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Turkey in microcosm KANAT ATKAYA

Turkey in microcosm

I never thought I would ever be interested in Ankara Chamber of Commerce (ATO) presidential elections.

December 06 2016
What killed mine worker Mustafa Sarı Nature KANAT ATKAYA

What killed mine worker Mustafa Sarı? Nature?

Mine worker Mustafa Sarı survived a mine accident four years ago. Eight of his colleagues died.

November 25 2016
Vacancies for rector positions at Turkish universities KANAT ATKAYA

Vacancies for rector positions at Turkish universities

Now is not the time or place to laugh. I’m not in the mood to laugh at all. But I just had a good laugh thanks to Turkey’s Higher Education Board (YÖK). It made my day.

November 24 2016
On child abuse in Turkey KANAT ATKAYA

On child abuse in Turkey

Beatings and insults were recently documented as happening in the classroom of a school in Istanbul’s Ümraniye district.

November 18 2016
Good vs. bad taxi drivers in Istanbul’s cut-throat competition KANAT ATKAYA

Good vs. bad taxi drivers in Istanbul’s cut-throat competition

There is new measure that requires taxi drivers in Istanbul to obtain a particular document - a kind of second license.

November 17 2016
Syrian child sleeping at Istanbul’s traffic lights KANAT ATKAYA

Syrian child sleeping at Istanbul’s traffic lights

It was a tweet and an accompanying photo posted the other day by a thoughtful citizen who is also a pediatrician: “Every morning while I am driving through Topkapı, I see Syrian children at the junction. Today though, the little girl sleeping at the side of the road shocked me…”

November 03 2016
When the canary stops singing in the mine… KANAT ATKAYA

When the canary stops singing in the mine…

The list that has 18 names on it is a long one with Orhan Erinç, Hikmet Çetinkaya, Murat Sabuncu, Kadri Gürsel, Musa Kart, Aydın Engin, Güray Öz and Turhan Günay… This is the list of those who have been detained and those for whom search warrants have been issued.

November 01 2016
Children ‘serving’ with their mothers KANAT ATKAYA

Children ‘serving’ with their mothers

We knew that the number of children serving jail sentences with their mothers was around 400; we learned the exact figure of 476 from Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ.

October 24 2016
The country that dislikes books, writers and readers KANAT ATKAYA

The country that dislikes books, writers and readers

Since it is the hottest topic nowadays, how about a different and more realistic approach to the novel “Madonna in a Fur Coat” gaffe?

October 23 2016