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Boat trip around Gocek, Mugla, Turkiye.

Where is it? (Google Maps)

Photos from TrekEarth

Handing out brochures for 23 April Childrens Day.

A trip to Casa Blanca lake in Laredo, TX.

Embarrassing.

Graduation photos added 🙂

23 Nisan kutlu olsun!

Happy 23rd April Children’s Day!

Lost un son bolumunde 1.5 saniyelik bir konusma sonrasinda hissettiklerimi kagida dokme ve duygularimi ifade etme zorunda oldugumu hissettim. Col e dusen asker gorunumdeki bir elemanin karsina, iki tane atli gerilla cikiyor. Elinde kalasnikof silahlarla kendi aralarinda bir dille konusuyorlar ama tabiki bizim elemana silahlari dogrultunca iletisim kurmaya calisiyor farkli dillerde.. ” Do you speak English?” su dili biliyormusun bunu biliyormusun, ardindan ” Turk-ce bi-li yormusun ?” sorusunu yoneltiyor… Karsisindakiler esmer, pestemalli, at ustunde, ellerinde, savas etigine uymadigi icin uluslararasi platformlarda banlanan, 5 metreden ateslendiginde kol kopartabilecek guce sahip silahlar… Boyle bariz belirgin ayirici sifatlari varken, bizim elemanin kalkip Turkce biliyormusun diye sormasinin altinda gondermeler aramanin komplocu bir yaklasim olacagini dusunenler olabilir. Lakin sadece bu sahnenin etkisiyle olmasa da genel olarak kanaatimin ifade etmede fayda olacagi dusuncesindeyim.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

“After we beat the Russians on the cold war…” Having listened to one of my professors at university, I have been thinking about how much sure he was while speaking of cold war issues. Working at Pentagon surely has given him a lot to build up his mindset about the foreign affairs in an understanding of power dominance. Later on, I was surprised to see a chapter of the book that I borrowed from the library -long time ago- that is about the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. I quickly read it to learn about the interesting details. Here, I’m not going to give a brief explanation of the whole story but try to elaborate on the case with the actors, in my words. (more…)

Trying a new outfit, reminds me of an academician. Easy and fun to wear. It also has an ‘age lifting’ effect of +5 years compared to a t-shirt with a surfer and a sun picture on it.