I don’t know whether NASA is reporting about this but I am here to announce that that a UmFO has been seen in Turkey. Eyewitnesses say that inside the UmFo creatures appear which look just like humans, but have cowardly and fickle demeanors.

First of all, for the last 2 weeks I was trying to write about this scandal and I preferred waiting until there was a clear outcome… Apparently, nothing has been solved. Thus, I can not wait to “throw up” my outrage to every single person, club, association and others who destroyed my passion and alienated me from football.

On 29th of June, Mehmet Ali Aydınlar was chosen as the president of Turkish Football Federation. Then by magical powers and wishes of mighty gods a match fixing inquiry commenced.

Everything started by shocking news on 3rd of July… the president of Fenerbahce, was arrested as part of a nationwide investigation into match-fixing.| MORE ›

It was my favorite TV series when I was a little boy. There two sides: the good and the bad; Autobots & Decepticons and of course planet earth has to be saved! Well… when I look at Turkey of today, it is no different than the series which I liked so much as a child. However, I am not enjoying watching it this time around.| MORE ›

Al Jazeera:

Kuwaitis have begun voting in parliamentary elections aimed at ending a long-running standoff between the ruling family and the parliament.

Voters began casting their ballots on Saturday.

Sixteen women are among 210 candidates running for the legislature.| MORE ›

This post is authored for PoliGazette by Robert Ellis. As usual, guests posts do not necessarily reflect the opinion of PoliGazette or any of its authors.

Three weeks ago Stephen Kinzer claimed in The Guardian that NATO had “dissed” the Muslim world by nominating Danish PM Rasmussen as its new secretary-general. But the boot is on the other foot.| MORE ›

Obama arrived in Turkey earlier today. Turks prepare for OBAMANIA!

U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Turkey earlier today to meet with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He will go to Istanbul Monday evening for the so-called Alliance of Civilizations summit which starts in Istanbul today.| MORE ›

Turkish forces continued to fight against PKK militants yesterday The fighting killed five terrorists and five Turkish soldiers in the southeastern part of the country.

Another Turkish soldier died, and 15 were wounded, when the helicopter carrying them crashed. The Turkish army said that the heli crashed due to a technical error. The PKK, however, say they shot it down.| MORE ›

The most boring yearly concert in Europe will take place today. It is called Eurovision: European countries send their ‘best’ singers to this concert. They compete. The population of the individual European countries and their juries vote for who they think did best, and the act with most votes wins. It is a bit like Idols or America’s Next Popstar, but then the patriotic European version.| MORE ›

Sunday, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates would get on a plane to the Middle East, where he would visit Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Gates and officials in both countries “are likely to discuss the regional security situation, Iraq and Afghanistan, the Middle East peace process,” as well as Iran’s role in the region, a US defense official told reporters, AFP reports.| MORE ›

UPDATE: Rasmussen did basically apologize in his speech today, although it was not the “open apology” Turkish officials hoped for.

Read our entire report here. Here is what Rasmussen said:

“I respect Islam as one of the world’s major religions as well as its religious symbols,” Rasmussen said during a panel discussion at a conference in Istanbul.| MORE ›

Iraqi President Jalal Talibani had a clear message for fighters of the Kurdish terrorist organization the PKK today.

“The PKK has two choices: lay down its guns or leave Iraq,” he said during a news conference with visiting Turkish President Abdullah Gul.| MORE ›

Now that the highly dramatic month of July has finally come to an end, the people of Istanbul can collectively turn a page and look to an immediate future, which appears considerably more certain, if not banal, in comparison to the recent past. The city’s bourgeoisie will head to their summer houses in the greater Istanbul region, while the upper classes augment their social status and darker skin tones at exclusive seaside ghettos such as mythic Bodrum.| MORE ›