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Apr 2, 2017
3 min

Diplomatic crisis between Turkey and the Netherlands

It was an interesting coincidence that the diplomatic crisis between Turkey and the Netherlands took place in March 2017, while I, as a Turkish citizen married to a Dutch citizen living in the Netherlands, had already begun to follow an online course on global diplomacy. It was, and still is, a complicated issue between the foreign ministers and also the nationals. After the Dutch PM Rutte’s government denied the landing of the Turkish FM Cavusoglu’s plane to the Netherlands,

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Jan 21, 2017
4 min

Serendipity (n.) finding something good without looking for it

serendipity (n.) finding something good without looking for it This is about how I ended up having a life in harmony in the Netherlands in my late twenties. For those who don’t know me, I’m an expat in The Hague who went through the difficult times of integration to a new culture and job market. In my early twenties, to be honest, I didn’t know what I would do after having a bachelor’s degree in Cultural Studies and a minor in Art Theory and Criticism. I really liked the

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Gezi Park: #occupygezi movement and the chapuller spirit in Turkey

Jun 4, 2013
3 min

Gezi Park: #occupygezi movement and the chapuller spirit in Turkey

Riots in Turkey are not about just a few trees in a park. The reconstruction of Gezi Park, at the heart of Istanbul, as a shopping mall was the last drop to cause the overflow. This is how we say in Turkish. For a decade, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been keeping the country under firm control. Even though the economy has been developing, his authoritative and oppressive speeches and deeds disturb many groups in the country. In the last elections, Justice and Devel

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