The Terrorist Devil in a Militant Detail
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
A Broken Clock and the Correct Time
Friday, May 16, 2008
Copenhagen Criteria For All and Always?
A Media Disclaimer
Thursday, May 15, 2008
A political symbol that you can raise supporters even from their childhood, thanks to their stupid parents. Targeting children, apart from its reasoning (whether political or religious), is just sick.
You can give a passionate kiss publicly to someone that you are not married (definitely a sin, according to Quran), but you can't show anyone your hair because it's not religious (no mention in Quran).
You can even drink alcohol (definitely a sin, according to Quran), but don't let anyone to tell anything critical about your headscarf.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
The nude portrait of an overweight woman (above) has become the most expensive work by a living artist to be sold at auction in New York.
The posture of Sue Tilley, the model of the Lucian Freud's painting, reminds me of Ibrahim Calli pieces (below). As one of the few world-class painters of Turkey, he was the first Turkish artist to depict the completely naked woman body (which were almost always slightly overweight).
Besides his remarkable art, Calli's wisdom was also fabulous. Here is an examplary anectode:
Ibrahim Calli was playing poker in an Istanbul club once. One of his opponents made a mistake and offered to take back his move. Another opponent, an Armenian,
refused the offer and responded in a sarcastic manner: "A Turk comes to his senses only after it is too late."
Calli was obviously angry. While standing up, he yelled: "That is an Armenian, not a Turk!"
The Armenian player, who was already afraid of the increasingly xenophobic moves of the Democratic Party government (one of the forefathers of AKP) of 1950s, was panicked. However, Calli finally comforted his opponent with his self-critical wit, while sitting down back to his seat:
"To speak honestly, dear, a Turk never comes to his senses."
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Apocalyptic Istanbul
Friday, May 09, 2008
Why Not Another Privatisation?
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