15 April 2007

Turkey demonstrates the power of secularism

Yesterday Turkey had a massive rally. Official records show that 370,000 people attended but most of the Turkish newspapers and Tv channels even didn't bother to publish. At most they put a minor headline and a picture. On the other hand International news agencies labeled it as the most important event of the day.

It seems to me that some people are trying to bury this event. Maybe the people at Anıtkabir were right (some people were shouting "satılmış medya" meaning media is supporting the current government) I really hope they are wrong but in any case, we MUST keep this topic alive.

On the other hand there is a probability that I maybe working with Turkcell on a project. The subject is mobile control and intelligence of smart houses. That will be interesting but there is a chance that our proposal may be rejected because of my early graduation. Turkcell is trying to support a master thesis which will last for 2 years - not 8 months.

Have you seen the movie Renaissance? It is an animation film in French. I'm really looking forward to watch it but couldn't find a buddy for the movie. If you would like to watch it to message me ASAP.

By the way if you are using a Windows Mobile 5 device, you should definitely check this out. With Minilyrics you can download the synchronized lyrics of the specific song with your favorite media player, embed the lyrics to the id3 tags of the songs and listen and sing with your Windows mobile device. It is really amazing. It always asks you to buy the software but the trial never expires.


2 comments:

Levent Tüter / Touter said...

People were brought together to stand against the possibility that a chancellor who isn't committed to the secular state would be selected, however the speeches were just dumb, anti-liberalism sided, left wing bullshits even fascistic at some points...

By the way about Turkcell, hello! just lie dammit!

Kaya Ozalp said...

and the new presidential candidate is announced: Abdullah Gul

and about Turkcell, there are reputations at stake..leaving a project unfinished will result loss of possible other project sponsors for ISL

Europe trip

The photos from my trip to europe - 4 countries in 15 days, pretty good huh =) hope you enjoy
1-frankfurt
2-goteborg
3-oslo
4-goteborg
5-marseille
6-marseille
7-goteborg
8-return