Tag: In English
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Books I Read in 2018
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For an obsessive compulsive reader like myself, every year begins - among others - with a goal to read certain amount of books of certain genres. However during the year, this goal gets derailed by my impulsive reading of a flashy new novel or a non-fiction topic that I find attractive as I find myself…
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My Top 5 Podcasts of 2016
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I cannot remember how I used to function before podcasts. I listen to them during my runs and walks, when driving, and (wife permitting) when I’m getting prepared in the morning.
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Connecting Rebellion
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The program's format goes like this: first you play a song from say Iron Maiden, let's suppose you play Hallowed Be Thy Name, a song about a man on his way to the gallows. To proceed to the next song, the DJ has to find a connection to another artist. Let's also assume that you…
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Protest Music from Gezi Park
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In this case when I say Protest Music I mean something else. I'm adding some videos below which are all about the protests but would not be filed under this genre. Maybe it can be said that just like the people, music genres are also uniting to protest against the PM and his government during…
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People’s Republic of Taksim
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The Gezi Park was packed, and it looked like a carnival. There were street vendors selling all sorts of food, guitar players with cigarettes in their mouths with the ash almost falling onto their laps, people dancing the halay, voracious readers reading in dim light, a tattoo maker with a sign that said, "Ataturk's signature…
