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Turkey is Typing…

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Turkey, Sport

…about soccer this week, or rather there are 2 Turkish blogs to add to our list this week that focus on that subject: Gulay, Galatasaray, and the Dogs [1] and The Round Ball in Ankara. [2] Like in many countries Soccer is a national sport in Turkey and it is nice to see blogs devoted to sport come up like these who are insightful and entertaining. The top two teams, fan base-wise for sure–in talent that is another issue (but hey, I root for Diyarbakirspor so most would discount my futbol opinion), are Galatasaray (who might be facing bankruptcy soon [3]) and Fenerbahce (to see the debate as to whether the refs are more lenient on this team see here. [4]) We will be definitely be looking at these blogs in the future.

Let's see how everyone else is doing, beginning with the girls first:
Phanja from The Need to Know reveals her crush on American actor Alan Alda in her youth [5]. She also mentions the irony of the Anti-American movie Valley of the Wolves spreading anti-American sentiment in a traditionally American way [6], by making a lot of money in the process.

Idil from Ignore me if You Can writes about the latest Metblogs meeting in Istanbul [7] and a comparsion to the OC in the US to a suburb of Istanbul [8].

Moving onto Metroblogging: Istanbul, Metecem wonders if Istanbul really needs more tunnels to help avelate its traffic problem [9]. Sven laments the absence of the umlauted o's in English [10].

Amerikan Turk shares with us some of his “production meeting notes” [11] and contines with his coverage of Muslim cartoon protests. [12]

Erkan's Field Diary discusses the loss of a healthy diet with the beginning of a new semester [13] and a recent conference on Europe's borders at Goethe Institute-Istanbul. [14]

Turkish Torque writes about the reliablity of the Turkish press [15] and gives a link to the rather amusing dictionary of Turkish politics. [16]

Our last stop on the Turkish blogs journey is Mavi Boncuk, who gives us a history on the Jews of Bursa [17]and a primer on Ottoman ship building. [18]