Nathan Vedal wrote to tell me about an interesting mistranslation into Chinese that he recently came across.
Having purchased some not particularly healthy, but quite delicious, instant noodles produced by a Korean company, he was perusing the Chinese instructions, which included the following sentence:
Jiāng 550CC de shuǐ fàngrù guō zhōng, dài shuǐ kāi hòu, fàngrù miànguǐ jí tāngfěn. Guò 4 fēnzhōng hòu, jué bàn jí kě shìyòng.
將550CC的水放入鍋中，待水開後，放入麵鬼及湯粉，過4分鐘後，覺拌即可適用。
"Pour 550 CC of water into pot and wait till it boils, then add the noodle devils and soup flavoring. After 4 minutes, sense/feel-stir; can be eaten at once."
The directions are baffling. What in the devil is miànguǐ 麵鬼 supposed to mean?
miàn 麵 ("flour; noodles")
guǐ 鬼 ("demon; devil; ghost")
Are they telling us to put "noodle devils" into the boiling water?
Nathan was ultimately unable to solve the problem until he found someone online who proposed a reasonable explanation. As the author of this blog points out, it seems likely that what is intended is miànkuài 麵塊 to refer to the "block of noodles". A similar omission of the radical (semantic key; semantophore) occurs in the last phrase where juébàn 覺拌 ("sense/feel-stir") should read jiǎobàn 攪拌 ("to stir"), the hand radical having been dropped from jiǎo 攪 ("stir; mix; disturb; annoy").
One would expect this kind of orthographically incorrect character to appear in handwriting, and, in fact, I've often encountered such mistakes in reading old manuscripts and letters from friends. For typing with phonetic inputting (which is employed by the overwhelming majority of those who enter characters into electronic devices such as computers and cell phones), the more common kind of error would be to call up a different character or characters with the same or similar pronunciation, thus:
miánkuài 綿塊 ("cotton block")
instead of:
miànkuài 麵塊 ("block of noodles")
And, instead of:
jiǎobàn 攪拌 ("to stir")
the following might be mistakenly entered:
jiāobàn 交辦 ("assign to take care of")
jiǎobǎn 腳板 ("sole of the foot")
jiàobǎn 叫板 ("rhythmic passage at the end of a spoken part in an opera")
jiāobān 交班 ("hand over to the next shift [at work]")
jiàobān 轎班 ("palanquin / sedan-chair bearers")
jiāobǎn 膠版 ("offset plate" [for printing])
jiǎobàn / chāobàn 剿辦 / 勦辦 ("suppress by means of military action")
Whether as the result of phonetic inputting or shape-based inputting, one must be wary of entering incorrect characters in texts one is typing. The only real safeguard against making such errors is to have a high level of literacy to begin with and to check constantly in dictionaries when one is unsure of oneself.
May your Easter dinner not consist merely of instant noodles, much less demon noodles!
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Language Log: Noodle devils
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anthropologyworks: Hare Krishnas lose legal battle against McDonald’s in Mauritius
By Sean Carey
The on-going legal battle between the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and McDonald’s over the right to sell hamburgers at the Jumbo Phoenix shopping mall in Vacoas, Mauritius, a site opposite the organization’s temple, highlighted in a previous post has taken a new turn.
The interim injunction in force since 26 February 2013 prohibiting the sale of beef products by McDonald’s was lifted on 27 March. Judge Prithviraj Fecknah was persuaded by members of McDonald’s legal team that the beliefs of religiously observant Hindus on the Indian Ocean island, the descendants of indentured labourers, about the protected status of the cow cannot trump the interests of an international fast food business.
Nevertheless, last Friday lawyers representing ISCKON, including Rama Valayden, a former Mauritian Attorney General, submitted new legal arguments to the Supreme Court, which will be heard on 18 April.
Meanwhile, last Wednesday the festival of Holi was celebrated by Hindus in residential areas (see video below), including at the Holyrood football stadium in Vacoas. Somduth Dulthumun, President of the Mauritian Sanatan Dharma Temples Federation, who has backed ISCKON in its dispute with McDonald’s, told the crowd: “We must live as one family forgetting and differences. Every Hindu has obligations to his religion. Nothing is free in life, and you have to make sacrifices to promote your religion.”
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Erkan in the Army now...: “Istanbul voted European Best Destination for 2013″ …. Istanbul news roundup…
Istanbul voted European Best Destination for 2013
Travel Daily News International
Istanbul took 1st place in European Best Destinations 2013, followed by Lisbon in 2nd place and Vienna in 3rd. Now in its fourth year, European Best Destination is an initiative of non-profit making European Consumers Choice which aims to promote
Istanbul maritime
by Acturca
Sud Ouest (France) 29 mars 2013, p. 46 France 3 à 20 H 45 C’est là que finit l’Europe et que l’Asie commence : l’ancienne Constantinople est la prochaine destination de » Thalassa « . L’émission dévoile ce soir l’histoire de cette cité maritime, hier Byzance, aujourd’hui Istanbul. Elle dévoile aussi un port antique récemment mis au jour, [...]
IOC panel has ‘excellent impression’ of Istanbul
U.S. News & World Report
ISTANBUL (AP) — The IOC came away with an “excellent impression” Wednesday of Istanbul’s bid for the 2020 Olympics, stressing that the city’s multi-billion-dollar infrastructure budget will be spent whether or not Turkey gets the games. Wrapping up a
Istanbul hopeful after Olympics inspection
Ninemsn
Istanbul left an “excellent impression” on inspectors after the International Olympic Committee studied the Turkish city’s bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games. Just as was the case following inspections of the city’s bid rivals Tokyo and Madrid, the IOC
Istanbul to host 3rd World Political Forum
www.worldbulletin.net
The 3rd World Political Forum will be held in Istanbul between June 26 and 28 under the title “A New and Righteous World Order”. The forum will evaluate global economic and political issues and new possibilities for cooperation and solution proposals
Preparing for Earthquakes, Istanbul Rattles Its Apartment Dwellers
The Atlantic
The streets of Sumer, a small Istanbul neighborhood, are narrow and lined with smoky teashops where men play cards all day. Apartments are multi-colored, five-storied, architectural hodgepodges, the type found in most neighborhoods of Istanbul.
Reviving Istanbul’s historic libraries
Hurriyet Daily News
Istanbul’s historic libraries and their priceless archives are being renovated by theIstanbul Province Special Directorate. The directorate, which has been serving the city particularly in the field of health and education, is now restoring historic
Istanbul Airport Posts Fastest Growth Among Busiest Hubs
Bloomberg
Istanbul airport posted the biggest jump in passenger numbers among the world’s major hubs last year, expanding almost one-third faster than the next-best performer as it captures traffic from Europe rivals. Istanbul’s near 21 percent increase in
32nd Istanbul film festival opens this weekend
www.worldbulletin.net
Organized annually by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Art (İKSV), the festival will host a gala event tonight at the Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center with the screening of Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s film “I’m
Beyond The Doner: Finding ‘Real’ Turkish Food In Istanbul
Huffington Post (blog)
Before going to Istanbul, I knew little about Turkish cuisine beyond doner kebabs and Turkish delight. Much like stereotypical “Australian food,” these misconceptions were uninformed and simplistic, yet not exactly horrible (lamb on a spit? What’s not
Istancool festival gets ready for June
from Hurriyet Daily News
Istancool, the international festival of art, culture and ideas aiming to enhance..
Fashion: Istanbul is the new capital of pret-a-porter
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia
(AGI) – Rome, March 30 – Istanbul is the new capital of pret-a-porter. Turkey has become the second largest supplier of European clothing and produces clothes for leading Italian and French fashion houses. The city, heart of the country’s economy,
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Language Log: Chranna and Fluffya
From the start of "What Can Doctors Learn by Admitting Their Mistakes?", Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode Making Mistakes:
Guy Raz:
That's Brian
Brian Goldman:
I'm uh staff emergency physician
at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada
Guy Raz:
That's [təˈɹɐn.toʊ]
Brian Goldman:
You know
about thirty years ago
it was- it was [ˈtɹɜ.ɾ̃ə]
because I used to say [təˈɹɐn.toʊ]
and Canadians would correct me
Guy Raz:
and say [ˈtɹɐ.ɾ̃ə]
Brian Goldman:
((yeah))
[ˈtɹɐɾ̃.oʊ]
There's no 't' in it
Guy Raz:
Anyway, Brian
went to medical school in
that city …
This seems to be meant as a metaphor for how Dr. Goldman (who describes his high school self as someone who would study for a blood test) learned to relax about the possibility of not being precisely correct about everything. At least, here's the abstract for the associated TED talk:
Every doctor makes mistakes. But, says physician Brian Goldman, medicine's culture of denial keeps doctors from talking about and learning from those mistakes. Goldman calls on doctors to start talking about being wrong.
But I'm puzzled by the implication that the pronunciation of Toronto has changed since "about thirty years ago". Turning intervocalic post-stress /-nt-/ into a nasal tap remains a normal process in North American English. An urbantoronto.ca forum discussion from 2007 notes that
Wikipedia devotes an entire section to the pronunciation of Toronto saying, "Locals sometimes pronounce the city's name as 'Toronno', 'Trono', 'Toranna', 'Taranna', 'Chrono', 'Chranna' or even 'Terawhnna' ?in each case, the speaker merely pronounces 'Toronto' in the way that is most natural in his or her dialect." - Jack Chambers, a professor of linguistics at University of Toronto for more than 30 years, agrees with this logic, explaining that people born and bred in Toronto pronounce their hometown differently than outsiders because Torontonians say the name of their city repeatedly, over time becoming lazier about the pronunciation, eventually shortening it. "For people who live here their solution is to get rid of the 't' at the end."
And similar testimony can be found in a 2009 Yelp forum and a 2010 Yahoo! answers discussion.
The local pronunciation of my own city, Philadelphia, is conventionally spelled "Fluffya". That's the most opaque-to-outsiders local-pronunciation spelling that I know — but no doubt commenters will have some other candidates to suggest.
[Note: Because the cited passage is clearly edited from fragments rather than being the result of a single take, and because Raz and Goldman have similar voices, I'm not sure that I have the back-and-forth correctly assigned to participants. One of the many curious things about human speech perception is that I was not at all aware of this ambiguity until I tried to transcribe the passage with speaker IDs.]
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Erkan in the Army now...: Scientific solution to the tension in Turkish Parliament – sort of- “Color of seats makes Turkish MPs see red: Report
Color of seats makes Turkish MPs see red: Report
from Hurriyet Daily News
The main culprit for the explosive atmosphere at the assembly is the color of the chairs, according CHP’s report
A politics roundup:
Wise men and not-so-wise men
from Hurriyet Daily News
Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek was the guest yesterday of the traditional Diplomatic Correspondents’ Association.
Justice reform won’t trigger Öcalan retrial: Minister
from Hurriyet Daily News
A provisional clause in the fourth judicial package being debated in the Parliament will not lead to a retrial of the convicted leader of the PKK, Justice Minister said.
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Parliament Commission only ‘revising’ and not ‘rewriting’ charter
from Hurriyet Daily News
Parliament’s Constitution Conciliation Commission is not writing a new charter, but rather revising the charter formed in 1982 after the military coup.
Turkish government seeks leap forward with Kurdish solution bid
from Hurriyet Daily News
A solution to the Kurdish issue will help Turkey boost its democracy, national income and technology..
Turkey’s Negotiations with the PKK: Contents, Dynamics, Risks, and Possible Outcomes
by Acturca
German Marshall Fund of the United States, March 28, 2013 By Gökhan Bacik * The government’s recent direct talks with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the call by Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the PKK, for the PKK’s withdrawal from Turkey are a turning point in the history of Turkey’s Kurdish problem. How did it
Federalism ‘may be’ on 2023 agenda: Turkish PM
from Hurriyet Daily News
Recalling that the Ottoman Empire was a state founded on a federal system, PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Gov’t expects PKK retreat to finish before the end of summer
from Hurriyet Daily News
Members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) should complete.
Why Erdogan Wants Peace With the PKK
from RAND: Commentary by RAND Staff
Conflicting Reports of PKK Withdrawal from Turkey
from Yahoo News Photos
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Turkish military yesterday denied reports that a first batch of PKK fighters had withdrawn from Turkish territory, thereby implementing part of the peace initiative that was launched last week by jailed party leader Abdullah Ocalan.According to the Turkish newspaper Akşam, the PKK leadership in Mount Qandil, Iraqi Kurdistan, initiated the withdrawal of a first batch of
The PKK’s military capacity and the withdrawal process
from Hurriyet Daily News
Öcalan declared the first step of the negotiations a ceasefire to be followed by the withdrawal of armed.
When nationalism trumps reason
from Hurriyet Daily News
Greek Cypriots have a long and arduous road ahead as they try to recover from their economic meltdown.
Turkish PM Erdoğan a chance for peace: Leading PKK figure
from Hurriyet Daily News
PM Erdoğan’s decision to take a risk is a chance for peace since he also has power stemming from public support, says Zübeyir Aydar, one of the most influential names in the outlawed PKK
Turkish government should take fresh steps for PKK withdrawal, BDP says
from Hurriyet Daily News
BDP co-chair Demirtaş says the government should take new steps for the PKK withrawal.
Related posts:
As “Turkey enters key week in Kurdish solution bid”, “Angry Mob Winds Up Kurdish Deputies in Sinop…
Öcalan says finalization in 2-3 weeks, Erdoğan says peace process starts after PKK militans leave Turkey…
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“Öcalan’s ‘historic call’ for peace to be released on Nevruz, March 21…
Politics roundup: PKK expected to free Turkish prisoners tomorrow…
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Shenzhen Noted: laying siege to the villages: the nantou peninsula
A five-part essay, “Laying Siege to the Villages” has been published online at Open Democracy. Here’s part two on the Nantou Peninsula. 2. Concentric Occupations: Nantou Peninsula The built environment of Shenzhen urban villages references three historic moments – late Qing and
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Erkan in the Army now...: Eurosphere roundup: Cyprus crisis, Italian election deadlock continues, neo-Nazi trial in Germany clouds transparency….
Tough Bank of Cyprus terms detailed
from BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Officials spell out the tough Bank of Cyprus “haircut” that depositors holding more than 100,000 euros must take as part of an EU-IMF bailout.
Italy’s president moves to break election deadlock
from FT.com – World, Europe
Napolitano says mediators will proposes programme of political and economic reforms that could be supported by the parties in parliament
Restrictions in neo-Nazi trial clouds transparency: German Greens leader
from Hurriyet Daily News
The German Greens are outraged that the Turkish media has been restricted in reporting the trials of the neo-Nazi group responsible for the killings of 8 Turks.
Italian president could resign to break deadlock
from Hurriyet Daily News
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is considering resigning to make way for new elections after all attempts to form a government failed this week.
Voices in Europe Claim: “Europe for the People, Not the Markets”
from Global Voices Online by Sally Seward
From March 11 to 17 European citizens organized a week of protests against the austerity measures imposed on the countries of the European Union as a strategy for ending the economic crisis. Known as the European Counter Summit [es], it is the response to the European Summit in which European leaders gathered [es], and an occasion to make the voices heard of those citizens who defend a “Europe for the people and not for the markets“. They also reject the negative effects of the policies of cuts and they demand a series of changes in the European Union. People from different countries have protested in the streets and commented on the events through Twitter under the tag #EuropeanSpring.
Europe risks going too far on moral hazard
A better path must be chartered between an untenable taxpayer backing of lenders and the unrealistic punishing of their creditors, says Nicolas Véron
Cyprus ‘will not leave the euro’
from BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades says the island will not leave the euro, as the central bank announces a slight easing of capital controls.
Cyprus crisis: fears reach across ‘dead zone’ of divided island
from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Helena Smith
Bankrolled by resurgent Turkey, northern Cypriots have little sympathy for economic troubles in south of the island
From the street in front of his shop not far from the UN-patrolled “dead zone” that runs through Cyprus like a scar, Ozkan Zeki offers his opinion about the great economic crisis that has struck the island’s Greek-controlled south.
MAIN FOCUS: Fear of capital flight from Cyprus | 28/03/2013
from euro|topics
The banks in Cyprus armed themselves with five billion euros in cash in preparation for their reopening at noon today. Cyprus and the ECB now fear massive capital flight from the island, which they hope to counteract by limiting money transactions. Cyprus is already experiencing a disorderly bankruptcy, commentators note in horror, criticising that a cornerstone of the EU, the free flow of capital, is being sacrificed.
Cyprus and the Eurozone Social Dimension
from Blogactiv by Elio Pennisi
Cyprus fears for ‘lost generation’
from FT.com – World, Europe
Government ministers and senior economists warn of a ‘brain drain’ that could further hurt the country’s already bleak economic prospects
Cyprus crisis: swan-song of the Eurozone
from open Democracy News Analysis – by Constantine Dimoulas and Vassilis K. Fouskas
Harsh measures imposed on Cypriot political and financial authorities to address bank failures reveal, once again, that the entire architecture of the EU is in tatters. The geopolitics surrounding the Greek Cypriot crisis is pulling the EU further apart and into the unknown.
‘Bulgaria’s Spring’ – the Struggle for Social Rights
from Ideas on Europe by bulgarianperspective
Tina Schivatcheva
Bulgaria’s constitution includes a wide range of social rights. However, the ‘democratic, law-governed and social state’ has been characterized as ‘chronically incapable of coping with its social problems or improving its level of economic prosperity’. Moreover, the Bulgarian ‘minimal state’ often cannot provide its citizens even with basic necessities, such as food, electricity, central heating, or medical care. The post-socialist radical and extensive privatization and economic restructuring have led to systemic impoverishment, decimating entire sectors of the economy and society.
Berlusconi rejects technocrat deal
from BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Italian centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi opposes the idea of a new technocratic government for Italy like that led by Mario Monti.
Germany’s plans for treaty change – and what they mean for Britain
by Centre for European Reform
Last year, German leaders talked of the need to strengthen the eurozone through changing the EU’s treaties. One person who listened carefully was David Cameron. The British prime minister may have assumed that what Germany wants in the EU these days, it gets. When he made a big speech on Europe in January, Cameron predicted that the EU would need a new treaty in the next few years. He implied that Britain would be able to extract concessions from its partners, in return for signing the treaty – all in time for the referendum on UK membership that he promised in 2017.
Has Germany really gone off the idea of an EU treaty change?
by Open Europe blog team
“Austerity Kills – Not Only Economic Growth” by Andrew Watt
from Social Europe Journal by Andrew Watt
Spain’s credibility suffers another blow as Eurostat spots some creative accounting
by Open Europe blog team
Romanian and Bulgarian migration to Britain: facts behind the fear
from open Democracy News Analysis – by Franck Düvell
Is Britain on the verge of another mass-migration, as with the Poles? Behind the rhetoric on Romanians and Bulgarians set to flood the country, sucking up jobs and benefits, the actual expected impact of the lifted restrictions has gone unspoken.
Violent extremism in Greece: focusing on the far-right
from open Democracy News Analysis – by Sappho Xenakis
Rising xenophobia amongst the public has supported the impunity tacitly accorded by the state to far-right violence
Experts slam red tape in EU Eastern Partnership (News)
from EurActiv.com
France’s German Mirror
from Project Syndicate by Dominique Moisi
France’s current direction is a source of deep concern in Germany, whose evolution should be seen as a source of inspiration. Indeed, with too much pomp, too many stumbling blocks, and a dearth of dynamism, France today can and should learn from Germany.
Bulgaria’s anger: The real source
from Eurozine articles by Dimitar Bechev
As the Bulgarian post-communist transition faces its moment of crisis and the government resigns, the political class and the economic model it oversaw are the subject of deep dissatisfaction. Dimitar Bechev outlines what went wrong, and what can be expected of Bulgaria’s spring of anger.
Dutch consensus for austerity starts to crack
from FT.com – World, Europe
Under the pressure of ever-worsening economic news, the Dutch are beginning to ask whether their government’s austerity policies have been counterproductive
Probably the best blog post you’ll read this year
from A Fistful Of Euros » A Fistful Of Euros by Alex Harrowell
Eli Rabett publishes a translation of Stefan Rahmstorf’s superb German-language discussion of what climate scientists expected from a world with unusually low spring maximum sea-ice cover, what their computer models forecast, and just how closely the forecasts correspond to the weather North-West Europe is putting up with.
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C L O S E R: Makamba’s: Dank voor de slavernij
Closer Blog: De neger komt wel uit het oerwoud maar het oerwoud komt nooit uit de neger of 'Jullie (de mensen van Curaçao) zouden ons (de blanke Nederlanders) dankbaar moeten zijn dat we in de 17e eeuw slaven hebben gebracht. Jullie hebben nu een beter leven'. Zomaar twee uitspraken waar tegenwoordig niemand wakker van ligt.Read more: Makamba’s: Dank voor de slavernij
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PopAnth - Hot Buttered Humanity: Thinking in radioactive time
Ed Davey, the UK Energy Secretary of State, declared – probably through gritted teeth – ”I am confident the programme to manage radioactive waste safely will ultimately be successful.” [1]
He made this prediction in January this year, upon learning that plans to construct an underground nuclear waste repository had been voted down by local councillors in the Lake District, north western England. The vote brought to an end a four year formal collaboration with the local council in the search for a suitable local site at which to construct a store for the UK’s high-level nuclear waste.
Like its equivalent facilities in the US, Scandinavia and elsewhere around the world, the UK repository will take decades to design and obtain all needed approvals, it will then take 100 years to build and fill with wastes. It will then be entombed and must be capable of remaining sealed for at least 100,000 years to cater for the slow decay of the radioactive waste.
In invoking the ‘longer term,’ time is being co-opted in favour of the pro-nuclear facility’s cause, and yet it is the very time stretching nature of nuclear waste that makes it such an intractable policy (and physical) issue. For, much as the UK Government would like to see progress towards a solution, so the notion of an eventual success of ‘playing the long game’ runs against the grain of the short-termism endemic in democratic politics, and the fixation on immediacy of return. Yet conversely it also plays into the hands of prevarication, and a ‘not in my term of office’ political instinct.[Read the rest of the article]: Thinking in radioactive timeAuthor informationLuke BennettSenior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam UniversityIn 2007, after 17 years in commercial practice as an environmental lawyer, Luke switched to an academic position at SHU. Key projects include research into metal theft; the afterlife of abandoned military bunkers and owners and climbers’ perceptions of safety and liability for access to abandoned quarries (a project he's working on in collaboration with the British Mountaineering Council).
Original article: Thinking in radioactive time©2013 PopAnth - Hot Buttered Humanity. All Rights Reserved.
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Erkan in the Army now...: Cengiz Aktar: AK Parti’nin müzakere vakti
AK Parti’nin müzakere vakti
AK Partinin on küsur yıllık siyaseti, geçmişin adaletsizliklerini izale etme ve iktisadiyatın verdiği olanaklar sayesinde kalkınmadan en geniş kitleyi faydalandırmak üzerine kuruluydu. Cumhuriyet tarihinde adıyla müsemma başka bir partiden söz etmek herhalde mümkün değil: Adalet ve Kalkınma!
Geçmişin adaletsizlikleri, ulusun yoktan var edildiği döneme kadar uzanan bir gayrimeşrulaştırma sürecinin sonuçları. Bu toprakta yaşayan neredeyse herkesi bir şekilde olduğundan farklı bir yere yerleştirmeye çalışan toplum mühendisliğinin yarattığı toplumsal ve bireysel travmalar AK Parti’nin iktidarında, herşeyden önce, ortaya çıktılar. Tabuya dönüşmüş, insanların içine attığı travmalar artık sadece konuşulmuyor, yavaş da olsa iyileşiyorlar. Bu toplumsal şifa süreci özünde tek taraflı yürüyor. AK Parti bahşediyor toplum şükrediyor.
Adaletsizliklerin boyutu öyle ki AK Parti’ye kimsenin hesap sormasına yer bırakmıyor. Muhalefetsizlik CHP’nin sadece politikasızlığından değil. CHP adaletsizliklerin timsali olduğu ölçüde bir bakıma anti-politikayı temsil ediyor. AK Parti’nin politikalarının yıllardır CHP’nin ilerisinde, hatta “solunda” olduğu tesbiti yersiz değil.
CHP’nin siyasette bugünkü konumunun, parti içindeki yenilikçileri tenzih ederek, başka türlü olması mümkün değil, ta ki yeni bir parti kurulana kadar. Rahmetli Erdal İnönü’nün HP-SODEP-SHP’den yeniden CHP’ye giden yolda yeni partinin adının, ağır mirastan ötürü CHP olmamasında fayda olacağını temenni ettiğini söylerler. Rivayet ne kadar doğrudur bilmem ama CHP’nin hakikaten eski Türkiye’yi temsil ettiğini söylemek zor değil.
AK Parti icraatlarına muhalefet edebilecekler arasında MHP’nin kavruk milliyetçiliğinin istikbali ancak akut krizlerle beslenebilecek şekilde bir yerlerde bekliyor. Küreselleşen ve normalleşen Türkiye’de marjinalleşmesi mukadder. BDP ise yakın zamana kadar, geçmişten gelen ve AK Parti’nin de tepe tepe kullandığı meşruiyet sorunu dolayısıyla Kürt meselesinde ancak AK Parti’nin bahşettiği kadar siyaset alanı ile yetinmek zorunda idi.
Muhalefetten, hep bir tek hatta birçok adım önde olma hâli veyahut BDP için olduğu gibi, onu kontrol altında tutma siyaseti AK Parti icraatlarını büyük ölçüde kolaylaştırdı. Partinin dillere destan işbitiriciliği ve pragmatizmini bu tabloya dâhil ettiğimizde ortaya tamamen rakipsiz bir icraat alanı çıkmaktaydı.
Ne var ki bu dikensiz gül bahçesi miadını doldurdu. İç politikadan dış politikaya herşey olabildiğince tatminkârken gül bahçesinin dikeni Kürt çatışmasının, bugüne dek izlenen yöntemlerle çözülemeyeceği anlaşıldı. Kürtlerle barış demek, muhalefetsiz ve müzakeresiz siyasetin, bahşetme âdetlerinin sonu da demek. Bugün bu noktadayız.
Her ne kadar Öcalan alttan alsa da kendisinin dışında kalan Kürt siyasetçilerden giderek belirginleşen farklı sesler çıkıyor. İtiraz ve talepler çekilmenin hukukî altyapısı konusundaki belirsizlikle sınırlı değil. Demokrasi talebi iyice görünür, duyulur hâle gelmiş durumda. Öcalan’la başlatılan müzakere, müzakereden ziyade eski usul ve eşit olmayan bir siyasî yaklaşımla belirleniyor. Farkındaysanız hükümet şu aralar mütemadiyen “olmaz” diyor. Bu siyaset yapma biçiminin sınırına barışla birlikte hızla varmış bulunuyoruz.
Tesadüfe bakınız ki aynı müzakere ihtiyacı sadece “adalet” faslında değil “kalkınma” faslında da giderek kendini hissettiriyor. Hükümetin orta gelir grubundan yüksek gelir grubuna geçme hedefi için tek elden tek karar alma mekanizması artık yetersiz. Kalkınmayı, adaletli gelir dağılımının bundan böyle çok ötesinde, siyasî nüfuzun temel payandası olarak ele alma hedefinin ise toplumsal bedeli var. Ve üçüncüsü bugüne kadar danışsız, denetsiz, düzensiz yöntemlerle yürümüş olan konut, yol ve enerji ağırlıklı kalkınmaya karşı giderek daha fazla itiraz olacak.
2002-2012 arası konforun hem adalet hem kalkınma faslında sonuna geldik. Hegemon da olsa AK Parti ilk kez gerçekten müzakere edecek yani muhatap alacak, en geniş toplumsal meşruiyeti arayacak. Müzakere ederken siyasî ittifak arayışlarına girecek. Taviz verecek, yani karşılığında taviz alacak. Memleket açısından siyasî olgunluk demek bu.
Siyasî ve toplumsal barış sadece AK Partinin değil. BDP’nin de değil, CHP dâhil herkesin, Türkiye’nin barışı.
Bu yazı ilk olarak Taraf’ta yayınlandı, yazarın izniyle burada da yayınlanıyor.
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Erkan in the Army now...: “Extraordinarily Tiny Paintings of Istanbul by Hasan Kale …Istanbul news…
Extraordinarily Tiny Paintings of Istanbul by Hasan Kale | Colossal
By Christopher Jobson
The Turkish artist makes use of everything from fruit seeds to the wings of taxidermied insects as a backdrop for depictions of his native Istanbul. See much more here, and watch the videos above to see him work… love how he uses his finger
Buy a home in Istanbul for real Turkish delight
Telegraph.co.uk
James Bond leaps over the pantiled roofs of the old city in Istanbul in the opening scenes of Skyfall, against the dazzling backdrop of the Bosporus and Golden Horn. He has been here before, most memorably in From Russia With Love, released in 1963
Traveling to Istanbul (I)
Scholars and Rogues
But we’re fully wired—isn’t everyone these days, including what appears to be every resident of Istanbul, each and every one of whom apparently has a mobile phone? Packing for trips these days has become an exercise in wire management—we have the
New Documentary Explores World of Songbird Enthusiasts in Istanbul
Green Prophet
The Birdmen of Istanbul, a film by Ali Naki Tez, follows the reclusive, fascinating old men who have devoted their lives to tending Istanbul’s songbirds. The documentary opens on two old men discussing a mysterious ailment. It alienates you from your
MasterPeace activists pick Istanbul to ‘build bridges’
from Hurriyet Daily News
A global peace-building initiative called “MasterPeace” is set to organize a concert in Istanbul.
Goodbye İMKB…Welcome Borsa Istanbul.
from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M
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Ethnography Matters: April 2013: Ethnomining and the combination of qualitative & quantitative data
image from Fabien Girardin. After the two previous editions (Openness and Stories to action), it’s now time for our April edition on combining qualitative and quantitative data. While ethnography generally draws on qualitative data, it does not not mean that quantitative approaches shouldn’t be employed in the research process. Combining the two leads to a [...]
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Ethnography Matters: An uplifting experience – adopting ethnography to study elevator user experience
Editor’s note: This post for the April ‘Ethnomining‘ edition comes from Rebekah Rousi, who is a researcher of user psychology and PhD candidate of Cognitive Science at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. In this post, she describes how the combination of qualitative and quantitative data collection was fruitful in her analysis of elevator usage. I [...]
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Erkan in the Army now...: Nice one on Morozov’s rhetoric of contempt:
Evgeny Morozov and the Rhetoric of Contempt
from The Meta-Activism Project by Mary
Evgeny Morozov is perhaps the most skilled contemporary practitioner of the rhetoric of contempt. He seeks to win arguments (and attention) by treating ideas he dislikes with scorn and ridicule and by treating their proponents with mockery and cruelty. He encourages this behavior in others. The exchange below, which happened earlier today, is a good example.
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Ethnography Matters: Insights from network data analysis that yield field observations
Editor’s note: This post for the April ‘Ethnomining‘ edition comes from Fabien Girardin who describes his work with networked/sensor data at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Fabien, from the Near Future Laboratory, describes the overall process and how mixed-methods are relevant in his work. At the Near Future Laboratory we like to experiment and to [...]
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Erkan in the Army now...: From Turkey to EU: Turkey’s EU minister- Islam Europe’s reality; Turkish Deputy PM slams judge on trial ban…
Turkey and Israel: reviving strategic ties?
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An apology by Israel’s prime minister may ease tensions between Turkey and Israel. But despite pledges from the two country’s leaders to normalize relations, experts caution against high expectations.
Islam Europe’s reality: Turkey’s EU minister
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Islam is a reality for the European Union and Europeans won’t get anywhere by burying their heads.
Turkish Deputy PM slams judge on trial ban
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As long as the German Chief Judge resists allowing the Turkish media access to cover a neo-Nazi murder.
Turkey ‘s foreign minister wades into court trial spat
from Yahoo News Photos
Turkey ‘s foreign minister has called his counterpart in Germany, after a spat erupted over media access to a trial of suspected neo-Nazis – who were
Turkish Foreign Ministry slams Aznavour’s comments on Erdoğan
from Hurriyet Daily News
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has strongly refuted the comments on Turkish PM Erdoğan made by famous French singer of Armenian origin, Charles Aznavour.
After Israel’s Apology
from Project Syndicate by Ibrahim Kalin
After almost three years of political tension, diplomatic maneuvering, and back-channel negotiations, Israel has formally apologized for the killing of nine Turkish citizens onboard the ship Mavi Marmara in 2010. The move opens a new chapter in bilateral relations, and will create new opportunities for Middle East peace-building.
After Israeli apology, Turkey dreams of new tourism boom
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The air-clearing apologies were both made and accepted. Now, Turkey’s tourism industry is holding.
‘Extra mile’ Israeli apology for Turkey
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JERUSALEM, March 28 (UPI) — Even if Jerusalem’s apology doesn’t lead to better relations with Turkey , “everyone” will know Israel exerted extra effort, says a senior government official.
U.N. rebukes Turkey over return of Syrian refugees
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Israel, Turkey to discuss flotilla raid compensation
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Officials from Turkey and Israel will meet next week for talks on compensation for the families of victims of a deadly 2010 flotilla raid for which the Jewish state apologised last week, the deputy prime minister said Friday.
US and Turkey discuss Iraq, Syria over the weekend
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The fragile situations in Iraq and Syria were discussed on March 30 during a telephone call.
Israeli Security Concerns and the Balkans
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Turkey -PKK Peace Deal Gains Momentum With Regional Implications
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Turkey ’s unsustainable politics in Middle East
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Confused may be an appropriate term to describe Turkey ’s current foreign policy in the Middle East and Israel in particular. The source of that confusion — aside from the appalling violence in Syria and earlier in Libya — is Turkey ’s own mistakes.
Third oil pipeline in line between Turkey and Iraq
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Turkey is keen on keeping its energy ties with Baghdad strong despite recently cozying up.
Turkish-Israeli peace to change energy balances
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American Jewish body visits Istanbul
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Amid the recent efforts to restore the strained ties between Turkey and Israel, the board members.
Editorial Board: Israel and Turkey let bygones be bygones
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Article | Turkey’s Triumphs
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A Turkey-Israel Opening
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Erkan in the Army now...: Erdoğan to meet with the “wise people” , whom citizens do not know yet, on Apr 4. …Politics roundup…
Turkish government to meet with ‘wise people’ April 4
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Parliamentary Speaker Cemil Çiçek has painted a gloomy picture for the ultimate success of
AKP ‘to leave liberals out’
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Some groups like “liberals” that were the government’s partners over the last 10 years of the Justice and Development Party’s.
Parties to submit own drafts as charter panel keeps working
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The Constitution commission working on Turkey’s new charter decides to collect the four parties’ own drafts as a deadline issue remains unclear.
Öcalan would not leave prison ‘even if released’
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Jailed rebel chief says peace talks with Turkey progressing; expected to announce cease-fire
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Turkish intelligence to oversee PKK retreat
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Turkey’s intelligence service will oversee the withdrawal of outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
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ACCESS DENIED: News Round Up In-Brief
U.S. News According to a Pew Research Center Survey, the majority of people in the United States believe that there should be a way for undocumented immigrants to remain the United States. The findings also point to divided opinions about whether to grant undocumented immigrants citizenship or legal permanent residency. Responding to a recent story [...]
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Erkan in the Army now...: Sosyal Medya alanında çalışan ajanslar (48): “MedyaSOS” [@medyaSOS]
Erkan’s Field Diary sosyal medya alanında çalışan ajansları tanıtan seriye devam ediyor. sakaerka@gmail.com adresine logo, iletişim bilgileri, kısa tanıtım, varsa birkaç ekip fotosu gönderirseniz sizin ajansı da bu seriye dahil etmek isteriz… Ya da en azından haberdar ediniz;)
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Erkan in the Army now...: Eurosphere roundup: Google faces European privacy probe… Headscarf debate in France… Cyprus…
Google faces European privacy probe
from BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Six European data protection bodies are to launch coordinated investigations into Google’s privacy policy
Islamic headscarf debate rekindled in France
from BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Court ruling tests power of French secularism
Slovenia dismisses Cyprus comparisons
from FT.com – World, Europe
A spike in borrowing costs underscore investor worries that Slovenia’s distressed banking sector could force it into a financial rescue
A Chance to Reunify Cyprus
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The economic crisis and other new realities create an opportunity to end the division of Cyprus.
Northern Cyprus watches neighbour’s anguish
from FT.com – World, Europe
This year marks half a century of the Cypriot dispute and 45 years of fruitless negotiations between the island’s Greek and Turkish sides
Cyprus crisis: No Russian bailout
from BBC News | Europe | World Edition
The Russian government says it will not compensate Russian savers who have lost money in the Cyprus banking crisis.
Peace in Cyprus: Is it more likely today than it was in 2004?
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The 2004 Annan Plan to re-unite the island failed spectacularly; but within the current economic crisis there is room for reconciliation in Cyprus.
Russians let Cyprus woes wash over them
The visitors from the north are showing the locals how to keep cool in the face of crisis, writes Courtney Weaver
A turbulent Easter in Cyprus
by Open Europe blog team
Uncertainty continues to reign in Cyprus. Cypriot Finance Minister Michalis Sarris resigned this afternoon, seemingly confirming the earlier (denied) rumours that he had previously tried to resign and bringing to a close what must be one of the shortest stints as finance minister in recent history (35 days). To add fuel to the fire, initial reports suggest he resigned due to the on-going investigation into people moving funds out of Cyprus ahead of the bailout. Fortunately, unlike other aspects of the crisis, the Cypriot government has wasted no time in appointing a successor with Labour Minister Haris Georgiadis already lined up to fill the role.
Greek Cyprus finance minister resigns
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Oil prices rose on Tuesday as concerns over the Greek Cyprus bailout eased, analysts said.
While Germany is accused of domination its taxpayers feel increasingly vulnerable
by Open Europe blog team
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Open Europe Director Mats Persson argued that, while Germany has emerged as the “chief villain” of the eurozone crisis in the wake of the Cypriot bailout, “It is easy to see why German taxpayers have had enough.” He added, “two vital pillars of Germany’s post-war policy — commitment both to Europe and to sound money – are now clashing head on. This is fuelling frustration…Perhaps it’s not surprising, therefore, that this month saw the launch of Germany’s first anti-euro party, Alternative für Deutschland.”
Spain admits wide miss of deficit target
from FT.com – World, Europe
Madrid forecasts that it will fall short on this year’s budget by 6 per cent, making a much smaller improvement in its finances than it had planned
Slovenian parliament unanimously ratifies Croatia’s EU accession (News)
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Italy 2013: collapse, revolution or renaissance?
from open Democracy News Analysis – by Francesco Grillo
It is a strange country that risks killing off Europe having been one of its founding and most reliable members. To move away from the sterile politics of the past twenty years, Italy has to come up with something new – but what?
Young and good looking: the saviours of Europe’s Left
from open Democracy News Analysis – by Lasse Thomassen and Marina Prentoulis
They are young. They are good looking. They are well spoken. They may just be the saviours of the European Left.
MAIN FOCUS: Ten wise men to help Italy | 02/04/2013
from euro|topics
Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano has appointed a group of experts that this Tuesday will begin working on proposals for a reform of the country that are meant to pave the way for the formation of a government. According to some commentators this step won’t be enough to end the political stalemate either. Others are optimistic that the ten wise men will make Italy governable once more.
A dangerous UK consensus on free movement of workers in the EU
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