The Daily Vampire

We read an excellent story in "The New Republic" (Dec. 9, 2013 issue) about who actually were the most influential people of...

Since we were not online on Oct. 29th, we wanted to share this image of Burgaz Island, near Istanbul, it is one of the secret gems of the ...

Greetings to our blog readers in Latvia, where we are surprisingly very popular, Canada and Israel. Since Reza Aslan, an Iranian-America...

We are dedicating this entry to the collective memories of Mehmet Ayvalitas, 20, who was killed in Istanbul, and Abdullah Comert, 22, who ...

Since today April 23rd is National Children's Day in Turkey, we thought we'd continue with our annual tradition of posting images ...

Yes, it has been a long time, but this blog is continuing on. Today in honor of my late father Mehmet Gokbudak (1921-1983), we are quoti...

a A few weeks ago, we thought about writing up a strange conversation involving nothing but dialogue from Sunday comic strips. Of cour...

One of the many great ironies about Turkey, my late father Mehmet Gokbudak's country and a nation I've visited 15 times, is that t...

Today, we conclude our quotes from 16 people associated with the 16 countries in Euro Cup 2012 (eight on each blog, the other eight can be...

Until this week, we were unaware that Google puts aside a special image just for Google Turkey users in honor of National Children's D...

Today's soccer team of the week on this blog is Olympiacos (or Olympiakos), a Greek soccer powerhouse based in the port city of Piraeus,...

Yesterday, while browsing magazines at a local Barnes and Noble, I noticed that Dr. Mehmet Oz, who the world simply knows as Dr. Oz, was on ...

With Earth Day and Easter being on this weekend here in the United States, few may realize that a very important holiday, Children's Day...

Who said: "Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There is nothing to do but stand and take it." Was it: A) Lyndo...