About me


I enjoy working for the radio with my team Ayse Abla, Evrim, Cenk, Erinch and Arda (we miss you mate!).We are regularly preparing a youth program for SBS in Turkish: "Bizim Gundem".


"Genc SBS" - Ercan Bey (14.08.2005)



bir pazar gunu basladi.
duduk dedi genc mikrofonlar.
sonra da ozgurluge dogru
yol aldi ucurtmalar...
sey dediler, hey dediler.
aslinda gercekleri soylediler.
ciktik yargiladik konularini, isimlerini.
oysa gormemistik hunerlerini, resimlerini.
tasladik durduk islerini, surduk yokusa...
gereksiz bulduk dusuncelerini alkisa...
tartistilar, konustular iclerindeki dunyadan.
konulari dile getirdiler asyadan avrupadan.
anlatamadilar, anlatamadilar aslinda duygularini,yureklerini...
sabirla sergilediler bilgilerini, becerilerini...
kirli bir dunyayi biraktik kollarina.
umutla sevgi ile ciktilar savas yoluna.
asalet vardi, adalet her birinin soyundan...
asirlardir iciyorlar atalarinin suyundan...
onurluyum, gururluyum sizinle yasasin guzellikler!
yuregi yesersin, yesersin butun cicekler!
umutla sevgiyle, umutla sevgiyle, buyusun butun genc yurekler!
yolumuz uzun, uzun yolumuz, yarinlar bekler!
bosa gitmez, bosa gitmez verilen emekler!
yuregimden alkislar gens sbs hepinize!
alninizdan opuyorum,
yarinlarim helal size!

Other...


Louis de Bernieres, the writer of "Captain Corelli's Mandolin " his latest book- Birds Without Wings ..."Man is a bird without wings, and a bird is a man without sorrows..."


Out of the blue, the Saint of Incipient Insanities ,an amazing book by Elif Shafak, an established writer with award-winning Turkish novels, who has been attacked for reviving Ottoman words, for her fascination with religion, and now for “betraying” her motherland by writing in English :-)

........... "As names adjust to a foreign country, something is always lost- be it a dot, a letter or an accent. What happens to your name in another territory is similar to what happens to a voluminous pack of spinach when cooked- some new taste can be added to the main ingredient, but its size shrinks visibly. It is this cutback a foreigner learns first. The primary requirement of accommodation in a strange land is the estrangement of the hitherto most familiar: your name."...........


I love travelling and I have been to very few countries compared to how big and diverse this world is... My favourite travel destinations so far are India, Thailand and Mexico for their diverse culture, amazing nature and delicious cuisine. But Turkey still remains as my very favourite for similar reasons :-)