Stories about Turkey from February, 2007
Turkey is Typing….Food and Music
I'm reaching in a different direction this week. Let's talk Turkish food and music. Zen in the Kitchen talks about the simple pleasures in eating bread with fresh olive oil. Tastes of Mavi Boncuk gives us a background to the history of the Turkish national drink Raki, and Almost Turkish...
Turkmenistan: Turkic Reunion?
At neweurasia Peter reports on how relations between Turkey and Turkmenistan are changing in the wake of the death of the country's former President Saparmurad Niazov.
Turkey is Typing…Midnight Express, Sweaters, and a Jar of Peanut Butter
What do the above items have in common? All of them and much more will be part of our hodge-podge edition of Turkish is Typing. A couple of our bloggers have mentioned the film Midnight Express in their tomes lately, due to a new interview with the subject of the...
Kurdistance: A Medley
Welcome to this week's edition of Kurdistance, where we will roam the world over to see what the Kurds are discussing. Diaspora News Most of the Kurdish bloggers are Diaspora, but this week we are going to look at the areas in which they are talking about. Vladimir, who writes...
Turkey is Typing….
Hrant Dink is still very much present in the Turkish blogosphere this week, and while I don't wish to present a case of Hrant Dink overload, part of today's post will feature a short follow-up and then we can have some fun. Turkish Torque summarizes the future situation of Turkey...
Armenia & Turkey: Hrant Dink Roundup
Oneworld Multimedia rounds up recent posts from Armenian and Turkish blogosphere about Hrant Dink
Kabobfest: World Bank with Holes in his Socks
“Who ever thought that the socks safely tucked away in the boots of oppression would be so holey?” asks Will at Kabobfest. “Do you think leading neo-condrathal Paul Wolfowitz was sending Muslims a message by wearing such shoddy socking at the Turkish mosque? Or are his socks manufactured poorly because...