Our Boys Did İt

‘Hakiki tarih hamalı’ ressam Şenol Yorozlu’ya veda

‘Our Boys Did It’ (Bizim Çocuklar Yaptı) adlı son sergisini birkaç ay önce İstanbul Brieflyart’ta açan çağdaş resmin usta ismi Şenol Yorozlu, 73 yaşında hayata veda etti. Kendisini “Hakiki bir tarih hamalı” olarak tanımlayan, “Ben çağdaş sanatçıyım. Zamanımın ve günümün bilincindeyim” diyen, en başta astar atmayarak tuval resmiyle çatışan, tuvalinin önü kadar arkasını da önemseyen Trabzon’lu ressam Şenol Yorozlu’yu sanat eleştirmeni Ayşegül Sönmez’in sergi vesilesiyle Hürriyet Kitap Sanat’ta yayımlanan yazısıyla uğurluyoruz...

Çünkü Şenol Yorozlu did it (yaptı)

En başta astar atmayarak tuval resmiyle çatışan, piyasaya hiç bulaşmayarak tuvalinin önü kadar arkasını da önemseyen Şenol Yorozlu, uzun bir aradan sonra görülmemiş resimleriyle huzurlarımızda! Brieflyart’ta açılan ‘Our Boys Did It’ (Bizim Çocuklar Yaptı) sergisi 17 Şubat’a kadar devam edecek.

Bugünü görebileceğimi düşünemezdim…

Benim kuşağımdan olup da 12 Eylül’ün iki güçlü liderinin mahkemeye çıkarılabileceğini tahmin edebilen var mıydı? Hiç sanmıyorum. Dünya değiştiği gibi, Türkiye de hızla değişiyor. Önümüzdeki dönemlerde hiç beklemediğimiz daha nice gelişmelerle karşı karşıya kalabileceğimizi de unutmayın.

Erdoğan, TSK ile sorun istemiyor

Başbakan hemen her gün bir başka kanala çıkıp konuşuyor. Bu söyleşilerin belirli bölümlerini bir araya getirince, Erdoğan’ ın Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri’yle artık hesaplaşmak istemediği, hatta uyum içinde yoluna devam etmek istediği ortaya çıkıyor. Bakın, bu söyleşilerde üç ipucu verdi ki, her biri diğerinden daha önemliydi...

ABD Elçiliği bizi nasıl gözetliyor?

Wikileaks belgeleri ortaya dökülmeye başladığı günden bu yana, merakla izliyorum. Ankara'daki Amerikan Büyükelçiliği, bizim için neler demiş, nasıl değerlendirmeler yapmış? Washington'a nasıl bilgi akışı sağlanmış? Bazılarımız hayal kırıklığına uğrayacak, ancak çok ilginç sonuçlara vardım.

Derin devlet makarna tarifiyle aydınlanmaz

Güldal Mumcu, öldürülen gazeteci yazar Uğur Mumcu’nun eşi olarak tanındı. Kişiliği ve yaşamı hep bu “eş” kimliğinin ardında kaldı. CHP milletvekili ve TBMM Başkanvekili olduktan sonra bile kendisiyle ilgili konuşmadı. Bu söyleşi, oluşan o zırhın ardına geçiyor, Güldal Mumcu portresini aydınlatıyor.

12 Eylül darbesini kimin çocukları yaptı

Gazeteci yazar Mehmet Ali Birand'ın Paul Henze'nin 12 Eylül darbesinin yapıldığı gün, ABD Başkanı Jimmy Carter'a giderek ‘‘Bizim çocuklar başardı (Our boys did it)’’ dediğini aktarması ile başlayan tartışmada ikinci perde açıldı.

12 Eylül darbesini kimin çocukları yaptı

Victor on and off the football pitch

SIVAS - Sivas, a small city in Central Anatolia, is polishing its image with the success of the local football club in this year’s Turkish Super League. Whether or not Sivasspor hoists the cup this weekend, many say Sivas can still claim victory for shedding its nationalistic reputation and giving people a reason to talk about the city other than the 1993 Madımak massacre

Bulgaria's Turkish minority marks 20th anniversary of uprising

DZHEBEL - Bulgaria’s Turkish minority celebrates the 20th anniversary this week of an uprising that eventually helped topple the communist regime.

LOCAL EXPATS CORNER: To all our mothers, near and far

Motherhood in Turkey began for me nearly three years ago, early in the morning in late October. In the history of motherhood, this is but a blip on a radar screen, but it connects me to a legion of mothers that have come before and will come after me.

Turkey’s hopes slowly fade away

ISTANBUL - Months after making a name for itself as the comeback king, Turkey was on the receiving end Wednesday night after Albert Riera struck a last-minute goal to win the game for Spain in the World Cup Qualifying Group 5.

Children are growing

It is definitely not a mistake of the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, government or any government anywhere else on the world, but children are growing though parents tend to disagree or ignore this universal fact.

League’s top two get a fair share of points

ISTANBUL - After seeing that Fenerbahçe and Trabzonspor lost their games, a draw was not a bad result for Turkcell Super League's top two teams Sivasspor and Beşiktaş. They were disappointed to lose a chance to break away, but happy that they kept on setting the pace atop.

Kaş pays tribute to local hero

KAŞ, Antalya - The Mediterranean town of Kaş stages a sport tournament with not one meaning but two: The Spring Sports Tournament is paying homage to a late journalist, Beyhan Cenkçi, as well as welcoming spring. The tournament started with sailing and cycling races and will continue with exciting volleyball, badminton and football competitions

Olmaaaz... One minute, one minute Secretary Clinton!

The headline on this column Madam Secretary, I will concede, suffers from what is now pretty much cliche here in Turkey. But the thought occurs to me that it might net me just a minute of your time this Saturday morning.

Education: A reminder to PM

Under the coordination of the Istanbul Policy Center at Sabancı University, the Education Reform Initiative, or ERG, issued an "Equality in education: Policy analysis and suggestions" report this week. In a way, this report was an answer to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who for some time updated his "every family must have at least three kids otherwise tomorrow it will be too late" rhetoric with the "No, three is not enough, every family must have at least five kids" oddity.

Promising start but poor finish from Turkey

ISTANBUL - Hoping to find form before vital games against Spain, Turkey looked sharp at first then slack in the second half and ending as erratic as it has always been. Terim's boys could not find any last minute heroics, instead it was Drogba who saved his team with a late goal.

Is it a new population joke?

Hurrah folks! If it is not a joke, the number of men folk in the Turkish population has exceeded that of the women according to latest statistics. Though no one can bet on the accuracy of Turkish statistics, latest figures show that the male population of the country has reached 35,901,154 and thus exceeded the women population of 35,615,946 by 285,208 in the overall Turkish population of 71,517,100.

Proud Turkey warmly embraces football heroes on their return home

The Turkish national team arrived home Thursday to a warm welcome from supporters after finishing in the top four in the Euro 2008 championship co-hosted by Switzerland and Austria. A convoy of supporters followed the bus carrying the team as it made its way to Istanbul’s Taksim Square where it was greeted by an enthusiastic crowd. A celebratory concert and fireworks show was held in the square in the team’s honor. Turkey won many fans at Euro 2008 and showed they can become a major force in world soccer thanks to their determination, skill and grace. (UPDATED)

Oktay Eksi: The commotion in Sincan

You might all remember the mayor of Sincan, Bekir Yildiz, the man who invited the then-Iranian Ambassador to Ankara as the guest of honor at his city's version of "Jerusalem Day," a radical celebration that was first started by the Ayatollah Khomenei? Well, there is now a high school teacher from Sincan who appears to be following in the footsteps of Bekir Yildiz. You might have read about Tarik Sezai Karatepe and his cell phone messages in yesterday's Hurriyet. He scared his students into giving him their cell numbers, and then used the numbers to send messages like the following, which was propaganda about the traditional school ball: