The never-ending plague in the brain: Racism

I wrote an article about racism after the World Cup in 2018. Here I drew attention to the unfortunate incidents of racism towards the Turkish origin German footballer, Mesut Ozil and Turkish descent Swedish footballer, Jimmy Durmaz in their national teams. The plague of racism, which you can witness in almost every corner of the world, exploded in the USA this time, and then the protests spread all over the world. read more...

My "Turkia" campaign is starting to pay off

In April last year, I wrote an article titled “Our country's English name should be Turkia”. After this article, there were many different reactions, generally there were critics as well as support messages. At the point we have reached today, it makes me happy to see that "Made in Turkia" has begun to be put in, not only in articles but also on products. read more...

How did Festtogether begin, and how did the first one go?

At the beginning of 2019, I was very happy when my friends Ali Ercan and Mert Fırat, co-founders of İhtiyaç Haritası (Needs Map), contacted me and said, "We are planning to organize a festival, we want to implement your vision of preventing waste in this festival." In this week's article, I write about how Festtogether came about, how it was organized with the motto, "Eğlen İz Bırakma" (have fun, leave no trace) was found and what happened in this first festival. read more...