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Irony of the day:

Police Spray Water Cannons at World Water Forum Protesters

Apparently Turkish police have a biting sense of irony: they’ve sprayed protesters at the World Water Forum with high-pressured water cannons.

The forum, which occurs every three years, is supposed to focus on ways to eliminate water poverty across the globe, but protesters believe the forum takes a heavy-handed approach and supports construction of dangerous and environmentally-disastrous large dams.

The police said that the water cannons were the most “cost effective” way to respond to these protesters. While of course I do not condone any act of violence against people merely expressing themselves, if the cops were going to do it anyway, this was a wonderful weapon choice.

Tear gas? $7,350.

Water cannons? $235.

Using water cannons against people protesting water poverty? Priceless. (Source: Planetsave)

Timbaland rips tune from Turkish musician Muhlis Akarsu’s Allah Allah desem gelsem?

Nelly Furtado’s wait for you

Nelly Furtado’s wait for you, which Timbaland arranged sounded like Turkish musician Muhlis Akarsu’s Allah Allah desem gelsem. Take a listen.

A commercial from Akbank. They make use of people wearing white clothes to run around to make shapes and images. Really creative and it looks beautiful too.

It’s from Turkey but still very nice. (Somehow I got reminded of Borat when I type ‘very nice’.)

An advertisement every Tuesday

You think Troy was dumb enough to let a Trojan Horse into their city? Think again.

It’s amazing that The Army Headquarters Land Command actually let a trojan horse in and it’s funny that only one guard actually wanted to check what’s inside.

By the way, the Trojan Horse entered the city of Troy, within the borders of modern day Turkey. It’s good that the Turkish Consul-General learns from history.