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The Start of an Academic(‘s) Blog ?

The fleeting thoughts of a humanities grad student I have had this website for the last six years, and in that period, it has changed quite a bit: When I first started it, I used it as sort of a blog where I wrote about things ranging from engineering to history. I had named it Continue reading "The Start of an Academic( s) Blog ?"

Visions of a Parliament in the Kafkasus

Thoughts incurred by a parliament in vividness

The Word and Value — Meaning in Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics and Shklovsky’s Art and Device

Some thoughts on two philosophical works of semiotics and structuralism?formalism.

Bir Avukatın Rüyası: 1950’lerde bir İsveç Seyahati

Dedem Erkan Arat'ın İsveç gezisi ile ilgili anlattığı hikayeler.

Qazaqstan Temir Jolı

Kazakistan Demir Yolu'nu kullanarak bir şehirden ötekine geçişimizin hikayesi.

Codex Cumanicus and “куаныш”

Codex Cumanicus is a 13th century manuscript written in Latin for Catholic Missionaries interacting with the Cumans, the nomadic, Turkic speaking people who were scattered around the Eurasian steppes at the time. The codex is part dictionary and part missionary book. The dictionary contains translations of Cuman words into Latin (and i think it also Continue reading "Codex Cumanicus and куаныш "

Constellations on a Map

Names on a map are sometimes like interesting constellations, waiting to be explored.

pizzacının sihri

How kids can find magic in pop culture. Çocukların popüler kültür ürünlerinde sihirli bir şeyler bulabilmesi üzerine.

mysteries of the colossus: kemer (arches)

on my way to the shores lying North of Istanbul, in the green outskirts of the city, i had been passing by a colossal stone structure: A bridge with arches beneath that was secluded by the forest on one side, and turned into a long stone wall on the other, which disappeared into the ground. Continue reading "mysteries of the colossus: kemer (arches)"

Bereketli yol

Sana verilen çok şeyin olduğuÜstlerin sana sunulduğuBir şeyin olduğu zamanOna uzanmakNe güzel Kilyos sahilde kanca çıkartmalı hareket deneyen tek bir kişiyi görmedimUrla da Nico bana nasıl el veriyorduOrada kancasızlar öğrenilebilir Eş zamanlı olarakEgom çok hoş tatlı bir çökelek gibi eridiNerede durduğumu biliyorumNeler olabileceğini biliyorumVe memnunum Kendimce öğretmenlik öğrenmek…