http://aydin.net/blog Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:59:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Perhaps the most absurd thing that I've read over the past few days on the newswires was that the US defense secretary Robert Gates said in an interview that it is very hard to locate the PKK and that is one of the reasons why US can not share intelligence ... http://aydin.net/blog/2007/10/24/where-is-the-pkk-just-ask-deborah-haynes/ The Inquirer, published by Incisive Media Investments, is an online technology news site. Incisive Media describes the Inquirer as: a website that provides news, reviews and its own style of comment within site sections that include everything from memory to microprocessors and channels to consoles. And it goes on to describe The ... http://aydin.net/blog/2007/10/23/the-inquirer-upgrades-turkey-from-kurd-murdering-nation-to-country/ Germany recently passed a new controversial immigration law. The new law requires that foreign spouses should have a basic knowledge of German language and proof of solid financial support, before they are granted a visa. So far so good. The controversial part of the law is that, this requirement only ... http://aydin.net/blog/2007/10/21/new-german-immigration-law-hints-of-racism/ As of today, in October 2007, Turkey has lost 29 soldiers to PKK terrorism. During the same period, according to icasualties.org, the US military, who is at war with Iraq has lost 28. Now, the US government is saying, I quote: We urge Turkey and the Iraqi government to work closely ... http://aydin.net/blog/2007/10/21/whos-at-war/ Check out this performance from Fazil Say, a world-renowned Turkish pianist and composer. Fazil Say is guest of the New York Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de France, Munich Philharmonic and many other leading orchestras ... http://aydin.net/blog/2007/07/23/fazil-say-black-earth/ The Turkish Foreign Ministry has made a public statement in relation to the "grant" agreement signed between the US and Turkey, an international agreement referred to by first CHP general leader Deniz Baykal and then MHP Antalya MP candidate Deniz Bolukbasi. Both men insisted that the ruling AKP had signed away ... http://aydin.net/blog/2007/07/04/international-strategic-bribery/ Forbes announced its 2007 edition of the world's billionaires. The list contains 946 billionaires, among which 178 are newcomers. 65% of last year's billionaires are richer and 17% are poorer. The billionaires' combined net worth climbed by $900 billion to $3.5 trillion. That equates to $3.6 billion apiece. The average ... http://aydin.net/blog/2007/03/10/worlds-billionaires-by-country/ The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to consider legislation, authored by the panel's chairman Joe Biden (D-DE), condemning the murder of Hrant Dink. This resolution, S.Res.65, specifically cites that Hrant Dink "was prosecuted under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code for speaking about the Armenian Genocide," and urges ... http://aydin.net/blog/2007/03/05/us-senate-foreign-relations-committee-bowing-to-the-armenian-lobby/ Mehmet Okur became first Turkish basketball player to make the NBA All Star team in 2007. Mehmet is in his fourth NBA season and he is the only Jazz player to see action in all 82 games last season. Okur set career highs in games in virtually every category, including ... http://aydin.net/blog/2007/02/24/mehmet-okur-nba-all-star-2007/ Last week, The Sunday Times reported that the CIA and the British Intelligence secretly co-operated to make sure that the famous novel of Boris Pasternak, Dr. Zhivago, wins the Nobel literature prize, in an attempt to embarrass the Kremlin which had banned the novel. Makes you wonder, doesn't it? Here's the full ... http://aydin.net/blog/2007/01/17/cia-nobel-prize-dr-zhivago/