Fenerbahce

One of the major ngo's with the greatest number of supporters in Turkey. The organization is actively working on fostering wannabe mafia culture in the country.

For other similar examples of this size, please refer to following articles;

(refer to: galatasaray)
(refer to: besiktas)

Duman Making Fun of Koran

(the discussion is about a particular song from the new album of a rock group named Duman which has lyrics where well-known Arabic words from Koran are selectively taken and distorted into funny Turkish words to criticise the religion)

If someone feels like it, it should be more than OK to make fun of Koran. Sacredness is all about one's personal perception. Someone else's sacred thing doesn't necessarily have to be mine as well.

If our dear religious friend is looking for the affirmation that he is not stupid or for the social applause he thinks he have earned for his very eligible art of submission in Duman's songs - well this is the wrong place to look for, I'm sorry. He needs to find about these in himself - only in himself.

If your faith is really that strong, why the need for to keep an eye on your surroundings?

To Feel Like Belonging To Only One Man All Your Life

At most, a sensitive little dick can feel like that.

Sour Dictionary - 1

Eksisozluk - literally meaning the sour dictionary - is the primary online community in Turkey where people share their (mostly bullshit but sometimes really) interesting thoughts. The site is reachable by anyone where articles are written by somewhat 20000 authors - in eksisozluk terminology so called "susers" - whose articles are being monitored by a handful praetors - voluntary legal counsels, mostly lawyers by profession - who make sure that the entries have no legal implications and moderators who are responsible that format rules are being followed. In this fashion on average every year about one million articles - entry in dictionary terminology - are recorded.

The authors include some really interesting fellows coming from all corners of the political spectrum. Sometimes the discussions become really harsh particularly around topics such as the Armenian genocide, Kurdish question, religion's role in the country and so on.

Overall it is a platform where a country's fiercely divided youth learns to co-exist with each other and learn about each other's thoughts.

I have been contributing in this community in the last 4-5 years under the nickname degisen - literally meaning "the ever changing one".

I decided to translate some of my contributions I will be doing to the dictionary here to give you an idea about current hot topics in Turkey and my point of view about these issues. After all, it's Turkey, on any given day the country is burning with discussions. Of course, I will take the pleasure to share my entries which are not that serious as well.

Label for these type of entries will be "sourdictionary".