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Music, Music Review Mar 8, 2021
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Altin Gün adds synthpop to their eclectic arsenal on Yol
- By Jamie Ludwig
- Tags: Music Review, Altin Gün, Yol, ATO Records, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Turkey, Gece, Indonesia, synth-pop, Anatolian rock, Erdinç Ecevit Yildiz, Turkish folk, Merve Daşdemir, Aşık Veysel, Omnichord, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Review Dec 10, 2020
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Turkish psych legends Moğollar revitalize songs from their extensive catalog on Anatolian Sun
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: Music Review, Moğollar, Anatolian Sun, Night Dreamer, Turkey, psych rock, psychedelic music, Anatolian rock, Erkin Koray, Love, Peace & Poetry: Asian Psychedelic Music, Engin Yörükoğlu, Cahit Berkay, Recommended

Music, Music Review Sep 16, 2020
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Chilean psych group Vuelveteloca highlight the beauty of resistance on Contra
- By Jamie Ludwig
- Tags: Music Review, Vuelveteloca, Contra, Chile, post-rock, Krautrock, psych-rock, Cappadocia, Turkey, Recommended

Music, Gig Poster of the Week Nov 27, 2019
Pass the mike ’n’ cheese on the gig poster of the week

This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago artist Jake Reeder, aka Jake.PSD.
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Gig Poster of the Week, gig poster, gig poster of the week, gig posters, Jake Reeder, Jake.PSD, Louis The Child, Friendsgiving, turkey, Cool Kids, Duckwrth, John The Blind, Kami, Ilo Ilo, Aragon Ballroom, pumpkins, Thanksgiving, flags

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Apr 12, 2019
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A kebab crawl from the lake and beyond

A handful of new restaurants offers Turkey's most recognizable culinary export and more.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Turkitch Kitchen, Ali Baba Doner, Istanbul Grill, Café Istanbul, Four Letter Word, Turkish, Turkey, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 23, 2017
Chicago finally gets its first Kurdish restaurant

The proprietors hail from a province on Turkey's southern border with Syria, but the Gundis is no Turkish restaurant.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, The Gundis, Kurdish, Mardin, Turkey, Syria, Mehmet Duzgun, Mehmet Yavuz

Blogs, Bleader Apr 13, 2015
Take your act to Ankara, Spike Lee

A troubling name for the director's next film
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Turkey, Pope Francis, slaughter of Armenians, Spike Lee, Chiraq, Alderman Anthony Beale, Aaron Pierce

Blogs, Bleader Dec 19, 2014
Endangered Turkish journalist speaks in Chicago—was anyone listening?

Turkish journalist Kerim Balci speaks in Chicago
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Media, News, Kerim Balci, Turkey, Turkish Review, Zaman, Today's Zaman, Ekrem Dumanh, Samanyolu broadcasting group, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Fethullah Gulen, Justice and Development Party, Jenna Krajeski, the New Yorker, Turkey's Chicago consulate

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Apr 11, 2014
Spritz Burger: Last seat on the burger bandwagon

The Hearty Boys team up with pastry chef Gale Gand for a burger joint.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Spritz Burger, Lakeview, Dan Smith, Steve McDonagh, Hearty Boys, Gale Gand, Tru, burgers, Malort, cocktails, Hearty, spritzers, pastry chefs, desserts, beef, Kuma's, poutine, bread pudding, cheese, eggs, hollandaise sauce, Spam, lettuce, tomatoes, chutney, turkey, turkey burgers, beets, panko, shrimp, chicken, liver, bread, garlic, batter, fried chicken, brisket, root beer, latkes, mac 'n' cheese, Cheetos, tator tots, lemon meringue pie, pies, syrups, bitters, soda siphons, gine, port, amaro, rum, batavia

Blogs, Bleader Jan 21, 2013
Smoking a turkey breast hunter-beef style

In which I cure a turkey breast with Pakistani hunter-beef spices.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Cooking, Food Chain, Food & Drink, hunter beef, corned beef, Pakistani food, Devon Avenue, Ghareeb Nawaz, turkey, Spinzer Restaurant, Pista House, LTHForum, hunter-beef pastrami, Mike Sula on cooking

Blogs, Bleader Nov 19, 2012
Deep-fried, panko-rolled, cheese-stuffed stuffing balls

Just like the Pilgrims made
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Cooking, Food Chain, Food & Drink, stuffing, turkey, deep-fried turkey, stuffing balls, Thanksgiving, Kristina Meyer, Mike Sula on cooking

Blogs, Bleader Jul 29, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Sun 7/29

What's on the Agenda for Sunday, July 29, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Rebecca Gates, Hideout, The Float, Peter Margasak, Taste of Lincoln Avenue University of Chicago, Oriental Institute Museum, Mt. Nemrud: Throne of the Gods, Turkey

Blogs, Bleader Nov 16, 2011
Bad ideas: holiday edition

On frying turkey and writing headlines.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Flotsam and Jetsam, Food Chain, Media, Food & Drink, William Shatner, turkey, Thanksgiving, Christmas, fire, John McIntyre, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Baltimore Sun

Blogs, Bleader Nov 16, 2010
Eating Ass

Circumlocution is funny.
- By Cliff Doerksen
- Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, Turkey, Pope's nose, parson's nose, pygostyle

Music, Music Column Oct 1, 2009
How Do You Say "Superfan" in Turkish?

A stray student from Istanbul gets a two-month guided tour of Chicago music from Deal's Gone Bad.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Column, Deal's Gone Bad, Dave Simon, Aaron Hammes, Ali Ersin Korsay, the Turk, superfan, Istanbul, Turkey, ska, punk, Riot Fest, Bottom Lounge, Cobra Lounge, Subterranean, Aggrolites, Toasters, Rancid

Blogs, Bleader Nov 18, 2006
Da Mare's Alterna-turkey?

I test drive turkeys prepared by Hagen's Fish Market, Bhabi's Kitchen, and Sun Wah Bar-B-Que.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Mike Sula, Hagen'S Fish Market, Sun Wah, Bhabi'S Kitchen, Turkey

Film, Movie Critic's Choice Oct 19, 1995
A Time of Love
- By Jonathan Rosenbaum
- Tags: Movie Critic's Choice, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Turkey, Iran, Banned

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