Erkan in the Army now...: Alan Turing to be given a posthumous pardon by the...
Alan Turing, Brilliant Mathematician and Code Breaker, Will Be Finally Pardoned by British Government “Alan Turing, the Enigma codebreaker who took his own life after being convicted of gross...
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[Webshaykh’s Note: There is an excellent report on the progress in humanitarian aid to Iraq over the past decade on the website of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Click...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: EFD Rights Watch: “Turkish court gives green light...
Turkish court gives green light to destruction of Gezi Park An Istanbul administrative court has unanimously overturned a lower court’s decision to halt the Turkish government’s plan… update: A news...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: For the record, Turkish Education Ministry refuses...
Turkish Education Ministry refuses to allow headscarved teacher to return to job The Education Ministry has objected to a Council of State decision that struck down the expulsion of a teacher from her...
View ArticleLanguage Log: The long Xteenth century
John Darwin, After Tamerlane: For all its drama, the Occidental ‘breakout’ of the long sixteenth century (1480–1620) had for long a limited impact. I've read about these "long centuries" from time to...
View ArticleSomatosphere: A Report on the Joint EASA/SMA Conference “Encounters and...
From June 12-14, 2013, the American Anthropological Association’s Society for Medical Anthropology (SMA) and the European Association of Social Anthropologists’ (EASA) Medical Anthropology Network...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Ahmet Sabancı: PRISM: Nedir, Neden Önemli, Neler...
PRISM: Nedir, Neden Önemli, Neler Olacak? Rally in support of Bradley Manning on August 8, 2010, in Quantico, Virginia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Edward Snowden, Bradley Manning ve Wikileaks...
View ArticleAAA blog: Action Alert: Ask Congress to Support NEH
The House of Representatives Appropriations Committee released its FY 2014 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill this morning with a 49 percent ($71 million) cut for the National Endowment for...
View ArticleCultureBy - Grant McCracken: Greg Parsons on the new world of work
Here's the video for an interview I did with Greg Parsons in Chicago on June 11. The event behind us was NEOCON, the design event that happens each year in Chicago. It was an impromptu interview so...
View ArticleAAA blog: Reflections on the Killing of a Black Boy
Today’s guest blog post is by Dr. Steven Gregory, Director of the African-American Studies Graduate Program and Associate Professor of Anthropology and African-American Studies at Columbia University:...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Yeni Anayasa gündemi: “Yeni Anayasada Temel Hak ve...
anayasa (Photo credit: sontilki) Yeni Anayasada Temel Hak ve Hürriyetlerin Sınırlanması Uzlaşılan Öneri Anayasa m.24 (Temel hak ve hürriyetlerin sınırlanması): ”Hürriyet esas, sınırlama istisnadır....
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: EFD Rights Watch: Utku Kali, a Turkish soldier, may...
Turkish soldier may face 25 years in jail for leaking ‘Reyhanlı bombing files’ A military prosecutor has demanded 25 years imprisonment for the gendarme accused of leaking secret documents on the...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Revenge politics in Turkey. “Financial inspectors,...
Financial inspectors, police raid biggest Turkish firm owned by Koç Finance officials reportedly staged a raid at Koç Holding’s Tüpraş due to allegations of manufacturing smuggled fuel...
View ArticleLanguage Log: A decline in which-hunting?
Email from reader J.M.: As I was perusing LL this afternoon, the title of a post you wrote caught my attention: "Metaphors which you are used to seeing in print". I know that the that/which...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Eurosphere roundup: “Record 60% of Europeans ‘tend...
Record 60% of Europeans ‘tend not to trust’ EU The number of Europeans who distrust the European Union has doubled over the past six years to a record high, with bailed-out Greeks and Cypriots having...
View ArticleCONNECTED in CAIRO: In Egypt, Coup and Revolution Are Not Mutually...
Was the gathering of millions in Egypt on June 30 the continuation of a revolution or the occasion for a coup d’état? The answer is “both,” but the question is not the right one to ask. That’s the...
View ArticleDynamic Relations: Theory Behind the Wheel!
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View ArticleLiving Anthropologically: White-Race Problems: White Hispanic, White Black,...
A strange meme circulates, apparently fueled by Geraldo Rivera’s White Hispanic, Yellow Journalism. It goes like this: George Zimmerman is not really white, he’s Hispanic, and so the [liberal,...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Iroan Maiden and Anthrax in Istanbul tonight!
The police pose with Iron Maiden members:) via @serhatucak Hurriyet Daily News 12h // keep unread // preview Istanbul gets ready to rock with Iron Maiden concert Iron Maiden will be in Istanbul...
View ArticleErkan in the Army now...: Cengiz Aktar: Suriye ile nereye?
Suriye ile nereye? Salı hutbelerinin yerini iftar konuşmaları aldı. Son salvolar Suriye’ye ve elbet Kürtlere. “Yanı başımızda Suriye’deki gelişmeler artık sınırlarımızı da aşmak suretiyle zaman zaman...
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