books....
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March 13, 2006
Can Baydarol (L) A Can Baydarol seminar in last fall in EU Studies Master Programme at Bilgi University played a pivotal role in my thesis life. I cannot say how valuable it was for me to get a general...
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March 10, 2006
"The Kurdish Conference" starts tomorrow in Dolapdere campus and at noon today I could see special police forces around in Kuştepe campus as a group of protesters, same protesters indeed, were about to come and visit us. I don't know...
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February 25, 2006
Fieldwork at the five star hotel meeting rooms... The German Marshall Fund of the United States and The Center for European Studies of Istanbul Bilgi University organized the a panel entitled as “Europe and Turkey: Is There a Common...
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February 07, 2006
Dutch member of the European Parliament, Joost Lagendijk, arrives at a courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, to attend the trial of Turkish journalists. The trial of five prominent Turkish journalists charged with insulting the country's courts...
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My dear audience, the snow is terribly back and disrupts life in Istanbul. However, instead of staying at home and doing things what I cherish to do, I will attempt to go out in the early morning and watch a...
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January 15, 2006
Thanks to Özge Genç, I have realized the importance of the Project on the Revitalization of the Erez Industrial Estate. The project is organized by The Industry for Peace Initiative which is managed by TEPAV/EPRI (Turkish Economy Research Foundation/The Economic...
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December 27, 2005
I would like to introduce you one of my professors at Bilgi: Ariana Ferentinou. This cool Greek lady, who lives in Istanbul, is both an experienced journalist and a full time instructor at our Communication School. This semester we...
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November 05, 2005
The Turkish papers are thinner than ever and no translations to English happened in Hurriyet website or Turkishpress.com in the last three days. My parents came to my apartment to observe a regular inspection and then we went to visit...
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July 11, 2005
I have had a significant appointment today and I will have a more significant one tomorrow. So i am a bit stressed. I have talked to Mr. Oguz, who is one of the founders of Bilgi University, about my fieldwork...
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June 27, 2005
I was offered to be involved in this event. I spent most of my Sunday in picking up people in the airport. June 28, Tuesday Summer Programme / June 27 – July 8, 2005 “Turkey and Greece: Transcending the Past...
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June 26, 2005
On Thursday evening I met and had coffee with Prof Rodrigues from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and his company. That was a short and cordial meeting. There is a possibility of future cooperation. As I told before, this blog is...
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June 22, 2005
I would have a short meeting with Prof. Ucel, who is a TV Journalism professor, on EU news. That is postponed to days ahead. He is busy today. For a few days, I seem to be free which is confusing...
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June 14, 2005
I have added a site meter to the blog as you can see. This was advised by a Spanish professor. I had no idea who would follow the blog other than my few dear friends. As I also told him,...
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June 11, 2005
Ebru's last comment broke my heart- but don't take it that seriously since my heart can easily be broken as an habit- so I stopped blogging! I strongly I felt I am deceiving my friends by not telling the 'actual'...
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December 28, 2004
I have decided to launch an English mailing/discussion group on Turkey-EU relations! It will be open to public and I hope to attract people's attention beyond my circle of friends. Nothing posted yet and i am still thinking if that's...
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November 14, 2004
In addition to being an anthropologist and perceptions of intellectuals, I should add a third issue that makes my life difficult: ‘Studying-up’. I have a good past of ethnographic involvement but my current project does not look like any of...
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November 10, 2004
I am already a suspicious figure when I attempt to do ethnography in an unexpected site. This idea of suspicion is supported with the perceived role of intellectuals. Prof. Ugur hinted once why media people are not enthusiastic about such...
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November 09, 2004
I never thought before that being an anthropologist would be a cool thing in Turkey. However, this is until you tell what your research topic is! Most of the people who know something about anthropology do not like to think...
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August 27, 2004
Journalism professors, Esra Arsan and Alper Gormus made my day. They will help me to have access to 4 newspapers' newsrooms. Here is my latest correspondence with Esra. Translation will be made later: Esracim, oncelikle istedigim, gunde iki defa gerceklesen...
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August 24, 2004
This entry is a quick summary of this summer. It includes fragments about my research and my life. Home-Field An initial point about being at home and doing fieldwork can be summarized as such: If I started my fieldwork in...
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July 20, 2004
In Istanbul, renting an apartment without furniture means there is really no furniture. That is, you have to get a fridge, a water heater, an oven... I am working on furniture stuff now... I have started a personal diary -...
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03:54 PM
This is a list of connections apart from what Prof Ugur promised me. I collected them since i arrived to Istanbul. from Kenan: Tribeca agency- Ms Ceylan - Agency has an interest in EU news. Ceylan used to be an...
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July 02, 2004
A small financial contribution to my fieldwork. This is the first grant i got for my research project. thanks to Ertan, who called me in the morning to give the good news!...
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June 25, 2004
I will become a TA in Istanbul Bilgi University by the end of August. After I get the disappointing decline from NSF (shame on the positivist panel!), working seems to be the only option to fund my fieldwork. But i...
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