February 2010
52 posts
via hovemann:
It’s a Beat by Tunc Ak.
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i have gotten some questions about my phd research, some through ‘ask.’ others as notes, and i couldn’t figure out a way to respond to the notes, so eventually i decided to just quickly address it. the questions came to me especially after i posted something about talking with deniz kandiyoti about my research project.
i’m doing an ethnographic project that is centrally...
CANDAS SISMAN
via pedrojulien:
CANDAS SISMAN lives and works in Istanbul Born in 1985 in Izmir,Turkey http://csismn.com/ http://csisman.deviantart.com/
“Söz gümüşse, sükut altındır
Masal okuyor, bilmiyor o zırdeli
Rüzgar eken,...”
– Tarkan, Dilli Düdük. Because Turkish is, next to Portuguese and Scottish Gaelic, the sexiest language in the world. (via selchieproductions)
the last time i posted something about foreigners’ perceptions of how the turkish language sounded to their ears, i got a massive response from...
A Poignant Trail of Broken Hearts, All on Display →
via charlise:
What does a tiny vile of human tears have in common with a prosthetic leg? They’re both bizarre mementos of emotional breakups on display at the Croatia-based Museum of Broken Relationships touring Istanbul. The tears were anonymously donated by a German man mourning a 4-year relationship with “a wonderful but sneaky woman” and the prosthetic leg by a lovesick Croatian man, who...
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World Record at Auction Expected for a Turkish...
via artchix:
Erol Akyavas (1932 – 1999), “The Siege” (detail). Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1982, 266 x 385 cm. Estimate: $ 1,000,000 -1.500,000. ISTANBUL.- Antik A.S., the leading auction house in Turkey, will offer the masterpiece by Erol Akyavaş (1932-1999) ever to have appeared on the market. Estimated at USD 1-1.5 million the painting will be the masterpiece of Antik A.S.’s forthcoming...
Facebook stats - Turkey
via kereszturi:
As I mentioned in my previous post I am really amazed how social Turkey is. Actually that’s true IRL as well and we can see only it’s online counterpart on Facebook. This behaviour was the one that rocketed Turkey to the third position worldwide as of the number of Facebook users.
The big picture is changing rapidly - I would have never thought that the fourth country will be...
via helpstopbackwards:
My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world’s most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake.
I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member...
Trying to expand and improve...
via karakelebek731:
Merging with the spirit of Mevlana that drifts by me as I walk through the streets of Konya. Recognizing the sufi spirit in everyone I come across. Feeling a part of everything…
“Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any...”
– Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi http://www.gaia.com/quotes/Mevlana_Rumi (via kemaluysal)
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Istanbul is not Constanti-schnitzel?
via xeda:
“The kebabs, you’ve got the try the kebabs,” every guidebook intoned religiously if going to Istanbul without eating skewered meat would be like missing the Aya Sofya (Hagia Sophia). Well, three of the friends who came with me to Istanbul DID miss Aya Sofya, but their alert tongues also caught a relatively obscure culinary fact, that wiener schnitzel was plentiful and delicious in...
