http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/ This is a blog to register Erkan Saka's fieldwork days for his dissertation thesis project on Turkish journalism and the European Union (EU). He is a Ph.D candidate at the Anthropology Department of Rice University and a teaching assistant at the Media and Communication Systems Department of Istanbul Bilgi University. You will find here news, commentaries, casual analyses, documents, fieldnotes etc related to Turkey, the EU and his research as well as his posts on anthropology, journalism, cyberculture, football (soccer), reading notes and other field attractions.... [01/09/2006] en-us erkan@rice.edu 2007-08-27T02:29:52+02:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/archives/002381.html My dear readers, this blog was hacked last Friday and thanks to Prof. Kelty without much trouble (at least in my part) we got it back. BUT it was time to move to a new domain as the increasing traffic... 2381@http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/ 2007-08-27T02:29:52+02:00 http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/archives/002379.html Cafebabel.com's readers provide us with their five top images, crystallising their vision of what Europe means to them [Chief Negotiator Ali Babacan] While the Turkish Government prepares a draft of the policies it will follow for the next seven years... 2379@http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/ Europe at 50 2007-03-23T18:40:52+02:00 http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/archives/002376.html Ankara is deeply unhappy about an effort in the US Congress to pass a bill declaring the 1917 massacre of Armenians by the Turks to be a case of genocide. Turkey has warned it could sever military ties if the... 2376@http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/ TR-US Relations 2007-03-23T14:30:08+02:00 http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/archives/002377.html On March 7, 2007, Bernard Lewis, the legendary historian of the Middle East, delivered the Irving Kristol Lecture at AEI’s Annual Dinner. Edited excerpts follow. The Muslim attack on Christendom . . . has gone through three phases. The first... 2377@http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/ Islam in Europe 2007-03-23T11:23:17+02:00 http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/archives/002375.html The European Union's half-century is a time for constructive self-reflection as much as celebration by Aurore Wanlin THE VIEW FROM 2027 By Charles Grant Given how much respect and esteem most Europeans feel for the EU today, one can easily... 2375@http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/ Europe at 50 2007-03-22T22:29:40+02:00 http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/archives/002374.html by Fikret Erkut Emcioğlu Middle East Quarterly, Spring 2007 Since Mustafa Kemal Atatürk founded modern Turkey in 1923, the Turkish Republic has clung to secularism and nationalism as bedrock principles. After the introduction of the multiparty democratic system in 1946,... 2374@http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/ Turkey in EU 2007-03-22T16:50:13+02:00 http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/archives/002372.html World briefing: Do Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist leanings make him an unsuitable figurehead for a secular country? discusses the Guardian... * The approaching elections and the Öcalan factor by Etyen Mahçupyan Looks like that DJ Nozem will be one of... 2372@http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/ Presidential election 2007-03-22T11:54:09+02:00 http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/archives/002371.html As the EU celebrates its anniversary, The Independent looks at 50 benefits it has brought, and asks: "What has Europe done for us?" 1 The end of war between European nations 2 Democracy is now flourishing in 27 countries... 2371@http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/ Europe at 50 2007-03-22T00:55:33+02:00 http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/archives/002370.html Edition 9 Volume 5 - March 01, 2007 Turkey: election year • Turning Turkish heads - an interview with Soner Cagaptay This is the first time a Turkish government is turning Turkish heads to the Muslim Middle East. Honestly,... 2370@http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/ Presidential election 2007-03-22T00:34:52+02:00 http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/archives/002368.html By Honor Mahony After World War II – French economist Jean Monnet develops his plans to ease tensions between France and Germany as they square up over control of the steel-and coal-rich Ruhr region. 1950 – French foreign minister Robert... 2368@http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/ Documents 2007-03-21T16:27:42+02:00 http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/archives/002367.html Turkey criticized Germany on Tuesday for not inviting the country, a candidate for European Union membership, to a summit marking the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, saying it was a missed opportunity to showcase a united European family..... 2367@http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/ Europe at 50 2007-03-21T13:00:46+02:00 http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/archives/002346.html In mathematics, E8 is the name of a root system and of several associated Lie groups and also their Lie algebras \mathfrak{e}_8. These are the largest of the exceptional simple Lie groups. It is also one of the simply laced... 2346@http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/ Cyberculture 2007-03-21T01:31:49+02:00 http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/archives/002366.html Matthias Hoenig and Eva-Maria McCormack say Hamburg - German philosopher Juergen Habermas Tuesday called for a EU-wide referendum in which citizens across the bloc should decide whether the EU should have a directly elected president, as well as a foreign... 2366@http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/ State of Europe 2007-03-20T14:09:55+02:00 http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/archives/002365.html The poll by the Konda institution published in the Milliyet daily showed that 66.4 percent believe that the state should support efforts to protect ethnic differences as opposed to 33.6 percent who say that it should not. A total of... 2365@http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/ Turkey in EU 2007-03-20T03:22:21+02:00 http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/archives/002364.html George Parker writes: The malaise gripping the European Union as it approaches its 50th birthday this week is highlighted in a new poll which shows that 44 per cent of citizens think life has got worse since their country joined... 2364@http://frazer.rice.edu/~erkan/blog/ Europe at 50 2007-03-20T00:02:26+02:00