Turkish social fabric roundup. AKP’s most ambitious social engineering project starts with the new education system while “bedroom watch” continues… « Erkan's Field Diary: "Leman, Penguen or Uykusuz: Turkey’s comic books vs. Erdogan
from cafebabel.com by Marie Jackson
Utter the names of these satirical comic magazines in the presence of any Turk, and their eyes will light up with recognition. Yet these publications are a serious thorn in the side of the government. Despite tough conditions and government repression, the reviews tirelessly put pencil to paper in the name of social critique"
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Turkish social fabric roundup. AKP’s most ambitious social engineering project starts with the new education system while “bedroom watch” continues… « Erkan's Field Diary
Turkish social fabric roundup. AKP’s most ambitious social engineering project starts with the new education system while “bedroom watch” continues… « Erkan's Field Diary: "Leman, Penguen or Uykusuz: Turkey’s comic books vs. Erdogan
from cafebabel.com by Marie Jackson
Utter the names of these satirical comic magazines in the presence of any Turk, and their eyes will light up with recognition. Yet these publications are a serious thorn in the side of the government. Despite tough conditions and government repression, the reviews tirelessly put pencil to paper in the name of social critique"
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from cafebabel.com by Marie Jackson
Utter the names of these satirical comic magazines in the presence of any Turk, and their eyes will light up with recognition. Yet these publications are a serious thorn in the side of the government. Despite tough conditions and government repression, the reviews tirelessly put pencil to paper in the name of social critique"
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Social fabric roundup: Turkey ranks 47th in mothers report, Turkish middle class ‘loves malls’, and more.. « Erkan's Field Diary
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nuclear power stations, turkey style (!)
RedHack hacks Turkish family ministry website on Mother’s Day
from Hurriyet Daily News
The socialist RedHack group today took down the Turkish Ministry of Family and Social Policy’s website, to mark Mother’s Day and draw attention to violence against women in Turkey and armed conflicts around the world.
Turkish middle class ‘loves malls’
from Hurriyet Daily News
Most members of Turkey’s middle class adhere to conservative religious values..
Pious Turks Push for Labor Justice
by By SUSANNE GÜSTEN
Young Muslims have been congregating to critique the reign of the mildly Islamist government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as “capitalism with ablutions.”
Symposium on creationism stirs debate in academia
from Hurriyet Daily News
An anti-evolutionist symposium plan organized by a university student group in Istanbul…
Marûnis (Hakkari) : Retour au village détruit parce que « sa terre est l’honneur de l’homme »
from YOL (routes de Turquie et d’ailleurs) by anne
A Kurdish Majority In Turkey Within One Generation?
from Yahoo news
Since the 1990s, Turkey’s fertility rate has steadily declined, due to, among other factors, rising household incomes, expanded access to higher education for women and increased birth control practices.
AKP government scales down national day festivities
from Hurriyet Daily News
The celebration of national holidays will no longer include military parades and lavish shows at stadiums
Out With The Old National Rituals
from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White
A major change: the end of the iconic Kemalist national displays and rituals that included stadiums of costumed and choreographed youth (sometimes wearing Ataturk masks), ten-story banners of Ataturk, military displays, and in some regional centers, “reenactments” of victories over “foreign forces” like Armenians that in one case featured young Turkish boys dressed as soldiers, splashed with fake blood and playing dead, their “bodies” partly wrapped in Turkish flags.
Plastic surgery gets share from Turkish TV series
from Hurriyet Daily News
Turkish TV series, which have become very popular in Arab countries as well as many other parts of the world in recent years, are also noted for make a contribution to Turkey’s health tourism.
Orhan Pamuk’s museum diversifies Turkish art scene – SES TürkiyeA new museum dedicated to the love affair in Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk’s novel The Museum of Innocence, expands the traditional boundaries of the literary
“Men Killed 24 Women in June” in Turkey. A social fabric roundup… « Erkan's Field Diary
“Men Killed 24 Women in June” in Turkey. A social fabric roundup… « Erkan's Field Diary: "According to data compiled by bianet, 24 women were killed by men in June this year. 13 women were raped, 20 women harassed and eleven women were injured. Most registered cases of violence took place in Istanbul.
Murder Photo Sparks Anger as Turkey Talks Domestic Violence – Businessweek"
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Murder Photo Sparks Anger as Turkey Talks Domestic Violence – Businessweek"
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EFD Rights Watch and a social fabric roundup… “259 Women Killed in Turkey in 2011 « Erkan's Field Diary
EFD Rights Watch and a social fabric roundup… “259 Women Killed in Turkey in 2011 « Erkan's Field Diary: "ccording to data collected by bianet, 14 women in Turkey were killed by men in December 2011. 24 women were injured, 15 women raped and 16 harassed. In total, 259 women were killed by male culprits in Turkey in 2011."
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Turkey's Nostalgic Gazoz Culture | Istanbul Eats
Turkey's Nostalgic Gazoz Culture | Istanbul Eats: "In a 2003 TV commercial for Cola Turka, the actor Chevy Chase was seen speaking Turkish and then sporting a moustache, after taking just one sip of the intended challenger of Coke in this country. This sensational ad – which riffed on the old theme of American cultural imperialism through its number-one agent, Coca-Cola – was the first time that Turkish soft drinks caught our attention. Though we didn’t take to the overly sweet Cola Turka, we did start looking beyond, to its local brethren in the market: gazoz, a world of nearly extinct Turkish carbonated drink brands with a fanatical following.
One recent winter morning at Avam Kahvesi, the waiter, Ulaş, pitched wood into a large fireplace in the back. The dance of flames refracted through gazoz bottles that lined the walls, sat on tables, and peaked from crates stacked around the room. There were literally gazoz bottles everywhere in this one-of-a-kind shrine to Turkish soft drinks.
The rest of this feature can be found on CulinaryBackstreets.com, here."
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One recent winter morning at Avam Kahvesi, the waiter, Ulaş, pitched wood into a large fireplace in the back. The dance of flames refracted through gazoz bottles that lined the walls, sat on tables, and peaked from crates stacked around the room. There were literally gazoz bottles everywhere in this one-of-a-kind shrine to Turkish soft drinks.
The rest of this feature can be found on CulinaryBackstreets.com, here."
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ARCHAEOLOGY - Turkish minister criticizes archaeology excavations
ARCHAEOLOGY - Turkish minister criticizes archaeology excavations: "Some of the archaeologists currently working at excavation sites around Turkey are not taking their job seriously enough, Tourism and Culture Minister Ömer Çelik has said, according to daily Hürriyet.
Çelik made the comments in an interview with Der Spiegel Magazine at the Berlin International Tourism Bourse, a well-known travel trade fair.
German archeologists have been overseeing excavations at Göbekli Tepe, he said, adding that a total of 11,000 sculptures went missing from the site in 2010. “I am not accusing them of stealing, however, this is evidence that they are not giving sufficient importance to security issues.” "
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Çelik made the comments in an interview with Der Spiegel Magazine at the Berlin International Tourism Bourse, a well-known travel trade fair.
German archeologists have been overseeing excavations at Göbekli Tepe, he said, adding that a total of 11,000 sculptures went missing from the site in 2010. “I am not accusing them of stealing, however, this is evidence that they are not giving sufficient importance to security issues.” "
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Exploring the North East Region of Turkey
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Posted on March 5, 2013 by Natalie Sayin in Turkey
A typical stereotype picture exists when people think about travel in Turkey. Most talk about the ruins of Ephesus, hot air balloons of Cappadocia or holiday resorts on the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts. However, in the Northeast of Turkey, there is a completely different landscape view.
Photographs on the Internet make it seem so surreal and unless you have seen it for yourself, it is difficult to believe this is Turkey. Lush green mountains covered in trees, tall waterfalls and wooden hotels dot the landscape. During winter, heavy snowfall turns the scenery into a white blanket and anyone could be forgiven for comparing it with Switzerland.
This region is culturally strong. People belong to the Laz or Hemsin ethnic groups but some people’s family history can be traced to Georgian or Azerbaijan cultures. No matter what their backgrounds are, traditions are firmly rooted in music, dancing and making food from natural resources. This is where golden honey is made by queen Caucasian bees and Rize city supplies the rest of Turkey with sweet and tasty tea leaves.
LOCAL - Number of Turkish military personnel revealed
LOCAL - Number of Turkish military personnel revealed: "he Turkish General Staff has updated its personnel statistics, which amount to a current total of 678,617, according to the website of the Turkish General Staff.
The data said that 347 generals and admirals were serving at the Turkish army. A total of 313 generals are serving in the Land, Naval and Air Forces, and 33 generals are serving for the Gendarmerie Forces. One admiral is working as part of the Coast Security Command.
There are 33,167 officers and 72,061 non-commissioned officers working for the Land, Naval and Air Forces in total."
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The data said that 347 generals and admirals were serving at the Turkish army. A total of 313 generals are serving in the Land, Naval and Air Forces, and 33 generals are serving for the Gendarmerie Forces. One admiral is working as part of the Coast Security Command.
There are 33,167 officers and 72,061 non-commissioned officers working for the Land, Naval and Air Forces in total."
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March 8: International Women's Day in Kurdish background peace process. | YOL (roads in Turkey and elsewhere)
March 8: International Women's Day in Kurdish background peace process. | YOL (roads in Turkey and elsewhere): "March 8, International Women's Day is one of the highlights of Kurdish protests in Turkey, a kind of repetition between women before the great feasts of Newroz (around March 20). This year with the peace process underway, Newroz be of particular solemnity. The 3 members BOP visited him last week in his island prison of Imrali reported that Abdullah Öcalan should unveil its roadmap for the occasion. Responses to letters he had always send the BDP MPs Kurdish party, the PKK in Qandil and Europe it should be managed.
The PKK may announce a ceasefire on this occasion, but it is not yet certain. should say that the meeting between Öcalan in Imrali and BDP delegation was welcomed by intense shelling of their camp Qandil ( 4 killed PKK). For several days the incessant takeoffs F16 made a terrible racket in Diyarbakir. So it was quite predictable that the command of the PKK requires certain conditions. Mine that injured four soldiers in a district of Diyarbakir was probably a response to the bombings."
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The PKK may announce a ceasefire on this occasion, but it is not yet certain. should say that the meeting between Öcalan in Imrali and BDP delegation was welcomed by intense shelling of their camp Qandil ( 4 killed PKK). For several days the incessant takeoffs F16 made a terrible racket in Diyarbakir. So it was quite predictable that the command of the PKK requires certain conditions. Mine that injured four soldiers in a district of Diyarbakir was probably a response to the bombings."
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Being a Woman in Turkey and in the Middle East by Sedef Küçük - The Globalist
Being a Woman in Turkey and in the Middle East by Sedef Küçük - The Globalist: "International Women's Day, observed every March 8, is a global celebration of women's economic, political and social achievements. Sadly, gender equality for women remains an ongoing struggle — especially for women in the Middle East. Sedef Küçük examines the challenges women still face — in her native Turkey and elsewhere in the region — and what Western democracies can do to help."
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TOURISM - Turkey’s tourism ranks 46 out of 140 countries
TOURISM - Turkey’s tourism ranks 46 out of 140 countries: "Turkey’s travel and tourism sector ranked 46 among 140 industrialized and emerging economies, climbing four positions from 2011, according to The Travel and Tourism (T&T) Competitiveness Report 2013 released by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The biannual report includes an analysis of the rankings of the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI), which aims to measure factors and policies such as policy rules and regulations, environmental sustainability, tourism infrastructure, natural resources and cultural resources, among others. The Index grades countries between 0 and 6 points. Turkey’s general assessment this year was 4.4 points, a 0.7-point increase from 2011. While Turkey ranks 46 among 140 countries, it also ranks 28 out of 42 European countries. “The country’s main strength continues to lie in its rich cultural resources (19th), with 20 World Heritage cultural sites, several international fairs and exhibitions, and strong creative industries. Turkey gains significantly in a number of areas and has seen a significant increase in tourist arrivals over the last two years,” according to the report."
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The biannual report includes an analysis of the rankings of the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI), which aims to measure factors and policies such as policy rules and regulations, environmental sustainability, tourism infrastructure, natural resources and cultural resources, among others. The Index grades countries between 0 and 6 points. Turkey’s general assessment this year was 4.4 points, a 0.7-point increase from 2011. While Turkey ranks 46 among 140 countries, it also ranks 28 out of 42 European countries. “The country’s main strength continues to lie in its rich cultural resources (19th), with 20 World Heritage cultural sites, several international fairs and exhibitions, and strong creative industries. Turkey gains significantly in a number of areas and has seen a significant increase in tourist arrivals over the last two years,” according to the report."
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