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Wine in Turkey

From the Ancient Land of Wine
 September 2007

A vineyard in East Anatolia
A vineyard in East Anatolia
(from Kavaklidere)
 You don't often see Turkish wines all around the world. And the total wine brands in Turkey is no more than the local brands of a single small French town.

Being one of the most ancient lands that produced wine, Turkey has still lots of flavors for wine lovers. I was 22 when I first tasted a foreign wine. I love the rather bitter taste of Turkish wines.

 Here you'll find about the wine regions in Turkey, grape variations, popular brands and my humble selections for you.

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Cyprus - Divided forever?
29 July 2006

In June 2006, Zeynep and I visited Cyprus. It was our first time in the island. I was born in 1971, and my entire life has passed waiting for the Cyprus problem to be solved.

These are my impressions after this first visit to the island. Unfortunately, now, I have less hope for the re-unification of Cyprus. I will not see it in my lifetime.

read the article		 Café in Famagusta
A quite café in Famagusta with a nice view of old city on background
Favorite Sites - BBC World

BBC World

Goto BBC World via another window

BBC daily updates a news portal in dozens of languages and it's a very neat site.

When I recommend this site to friends, they say that they know BBC has a web site, but yet few paid a visit. They generally become amazed after seeing it.

If you haven't visited BBC World news portal, I highly recommend it.
Dark Matter. Is most of our universe missing?

21 May 2006

david_spergel.jpg
David Spergel thinks that 96% of the universe is dark matter. [from the BBC documentary] 		BBC's documentaries are quite interesting. Sometimes they cover controversial issues as 'String Theory', 'Eleven Dimesions' and so.

... it seems that only 4% of all the matter is made up of atoms and observable by us. The others? The others are called as dark matter and dark energy.


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About audible.com

[Jan 28th 2006]

audible1.jpg I've been an audible member for three months, although I know the site for one year approximately.

Discovering the presence of audiobooks and start to listen them, is really a life-changing experience. Audible is one of the best sources of audiobooks, but it needs a little bit patience and struggling for efficient use of the whole system.

The bottleneck is of course the copyright protection.


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