History has always been created by violence. Humans are an aggressive mammal, fighting for their territory, just like elephants or hippos. Below might be the guy who might have once conquered the territory that you
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History of Sweden according to me
and Karin Bojs and Peter Englund whose books I've read, and Wikipedia and ChatGPT :) We haven't found anything that came to Sweden before the ice left us. So as far as we know, Sweden
Continue ReadingFrom Cyprus to Leiden
So, that was my blog, written in 2007. I wrote it later and later, so when I wrote about Cyprus I was already in the Netherlands, and started working, so I just gave up. So
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Woke up, the sun was shining and we were still not in Cyprus. Excellent, I am getting a whole night's sleep on this ferry I thought and fell asleep again. We arrived at 8 something
Continue ReadingKaraman – Tasucu Thu April 26
Woke up and took a tour of the old hotel and found a shower. Haha, those 6 euro weren't needed after all! However, there was no light in the room, the water was cold and
Continue ReadingShaken to Karaman Wed April 25
Woke up, had a shower, wrote a note to my generous hosts, took my stuff and went to the bus station. I looked at the hundreds of erected buildings in the valley below me, thinking
Continue ReadingJapan Day Tue April 24
Yesterday I saw a poster advertising a "Japan Day" on the METU campus. Among other things there was information for Turkish students who were interested in studying in Japan. I felt this was an opportunity
Continue ReadingLast day of METUcon Mon April 23
I woke up in the guestroom. I took a look in the master bedroom and there was my longhaired friend and his girlfriend. She opened one eye and said "good morning" and then they slowly
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Woke up after my 12 hour "rest" and had an ice cream for breakfast and then we took a taxi to the convention since they were late for a game session they had signed up
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We got dressed and walked to the first day of METUcon. I got breakfast, found my tables and set up the game. Murat set up his illustrations on the walls and made himself a little
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