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Spot the Mistakes...and help me understand this mentality!!

A huge land reclamation project is nearing completion. A section of the Marmara Sea being replaced by a park. I crossed a six-lane highway for taking a look.

After the highway are a pavement and a sliproad and then a café. I walked around the back of the café. There were people sitting, under sunshades, enjoy the view. It comprised a large green area, trees, and beyond that the sea. I was very confused.

Why? Well, there was empty seats. Yet at the front of the café, there were lots of people sitting, and who were drinking tea and looking directly out onto the six-lane highway.

Why is this obsession a section of Turkish people have with sitting as close to traffic as possible? It’s the same with having a barbeque. You could always see many families sitting by the pavement, very close to cars’ exhausts – looking away from the sea view!

I have always considered the amount of traffic to be a biggest disadvantage of living in Istanbul, but it seems I am mistaken. It’s not a problem, it’s actually an entertainment industry!

Twitter in Turkey

          Recep T.E started to war against to social media last thursday. He explained to close twitter from Bursa and it has been blocked since thursday night.
         
          This decision has been responded in the world. USA and Europen countries are reacting it.It isn't normal for a democratic country. Everybody should use social media and the other connections freely. I'm ashamed of this stuation as a Turkish citizen.
          
           I think that there are two possibility in the back of his decision.
          
          One of them is about his tape which is about his irregularity. We learned it from facebook and it will be serviced on 25th March from social media. Because of this reason he blocked it and according to his speech  maybe he'll blocked facebook and youtube.
          
          The other thing is about his strategy. Before our local elections, he wants to increase his votes with this way. Because he want to show his promoters that he can resist to the world. It likes Israel event in Davos. His promoters will think that he is powerful leader and he can do what he wants.

          Although twitter was banned, using twitter increased in Turkey. Because everybody found the other way for connecting to twitter.  They changed their DNS setup. But I read that google DNS was blocked, this morning.

         In my opinion, they won't ban technology. Because somebody will find another way for connecting to social media or the other websites. Turkey doesn't like the other countries. Because there are bans for trangressing in Turkey.
       
        
       
        
        
        

#berkinelvan

''Nothing beats a child's smile, when it comes to true happiness...''

 

This is my favorite quote, but these days, when I hear the word 'child', I only remember Berkin Elvan...

 

#berkinelvan

 

So much words to say, so much things to learn.

 

Berkin Elvan was a 14-year-old boy got hit by a gas canister during the June Gezi Protests in Istanbul.   He passed away yesterday.

 

Thousands were in the streets in his funeral ceremony, the media  and government was silent.

 

We all know that for the last 296 days, his family never gived up, all good we hoped and prayed.

 

He was the reality, if he had woke-up, we all know that, days will be brighter than the previous ones.

 

If we can see his smile, we all have new dreams for a bright future.

 

But, yesterday, he passed away with his childhood, and his future.

 

                                Yesterday, rain turned into tears.

We all owe him, his future, his dreams and his childhood.