Doves are skittish...

My soul is raped...

Times are getting worse...

Yesterday again we heard sad news... very sad news. We lost an old friend. We lost an old advocate for thoughts. We lost a hope for friendship. We lost the happy dream for future...

Where has the hopes of friendship and love gone? Where has the dreams for a better future?



We lost Hrant Dink... He had a "fault", he acted for a bridge of communication and understanding between the Turkish population and the Turkish-Armenian community which he complained was living too isolated an existence. He was already skittesh as a dove because of all those convictions and accusations.

He was an easy target for any extreme group from different nationalist groups or any secret service. I am very sorry, we could not protect him... He was alone, he was even charged and convicted of insulting "Turkishness"... I do not want to be Turkish in that sense... Indeed now the real insult against "Turkishness" has been done now. He is killed... That guy even did not have the courage to face him, he shot from behind.

I am speechless all the night. More over I saw the movie "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by Paul Greengrasss on CNBC-e, my anger grew deeper.

I am very depressed... Let's try not to loose our faith for a better world. Let's use this sad event as a opportunity to communicate and understand each other...

"I cant believe the news today

Oh, I cant close my eyes and make it go away

How long...How long must we sing this song?

How long? how long..."

(U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday)

~~~t~H~e~K~h~A~n~2~3~~~

Life is an endless adventurE!...

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Remembering John Lennon / John Lennon'u hatırlamak...

John Lennon (09.10.1940-08.12.1980)

John was not just a simple young musician. He was a man that wanted to change the world for good. He was in my age when he tried to change... He dreamt of a better life in a peaceful, friendly world. He dreamt of a society of understanding and respect... He just did not dream, in addition he acted for the good he knew. He tried to share what he witnessed and what he dreamt. It is not dream we know it now, it is a reality… There is always hope...

“Life is what happens (to you) while you are busy making other plans. / Hayat siz planlar yaparken başınızdan geçmekte olan şeydir.”

“As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.”

“Love means having to say you're sorry every fifteen minutes.”

“Everything is clearer when you are in love...”

“We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it. "

“I still believe that all you need is love...”

“Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.”

“I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.”

“All we are saying is give peace a chance. "

IMAGINE (1971)
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people living for today...

Imagine there's no countries,
It isn't hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will be as one.
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world…
You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I’m not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.

Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.

-I am a dreamer like you, John. Thanks for highlighting my way... We are going to make it a reality.-

”A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”

~~~t~H~e~K~h~A~n~2~3~~~

Life is an endless adventurE!...

*^"#+*

Turkey NOW!

Turkey Now Festival is in the Netherlands this year!

"Turkey Now" is a journey offering a selection of Turkey's cultural scene. After the editions in Berlin and Stuttgart, "Turkey Now" Festival has the 3rd edition in the Netherlands this year.

"Turkey Now" presents more than 20 events at 8 venues in Amsterdam and Rotterdam for 3 months including classical music, jazz, world music, theatre, dance and cinema.

This year the slogan is "it's good for the soul". Indeed i agree all of those artists are good for the soul!. Festival has a very compherensive program featuring some of my favourite Turkish artists such as Sezen Aksu, Fazıl Say, athena, Hüsnü Şenlendirici, Ayse Tütüncü, mercan dede and kardeş türküler.

Do not miss the one and only concerts of those unique artists; Hüsnü Şenlendirici Ensemble in De Doelen and Tropentheatre on 10/02 and 11/02, Ayşe Tütüncü Trio in bimhuis on 16/02, athena in de melkweg on 21/02, + mercan dede & ceza in bimhuis on 09/03.

Tickets can be purchased in Uitburo.

I wish you great times with Turkish art...

~~~t~H~e~K~h~A~n~2~3~~~

CLOSE GUANTANAMO!

Let's close Guantanamo!

Unfortunately the detention centre operated by the U.S. Government will be 5 years old on 11th of January.

The unlawful detention of "enemy combatants" at the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba has now entered its fifth year. Hundreds of people of around 30 different nationalities remain held in effect in a legal black hole, many without access to any court, legal counsel or family visits. Many of them allege they have been subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.

Three detainees have died at the camp, after apparently comitting suicide. Others have gone on prolonged hunger strikes, being kept alive only through painful force feeding measures.Guantánamo Bay is a symbol of injustice and abuse. It must be closed down...

We want the torture centre to be shut down! NOW!

Activists worldwide from many organisations are joining together in solidarity with detainees and their families... We demand once again, and louder than ever, that US government CLOSE GUANTANAMO!

Dear friends,

Please join the campaign on the Action Week worldwide! Together we can make a difference...

http://web.amnesty.org/pages/guantanamobay-index-eng

~~~t~H~e~K~h~A~n~2~3~~~