Posts about Genel

The nightmare of a new fire, starting early

The forest fire season, which began in July last year, has started early this year. On 21 June, we witnessed the first major fire of the year in the Marmaris district of Muğla. Were we able to learn from last year’s lessons and quickly bring the fire under control? Unfortunately,

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The Most Complex Form of Violence: Female Violence

You read the title correctly. It’s not violence against women: it’s female violence. I’ve written about the subject of “violence against women” many times in the past. Today, I’ll address the issue of violence from a different perspective, one that’s difficult to explain: violence inflicted by women on other women

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How to stop inflation?

Price hikes continue to be a pain. We wake up to news of a new price increase almost every day. Employers and employees alike are at a loss. Life is becoming increasingly difficult. Everyone who is subjected to inflation-related price increases is complaining. I will analyze the issue and write

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Changing Turkey’s English name to “Türkiye” isn’t enough

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs first sent an official notification to all countries where it has embassies and then submitted an application to the United Nations to have the name changed to “Türkiye,” as in Turkish. As someone who sparked the first serious discussions and triggered the change by

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Green Hydrogen in the Eurasian Region

On 17-18 May, I attended the Green Hydrogen Assembly in Barcelona, hosted by the Spanish Government and organized by the Green Hydrogen Organization, both as a speaker and participant. I’m so glad I went. The picture in my mind became clearer. In this article, I’ll share some details about green

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Turkish teams at the top of Europe again: Vakıfbank

In my last article, I wrote about Anadolu Efes’s second consecutive EuroLeague championship, a unique achievement in Turkish sports. In this article, I’ll focus on Vakıfbank, the only team to surpass Efes’ dominance of the European cups in men’s basketball. In women’s volleyball, Vakıfbank, the European and World Champion, once

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Turkish teams at the top of Europe again: Anadolu Efes

This weekend, we proudly watched Turkish basketball and volleyball teams win European championships. On Saturday, Anadolu Efes defeated Spanish giants Real Madrid to win their second consecutive EuroLeague championship, Europe’s most important men’s basketball tournament. On Sunday, Vakıfbank defeated Italian champion Imoco Volley in the CEV Champions League Super Final,

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Is the pandemic ending?

I returned from my long trip to Europe this week. One of the key findings from this trip, which was quite positive for me, is that the pandemic is finally coming to an end. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Better days are coming soon. Last week,

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Trabzonspor Wins the Championship After 38 Years

Because my mother is from Trabzon, I’ve always had a fondness for Trabzonspor. They are the Anatolian club that has regularly challenged the three major teams in Istanbul since 1967. Trabzonspor, whom I’ve followed closely since the 1990s, have deserved the championship several times and come close, but have never

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