Denizli'nin cocuklari Denizli'de
Ernst'in en sevdigi icecek ayranmis. Belli ki, Almanya'da ayrani'in yaninda ince belli bardaktan cay da icmis: Ve sen gittiniz, sen gelin:
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But not in football...
You may well be good without God, but not when it comes to football. That's why I shall be praying to the Football God tonite, before tomorrow's game.
Yes you can...
... be good without God. Yet another atheist bus campaign. This time from Obama's home state. I think this is better than their original plan "In the beginning, man created God"
Post-modern times
A strain of indescribable post-modernism may be termed anti-scientism. According to this strain, scientific method is "just another story," along the stories told by religion, tradition, mysticism. Of course the actual argumentation is far more complex and subtle -which I do not claim to have explored-, but the common theme is more or less the same. Recently rhe rise of religion in both eastern and western societies, and their natural clash with modern values based on truths obtained by scientific method, has undoubtedly created a problem of ontologically categorizing the places in the society and meanings of science and religion. On the one hand there is the so called New-atheists, New-humanists, or as they describe themselves the "Brights" - to be fair they call those who are insistent on a supernatural powers the "Supers". They are of the opinion that religion should ultimately be taken out of the public discourse, and left to persons only just like wha...
Modern Times
On Monday, Turkey lost one of her most prominent daughters. Dr. Türkan Saylan dedicated her life to the treatment of lepers patients, and the education of girls in under-developed parts of Turkey, where the traditional place of girls is their homes. She was probably the most influential activist, and grassroots organizer. The NGO she founded, "The Society to Support Modern Life," provided scholarships to girls and women throughout their education, as well as organized advertisement and education campaigns to change the traditional position of the women in the Turkish society. All the deaths are tragic, but the deaths of the people who will be remembered by the positive impacts on those who continue to live, are the ones that one should aspire. Her description of a "modern woman" is perhaps the best description of her legacy which I print in Turkish and English: ‘Çağdaş kadın, kendi kararlarını kendisi veren, mutlaka ekonomik bağımsızlığını kazanmış, yani kendi geçi...
Akin var Izmir'e
Aynalarda gördügümsün, Agladigim güldügümsin, Cozemezler kördügümsün, Sen! Bir de bir kus gokyüzüne, Bak ne diyor son sozunde, Yikilma oyle! Haydi kalk ayaga, Yuru gunese! (*) Izmir'i cok severim. Cocuklugumundan kalan anilarin sehri olmasinin yaninda- Artur-Bodrum seyahatlerinin mola yeri, en guzel aile tatillerimizin adresi Efes oteli, Kulturpark ve tenis klübü, deniz kenarindaki bozkiri yeserten Cigli'deki tenis klübü, Baskin and Robins dondurmalari- üniversitede en has dostlarimin ciktigi kenttir ayni zamanda. Asik oldugum Kadin'in kenti de olunca son zamanlarda iyiden iyiye sever oldum Izmir'i. Bir de takim asklarina hayran oldugum yine bir dostumun takimi Göztepe'yi de ekleyin buna. Butun bunlarin yanina Fenerbahce'yi yenebildigimiz son dort senedeki tek tuk maclardan - saka maka eski karimiz Fener bu son dort senede bizi cok fena yeniyor- birinin bu kentte olmasi, yarinki macta orada olma istegime tavan yaptiriyor. Orda olamasam da yarin maci Besiktas...
Acildik
Ask sehri'ne gelmis olmamdan mi, Yoksa Besiktasli olarak hayal kirikliklarina alisik oldugumdan mi, Yoksa harika bir kadina asik oldugumdan mi bilmem, Affetim Besiktasli futbolculari, Geri dondum. Bana sonunda yikilsalar da bu umutlari yasatan yine ayni topcular, yine ayni Hoca'ydi. Malmö teselli (Recep Çetin için) takma recep mevzu değil ant olsun canın sağolsun unut recep kaleden çıkardığın sayısız topu unutmayız boş ver recep beşiktaşlıyız halden anlarız kendi kalesine gol atan da bizdendir V.Ö. Ama tek bir istegim var, Mustafa Hoca'm ayirma Cisse ile Ernst'i. Ne olur....
Kapaliyiz
Dun gece yikilan hayallerimle barismak icin, Gonlumun Besiktas kosesindeki yarayi yamamak icin, Uzun bir is gezisini bahane edip, Blog'a bir hafta ara veriyorum.