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		<title>First tests for the new AKP government in Turkey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bigger Victory Margin for the Incumbent AKP After another big victory, AKP once again claimed its dominant place in Turkish politics. Despite the liberal concerns over civil liberties and the secularist concerns over Turkish secular lifestyle, half of the voters thought that AKP was their best choice among more than dozen parties in the elections. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mericakkan.com/2011/06/post-election/</link>
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		<title>Best Birthdays are the Ambivalent Ones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Birthdays are ambivalent events. They are delightful. You see, the loved ones care about you, they wish you all the good things in life. They really want you to be happy. Sharing a bottle of wine, having a nice dinner with friends is lovely. However, birthdays are also sources of a urge to assess your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mericakkan.com/2011/04/best-birthdays-are-the-ambivalent-ones/</link>
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		<title>Khayyam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been keeping a translated version of The Rubaiyat in my library carrel. He surely helps with my &#8220;over-thinking&#8221; problem. Great poet! &#8220;What have you to do with Being, friend, And empty opinions about the notion of mind and spirit? Joyfully live and let the world pass happily, The beginning of that matter was not arranged [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mericakkan.com/2011/03/khayyam/</link>
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		<title>The Enchantress of Florence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I finished the book by Salman Rushdie after a long delay. The delay was caused by two reasons: First was just the pleasure of reading the book slowly. Rushdie is really good at playing with words and depicting ironies subtly. Therefore, I didn&#8217;t rush to the next page. The second reason was just the fact [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mericakkan.com/2011/01/the-enchantress-of-florence/</link>
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		<title>Exciting News from Tunisia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent developments in Tunisia are promising signs towards a more democratic era in Tunisia and even in the wider region. I am especially excited about potential spillover effects on the other autocratic Muslim countries. Roula Khalaf has a good commentary on the issue in today&#8217;s Financial Times. &#8220;Tunisia’s convulsion should also be a message [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mericakkan.com/2011/01/exciting-news-from-tunisia/</link>
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		<title>Warren Buffett on the Bush Tax Cuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Warren Buffett thinks the rich in the US should pay more in taxes: &#8220;The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we&#8217;ll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mericakkan.com/2010/11/warren-buffet-on-the-bush-tax-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Macro Implications of Identity Economics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From a response paper I have written to the book &#8220;Identity Economics&#8221; by George Akerlof and Rachel Kranton: Macroeconomic implications of the study of Akerlof and Kranton relate to the consideration of social norms and identities in markets. Although classical economic theory consider the macro level behavior as a mere sum of individual decisions, changing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mericakkan.com/2010/11/macro-implications-of-identity-economics/</link>
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		<title>Dreams</title>
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		<link>http://www.mericakkan.com/2010/10/dreams/</link>
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		<title>Insanlar birbirlerini ne kadar iyi anliyorlardi&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Insanlar birbirlerini ne kadar iyi anliyorlardi&#8230; Bir de ben bu halimle kalkip baska bir insanin kafasinin icini tahlil etmek, onun düz yada karisik ruh halini görmek istiyordum. Dunyanin en basit, en zavalli, hatta en ahmak adami bile, insani hayretten hayrete dusurecek ne muthis ve karisik bir ruha maliktir!&#8230; Nicin bunu anlamaktan bu kadar kaciyor ve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mericakkan.com/2010/08/insanlar-birbirlerini-ne-kadar-iyi-anliyorlardi/</link>
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		<title>Fethullah Gülen ve 12 Eylül</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1980'de darbeyi ve demokrasinin kesintiye ugramasini alkislarla karsilayanlarin simdi kendinlerini magdur olarak göstermeleri herseyden önce çirkin bir harekettir. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mericakkan.com/2010/08/fethullah-gulen-ve-12-eylul/</link>
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