Galatasaray Elendi

Galatasaray Elendi

Gonul verdigimiz Galatasaray Uefa kupasindan elendi.   Elendigi takim ilk defa Avrupa kupalarina katilan Isvicre ulkesinden Ostersunds FC idi.  Hayatimizda belki ilk defa duydugumuz bir amator takimina elenmeye basardi Galatasaray ve ben cok uzgun oldugumu belirtmek isterim, yani kelimeler ifade etmez.  

Birde bu sene cok sayida futbolcu transfer eden bu yonetimden sikayetciyim, bu kadar borc varken niye bu kadar transfer yapildi? Bir veya iki tane transfer yeterdi ve farkettigseniz hic gormemistim bu kadar yasli oyunculara oyle yuksek ucretler verildigi bir baska onceki yil. 

Sizi bilmem ama ben topculardan, odenen yuksek ucretlerden, teknik directorden, cirkin yeni formadan ve bilhassa yonetimden sogudum.   

Gonul verdigim Galatasaray'dan baya sogutuldum ve o eski cocukluk yillarindaki masum ve sonsuz sevgi herhalde mazide kalicak.  

Ben hakikatten bu isten sikildim, siz nasil hissediyordunuz?

Saygilarimla,

Ben

Ahmet Kaya's Legacy

Ahmet Kaya's Legacy

I'm proud to come from the Anatolian land, however there are many troubles in this old country/area.  Here is an example.  

Ahmet Kaya was at one time the number one seller for fantasy/folk/turko rock music, and he was one of my favourite.  

The problem (for him) was he was Kurdish.   Turkey is a country of close to 70 million, and of that number about 20 million are Kurds.   

In the olden days, Turks and Kurds, and other ethnic groups within this nation fought side by side against the imperial powers.  However, since about the mid 1970s, there is an emphasis on what your back ground is in Turkey. This divide got worse, before slowly getting better now.  

But in 1999 this is what happened to Ahmet Kaya.   

Ahmet Kaya drinking tea

He went on a show, and declared that in his future album, he was going to sing a song in Kurdish, this became a big deal and eventually he was declared that he insulted the Turkish identity and was going to be jailed, therefore he took off to France.   This all happened while he was the number one singer in Turkey.  

In France, until is death only a short year later, he kept telling the Turkish authorities that he had not said anything wrong and he declared that he wanted to come back to his country as he missed his country, friends, family etc.   However, the Turkish government did not forgive him and advised him that his prison sentence would stand.   

Ahmet Kaya died in October of the year 2000 and his wife said that he died of the heartache he had for his country.   This really upset me and many folks back then and even now.   The Turkish government has not apologized for this event yet and there are repeated requests by Kurds, his family and friends.  

My son is named after him.   My side of the family does not have any Kurdish, we have a bit of Syrian from about 7 generations back and my parents can still speak levantine Arabic, I can a bit...

My wife's grandmother was Kurdish, therefore my son is one forth Kurdish now.  My son Ahmet is one forth as following: 

Kurdish, Turkish, Canadian and Arabic, I'm very proud of this.  

My son Ahmet and his Jeep

Ahmet Kaya and his daughter

Back to Ahmet Kaya, because of his stand with  the Turkish government, Kurdish language is recognized now and there is even a Kurdish radio/TV and so on.  He paved the way for many within this country.   

May he rest in peace.    

Ben here

Ahmet

Ahmet Up the Stairs

This is my son Ahmet going up the stairs around 112 street area of downtown Edmonton, on July 3rd, 2017.  

He is on his way up, way up. 

Thank you for visiting,

Ben

The Legend of Turkish cinema -- Mr. Erol Tas

The Legend of Turkish cinema -- Mr. Erol Tas

Mr. Erol Tas was born in the city of Erzurum, which is located in eastern Turkey, on the date of February 28, 1928.  He is an actor that was much liked in Turkey, plus received many recognitions for his 'bad guy' roles.  He acted in over 200 movies, and most of his roles were from the years 1960 to 1975; the panicle years of Yesilcam Sinema (Turkish Cinema).

He was the 'go to' actor when a strong, ruthless, and mean character needed to be played against the protagonist.  The important truth that movie watching public witnessed was that, he always out-played and out-worked all others in the movie; this earned him great respect by everyone.

The one movie that would stand out and show his acting skills was 'Susuz Yaz' (Dry Summer), a link of the movie is hyperlinked below, please take time to watch it. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvvRoneF4zE&t=4056s

This movie was filmed in 1964 and won the Golden Bear award in the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.

Mr. Erol Tas died on November 8, 1998 in Istanbul, may he rest in peace.  At a later date, I will add further to this brief essay of his life.

One important date that struck me, while reading about him was that, his date of birth of February 28, coincides with my daughter of Gonul Ezo.  I'm happy to have learned this.

Thank you,

Ben

Europe Against Turkey

Europe Against Turkey

NATO's Secretary-General Mr. Jens Stoltenberg urged the countries of Austria and Turkey on Friday, March 10, 2017 to resolve a diplomatic dispute.

Turkey, a NATO ally, has withdrawn from some alliance participation - mostly military training - saying the move is aimed only at Austria.

"It is a very unfortunate situation and it means some cooperation programs can't be launched," Stoltenberg told reporters during a visit to the Danish capital city of Copenhagen.

Austria, which is not a NATO member but cooperates with the alliance, led calls last year to halt Turkey's European Union accession talks.  The capital of Austria, Vienna has also spoken out against Turkish politicians holding rallies in European countries.

"It's a bilateral situation between Turkey and Austria and we strongly urge them to solve it, so that it won't have negative consequences for the cooperation," Mr. Stoltenberg said.

The diplomatic tensions predate a current escalation with other European countries like Germany and Netherlands but as fellow NATO members Turkey cannot block cooperation with them.

Turkish President Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has compared Germany and the Netherlands to fascists and Nazis for stopping Turkish politicians from rallying to promote a referendum granting him sweeping new powers.  Mr. Erdogan on Thursday said Dutch Prime Minister Mr. Mark Rutte had lost the friendship of Ankara (capital city of Turkey) after the diplomatic row.   

NATO officials told Reuters that the blocking also affected other countries that cooperate with the alliance but are not members.  Separately, Austrian tabloid newspaper Oesterreich said its website was brought down on Friday morning by a cyber attack "from Turkey", the latest in a series of similar incidents that appear to be connected to Vienna's spat with Ankara.

Let us monitor this situation between Europe and Turkey. 

Thank you for reading,

Ben here.

Teknik Directoru Mustafa R Akcay

Teknik Directoru Mustafa R Akcay

Teknik director Mustafa Resit Akcay, kariyeri boyunca Avrupa arenasına sadece iki sezonda cıkabildi, ama bu iki sezonda cok basarili oldu, nedenmi?  Iki sezonda Avrupa UEFA liginde gruplardan cikmaya basardi, bu bence iyi bir basari.  Ilk defa Trabzonspor basindeyken bunu yapti, ve yil 2013-14 idi, ama malesef Juventus (Italyan takimi) takimina son 32 turda elendi (canlari sag olsun).

Mustafa R Akcay

2016-2017 sezonunda yine gruplardan cikmayi basardi, bu sefer Osmanlispor teknik direktoru olarak, ve bu sefer Olympiakos (Yunan takimi) takimina elendi (yine canlari sag olsun).

Toplam olarak 26 Avrupa macina cikan Mr. Akcay, bunlardan sadece 4 macini kaybetti, ve karnesi soyle:
Galibiyet: 18
Beraberlik: 4
Yenilgi: 4

Trabzonspor ve Osmanlispor olarak Turkiye’ye kazandırdıkları puanlarla onemli bir basarıya imza attılar, hem Mr Akcay, hem topcular ve hemde bu iki onemli kuluplerimiz tesekur borcluyuz. 

Saygilar,

Ben

The Chess Match Begins

The Chess Match Begins

On February 26, 2014, the UEFA Champions League game between Chelsea FC vs Galatasaray AS will be played at 'Turk Telekom Ali Samiyen Stadium', in Istanbul, Turkey. 

This is the knock-out phase of the competition, and the next game between the two clubs will be on March 18, 2014, in London, England. 

          Mourinho 

The winner will be in the 'last 8', semi-finals of this tournament.  

However, before dreaming about titles, Chelsea's Coach Jose Mourinho, will need to win the 'Chess Match', with Galatasaray's Coach of Roberto Mancini.   

          Mancini

Mr Mourinho had the following to say, about this tie:

“I think this is a tie that will go to the end. It will go right to the end.”

I do agree with Mr Mourinho; this will be a tricky couple of games, and it will go right to the wire.

Thank you, 

Ben

Baskin

Baskin

Movie title:

Baskin

Filmed in 1972

Actors:

Kadir Inanir

Suzan Avci

Metin Tekin

Ulku Ozen

Erol Tas

Ali Sen

Hayati Hamzaoglu

'Baskin' is a drama/adventure Turkish movie, filmed in early 1970s.  

'Baskin' is translated to English, to mean 'Raid' or 'Attack'. 

The story is about the assassination of Istanbul Police Chief by a Mafia group to further the groups unlawful cause.  The son (Kadir Inanir) of the deceased Police Chief takes revenge of the mafia group, for killing his father. 

          The son walks out of jail, with Istanbul landscape and the Ford Galaxie in the background. 

I really enjoyed this movie as the plot was very good and the actors in the movie are 'legends' now within Turkish Cinema. 

          Galaxie is on the chase. 

I am a fan of 'old' cars and in this movie, the son of the deceased Police Chief drives a beautiful dark blue 1959 Ford Galaxie, to carry out his revenge.  I have included pictures of the vehicle.  

          The son and the Galaxie. 

Finally, a link of the movie has been attached for your viewing pleasure. 

          Galaxie flies.  

http://youtu.be/p9mJG7WGfKI

(If the link does not work, please copy/paste to the address bar)

          The police keeping a close watch on the Galaxie. 

          Galaxie says to the son "I'll wait here for you". 

Enjoy. 

Meyve Veren Agac Taslanir

Meyve Veren Agac Taslanir

'Meyve Veren Agac Taslanir' bir Atasozu'dur. 

Anlami ise cok manalidir.  

Soyle bir aciklamasini yapiyim. 

Bir insan toplumda bir seviyeye ermis, ve bilgili, becerikli, ve son olarak basarili ise, kiskanilir.  Bununla kalmiyip, bir cok elestiriye ve saldırıya maruz kalır.

Bu yuzden boyle bir saldiriya maruz kalirsaniz sabirli olmanizi tavsiye ederim.  Ve sagkin davranin, kendininizi savunurken. 

Tesekkur Ederim. 

Galatasaray'dan Guzel Bir Aciklama

Galatasaray'dan Guzel Bir Aciklama

Galatasaray Sampiyonlar Lig'inden  elenilmesinin ardından, resmi sitesinden bir acıklama yayınladı.

          GS Otebusu

Yapılan acıklama asagida, aynen yazdim:

'''Bu yıl ki Sampiyonlar Ligi maceramıza Stamford Bridge’teki son doksan dakikayla veda ettik.  Hedefi her zaman kazanmak ve daha ileriye gitmek olan Galatasaray icin, (zor bir gruptan cıkma basarısını gostermis olsa da) gelinen sonucun kabul edilemez oldugunu biliyoruz.  Tum Galatasaray'lıları; bu sonuctan cok, takımın ortaya koydugu direncsiz ve mucadelesiz futbolun hayal kırıklıgına ugrattiginin hepimiz farkındayız.  

Basta Londra’da, doksan dakika boyunca takımlarını destekleyenler olmak uzere, ekranları basında macı izleyen tum taraftarlarımız, elestirilerinde sonuna kadar haklıdır.  Bu elestirilerden herkes gereken dersi çıkaracaktır elbette…

Ancak hayat devam ediyor.  

Galatasaray, kurucusu Ali Sami Yen’in koydugu hedef dogrultusunda,"Yabancı olan takımları yenip adını dunyaya duyurmak" icin, gelecek yıl da devler ligi macerasına kaldıgı yerden devam etmek zorundadır.

Bugun cesitli kademelerde Galatasaray’a hizmet edenlerden hicbirimiz, yarın yerlerimizde olmayabiliriz.  Ama, Galatasaray arması gelecek yıl da mutlaka orada olmalıdır.  Orası Galatasaray’ın arenasıdır.

Bunun icin yalnızca dokuz haftamız var.  Bu dokuz haftada, 

- hocanın oyundan aldıgı oyuncular kızmayacak, kırılmayacak.

- Bu nedenle elestiriye ugrayan hoca kızmayacak, kırılmayacak.

- Yonetim kendisine gelen elestirilere kızmayacak, kırılmayacak.

- Taraftar da takımına kusup, kırılmayacak.

Kısır tartısmaların arasında unutulmamalı ki, Galatasaray'ın her yıl Avrupa'da yarısma hakkına sahip olması bile, Turk futbolu ve taraftarlarımız icin baslı basına gurur kaynagıdır.

Ozetle;

Butun zorluklara ve engellemelere ragmen pes etmedik, etmeyeceğiz!  Bundan boyle, Galatasaray armasına yakısir bicimde savasmaları icin oyuncularımızın yanında olacagız.  Ligin sonuna kadar sahamızı kapattırmamak icin hep birlikte gereken ozeni gosterecegiz.  Her sonuca acık olan futbolda, dorduncu yıldız Kaf Dagı’nın ardında degildir.  Tek tek isimleri sayıldıgında rakiplerinin hayal bile edemeyecegi bir kadroya sahip olan Galatasaray, taraftarıyla kenetlendiginde Turkiye’nin en buyuk gucu oldugunu bir kez daha ispatlayacaktır.

Yine unutulmamalı ki; "Savası kaybetmek bir seyi, cesareti kaybetmekse her seyi kaybetmektir."'''

Ben sahsen bu aciklamayi cok begendim,  siz ne dusunuyorsunuz?

Saygilarla, 

Ben

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Galatasaray ve Agir Borc

Galatasaray ve Agir Borc

Galatasaray Spor Kulubu'nun net borcu aciklandi ve sizlere bugun bu bilgiyi paylasmak istiyorum. 

Lutfi Kırdar Uluslararası Kongre ve Sergi Sarayı'nde gerceklestirilen Galatasaray Kulubu Genel kurulu'nda faaliyet ve denetim raporları verildi. 

2013 yılı sonu itibarıyla, odenecekler sunlar:

597,262,859 lira, borc,

1,152,401,719 lira  yukumlulukler olarak aciklanmistir,

555,138,860 lira konsolide net borc. 

Bu 'borclar' fazla gorunuyor ve Baskanimizdan ve Kulup uyelerimizden istedigimiz, bu borclari kapatmalarini.  Boyle fazla borcu hemen kapatmak zaman alicaktir, onun icin, biran once bu borclara dusurulmesino ve buyuk paralar yatirilmasini istiyoruz.

Bu konu hakkinda, ilerki bir tarihte daha detayli bir inceleme yapacagim.  Simdilik bu kadar yazacagim. 

Saygilarimla. 

Teams of Mesut Ozil

Teams of Mesut Ozil

Today, I would like to share the information and pictures of the teams that  Mesut Ozil has played for as a professional soccer player. 

Here they are, from most recent:

     Arsenal FC of England

     Real Madrid of Spain

    Germany National Team (no picture)

     Werder Bremen of Germany

     Schalke 04 of Germany 

Rumour has it that Barcelona FC is interested in transferring this 'smooth playmaker' over the 2014 summer transfer window.  We will see if another kit will be added to our collection vaults.

Sincerely, 

Horoz

Horoz

'Horozuna kravat taktigim' --- Vahi Oz (Vahe Ozinyan) Legendary Turkish Actor. 

Yigidim Yigit

Yigidim Yigit

     Ahmet Kaya

Below, I have written the words of the song titled 'Tutusur Dizelerim', which will not make total sense to the English speaking world, however, the melody, and pure beat of the song will be effective.  If anyone would like to know what Ahmet is singing about and/or translate this song, let me know... 

Yigidim yigit, olmasın aya,
Yanık turkulere vurmayın beni,

Tutusur dizelerim, dizelerim sonra,
Her biri yıldız kendi halinde) 2

Geceleri inen, inen sessizlik,
Umarsız acan, eski yaradır,

İste gene yükseldi duvarlar,
Etme gozlerim, koru kendini) 2

Ayıklasam dize, dizelerimden,
Acıyı donus, duvar nemini,

Kirli gomlegimi, koklarmıs annem,
Koklasın siirimi, sıcak bir ekmek gibi) 2

Sincerely, 

3rd Place

3rd Place

This years uefa champions league is well underway and after 3 games, Galatasaray SK is sitting in last place in their group, which has the following teams, from first to last:

Dortmund, 9 points

Arsenal, 6 points,

Anderlecht, 1 point, & 

Gala, 1 point.  

The first two teams make it to the last 16 of the champions league.  The third place team goes to the uefa cup competition, and will be in the last 32 teams in this competition.  And the last place team will be eliminated from European soccer competition for this season.  

I would recommend to Gala to really try to finish this years competition in third place, therefore they could continue  their journey in uefa cup competition, instead of the champions league.  Let us be honest, Gala is not very strong this year and they are not firing in all cylinders.  

The uefa cup competition will be better suited for Gala this year as the teams in this competition are more likely competitors for Gala. 

The last 3 games remaining for Gala are: 

Borussia Dirtmund, at Germany,

Anderlecht, in Belgium, &

Arsenal, in Turkey. 

I cannot see the team get even 1 point from the Germany game.  However, they should be able to secure a minimum of 1 point from Belgium.  The last game will surely need to be a win.  Therefore, Gala will hopefully finish with 5 points. 

Their direct competitor will be Anderletch.  The Belgium sides last 3 games are: 

Arsenal, at home,

Gala, at home, &

Dortmund, in Germany. 

I cannot see Anderlecht winning or tiring with Arsenal and the game against Borusia Dortmunf will be a definite win for  Dortmund.  

This is my analysis of this group within the champions league, therefore, from first to last, here below is the standing after 6 games: 

Borussia Dortmund,

Arsenal, 

Galatasaray, &

Anderletch.  

What do you think?

Sincerely. 

Mesut Ozil Donates

Mesut Ozil Donates

Mesut Ozil, who was born in Germany, from Turkish parents has completed an incredible gesture.  The Arsenal player shows that he has compression and is keeping current with the events in the Middleaest.  

The German National Team football player, who won the World Cup title this year (2016), has donated his $500,000 World Cup winnings share to projects in Palestine.  

Mr Ozil, who is a practising Muslim, has decided to donate his bonus for a good cause of helping the 'children of Gaza’.  

May this good gesture be returned back to you in volumes of success in your future endeavours Mesut. 

Thank you for visiting, 

Ben

Aferim Oglum

Aferim Oglum

'Aferim oglum Mehmet, sanada pravo' - Vahi Oz (Legend of Turkish Cinema).  This line was used by this actor in numerous movies.  He was a good actor, may he rest in peace.  

        Vahi Oz and Hulusi Kentmen

       A scene from a movies

Thank you,

Ben

Kavalcik Koyu

Kavalcik Koyu

Kavalcik Koyu, Reyhanli Ilcesi, ve Hatay ilindedir.  

Asagidaki seyredipde begendigim su filmlere ev sahipligi yapmistir. 

'Kibar Feyzo'

'Ezo Gelin' ve

'Asi'

Kavalcik Koyu yıllardır adeta film ve dizi platosu olarak kullanılmistir.  Eski adini bilen varmi?

Kavalcik Koyunun eski adi 

Harran'dir.   

Bir gun elbette gidicegim.   

Tesekkurler, 

Ben

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Smooth Playmaker of Mesut Ozil

Smooth Playmaker of Mesut Ozil

Arsenal Soccer Club's best player and recent addition from Real Madrid FC, the one and only Mesut Ozil is reportedly set to be the target of a bid from Barcelona FC over the summer season. 

     Arsenal's Mesut O

The former Real Madrid playmaker, who arrived at Arsenal for a club record transfer fee of 42.5 Million Pound, could be the subject of a 30 Million Pound bid, plus a couple of players from the Catalan powerhouse.  

My opinion of the move would make sense for Barcelona FC, and here is my explanation. 

Barcelona's current midfield players are aging, plus they are a team built on passing the ball.  Anyone who watches soccer knows that one of best, if not the best passer and playmaker out there currently, is Mesut Ozil.  He would be a perfect fit for Barcelona's reliance of the ball eventually ending on Lionel Messi's foot, then the back of the net, but first the pass needs to get to Messi.  

Also, throughout the season, it became clearly obvious that aging playmakers mentioned in the above paragraph were relied upon to heavily this season, with no clear option to interchange them throughout the season at Barcelona FC. 

     Real Madrid's Mesut O

According to BTV’s ‘La Porteria’ program Barcelona Sporting Director Andoni Zubizarreta is looking to ensure the long-term success of the club by making waves in the summer transfer market, with Mesut Ozil being their top priority. 

It is unlikely that Arsenal would sell Mesut Ozil after only one season with the club; however there are clear signs of Barcelona wanting to spend money to continue their success in European Football.  Barcelona FC have 'money' and 'ambition' and no trophies after the end of 2013-2014 Football season. 

Sincerely,

Ben

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Galatasaray Basketball Team

Galatasaray Basketball Team

'Galatasaray Odeabank' became the first Turkish female basketball team to win a European title, after a big victory over arch rival of Fenerbahce on April 13, 2014. 

       the champions 

Amazing achievement for Turkish Women's Basketball as two teams from the city of Istanbul, played in the European Final.  

Galatasaray played to a 69 - 58 victory over Fenerbahce in a game played in the city of Ekaterinburg, Russia, to claim the Euro-league Women's title in a historic match for Turkish basketball. 

Alba Torrens of Galatasaray scored nine points along with her four rebounds and six assists in the final, and therefore was named the Most Valuable Player of the Final Eight, in the Euro-league. 

“This is a team victory,” Coach Memnun said.  

Galatasaray shocked overwhelming title favorite UMMC Ekaterinburg in the semifinal on April 11, 2014, while Fenerbahce beat Tango Bourges for a place in the final game. 

Incredible achievement in Turkish basketball. 

Congratulations to both clubs.