Hakan Aydin

Turkish Parliement voted to send troops to southern Lebanon for the UN peacekeeping force despite strong public opposition. Ugur Akinci from “Turkish Torque” reports the public sentiment on the subject and provides statistics on past international missions of the Turkish army:
According to the polls released by the largest media outlets in Turkey, the majority of […]

Pope Benedict XVI has managed to create a fresh controversy and managed to spark a firestorm of protest from Muslims around the world with his ‘lecture’ at the University of Regensburg in Germany, where had once been a professor. Many of the World’s leaders joined the protest, mainly from countries with predominantly Muslim […]

Istanbul hosted a Formula 1 Grand Prix leg a couple weeks ago, on August 27. This was only the second time Turkey has hosted this massive organization. The 58 lap race was very challenging, especially with the scorching temperature of ~40C (~100F).
Felipe Massa captured his first pole and first career win in Istanbul. He […]