‘Turkey’ kelimesinin s\u0131k\u00e7a duyuldu\u011fu bir d\u00f6nemden ge\u00e7iyoruz Amerika’da. Elbette T\u00fcrkiye de\u011fil. T\u00fcrk\u00e7e kar\u015f\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131yla hindiden s\u00f6z ediyorum. Bu k\u00fcmes hayvan\u0131n\u0131n Amerikal\u0131lar i\u00e7in \u00f6nemine bir kez daha tan\u0131k oldum. \u015e\u00fckran G\u00fcn\u00fc kutlamalar\u0131n\u0131n vazge\u00e7ilmezi hindi, bug\u00fcnlerde herkesin dilinde. ‘Alt taraf\u0131 hindi’ dememeli. Pi\u015firdikleri hindiye g\u00f6re isim yapan han\u0131mlar, lezzetli bir hindiyi \u015e\u00fckran G\u00fcn\u00fc’nde masalar\u0131na koyabilme tela\u015f\u0131nda. Gazete sayfalar\u0131, televizyon programlar\u0131 hindi tarifleriyle dolup ta\u015f\u0131yor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her y\u0131l kas\u0131m\u0131n son per\u015fembesi kutlanan \u015e\u00fckran G\u00fcn\u00fc ailenin bulu\u015fmas\u0131 i\u00e7in de bir f\u0131rsat. B\u00fcy\u00fcklerin ziyaret edildi\u011fi bayram\u0131n can al\u0131c\u0131 noktas\u0131 ak\u015fam yeme\u011fi, yeme\u011fin vazge\u00e7ilmezi hindi olunca, \u015e\u00fckran G\u00fcn\u00fc ve hindi haz\u0131rl\u0131klar\u0131 bir ay \u00f6nceden ba\u015flad\u0131. Marketlerin et reyonlar\u0131 yeniden d\u00fczenlendi ve di\u011fer \u00fcr\u00fcnlere ayr\u0131lan alanlar\u0131n b\u00fcy\u00fck k\u0131sm\u0131 hindilere tahsis edildi. Raflardan ta\u015fan hindiler i\u00e7in koridorlarda \u00f6zel b\u00f6l\u00fcmler olu\u015fturuldu. \u0130nsan\u0131n do\u011fru hindiyi se\u00e7ebilmesi i\u00e7in en az birka\u00e7 saatini harcamas\u0131 ya da ‘teknik destek’ almas\u0131 gerek. Asl\u0131nda hindilerin tamam\u0131 pek \u00e7aba harcamadan f\u0131r\u0131nda pi\u015firilecek tarzda haz\u0131rlan\u0131p plastik ambalajlara konulmu\u015f. Ama al\u0131c\u0131 g\u00f6z\u00fcyle bakanlar fark\u0131 g\u00f6rebiliyor. Kimi soslu, kimi sade, kimi gen\u00e7, kimi olgun… Her biri i\u00e7in haz\u0131rlanan tarifler de ambalajlar\u0131n \u00fcst\u00fcnde yaz\u0131l\u0131. Tecr\u00fcbeli bir m\u00fc\u015fteri arad\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 nas\u0131l bulaca\u011f\u0131n\u0131 biliyor. Tecr\u00fcbesizler i\u00e7inse her kolayl\u0131k d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcn\u00fclm\u00fc\u015f. B\u00fcy\u00fck rekabet bulunan hindi piyasas\u0131nda sat\u0131\u015f y\u00f6ntemleri de farkl\u0131. Her market en ucuz hindiyi satt\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 duyuruyor. ‘\u015eu kadar hindi alana bu kadar hindi bizden’ t\u00fcr\u00fc sloganlar\u0131ndan ge\u00e7ilmiyor. G\u0131da \u00fcr\u00fcnleri bro\u015f\u00fcrlerinin ilk sayfas\u0131 hindilere ayr\u0131lm\u0131\u015f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anlayaca\u011f\u0131n\u0131z Amerikal\u0131lar hindiyi \u00e7ok seviyor, hatta hindi baz\u0131lar\u0131 i\u00e7in ‘kutsal’ bir hayvan. Ve bu sevginin tarihi Amerikan’\u0131n tarihi kadar eski. Rivayete g\u00f6re hindi en zor g\u00fcnlerinde Amerikal\u0131lar\u0131n imdad\u0131na yeti\u015fmi\u015f. Bu nedenle ‘Thanksgiving’, yani ‘\u015e\u00fckran G\u00fcn\u00fc’, Amerikal\u0131lar\u0131n tanr\u0131ya minnettarl\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131n ifadesi. Dini bask\u0131lar y\u00fcz\u00fcnden 1609’da Britanya’dan ayr\u0131l\u0131p \u00f6nce Hollanda’ya ard\u0131ndan da 1621’de New England b\u00f6lgesine gelerek yeni bir ya\u015fama ad\u0131m atanlar\u0131n kutlamaya ba\u015flad\u0131\u011f\u0131 \u015e\u00fckran G\u00fcn\u00fc, 1817’de New York eyaletince geleneksel bir g\u00fcn olarak kabul edilmi\u015f. Bunu 19. y\u00fczy\u0131l ortalar\u0131nda di\u011fer eyaletler izlemi\u015f. \u015e\u00fckran G\u00fcn\u00fc’n\u00fcn di\u011fer \u00f6zelli\u011fi Amerikal\u0131lar\u0131n sab\u0131rs\u0131zl\u0131kla bekledi\u011fi d\u00f6rt g\u00fcnl\u00fck tatil. Tahminlere g\u00f6re bu y\u0131l 38 milyon ki\u015fi tatilde yollara d\u00fc\u015fecek. Bu rakam\u0131n ayn\u0131 zamanda son y\u0131llar\u0131n rekoru oldu\u011fu s\u00f6yleniyor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Irak sava\u015f\u0131yla ilgili tart\u0131\u015fmalar ge\u00e7en hafta Washington’\u0131n g\u00fcndemine damgas\u0131n\u0131 vurdu. Amerikal\u0131lar\u0131n b\u00fcy\u00fck \u00e7o\u011funlu\u011fu Ba\u015fkan Bush’un Irak politikas\u0131n\u0131 desteklemiyor, Beyaz Saray’\u0131n kamuoyunu yan\u0131ltt\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcn\u00fcyor. Anketlerde ABD ordusunun Irak’tan \u00e7ekilmesini isteyenler \u00e7o\u011funlukta. T\u00fcm bu geli\u015fmelere kar\u015f\u0131n muhalefetteki Demokratlar h\u00e2l\u00e2 sessiz. \u00c7\u00fcnk\u00fc keskin \u00e7\u0131k\u0131\u015flarla sava\u015f kar\u015f\u0131t\u0131 damgas\u0131 yemek istemiyorlar. Amerikan halk\u0131n\u0131n Bush’a duydu\u011fu g\u00fcvensizli\u011fi kullan\u0131p ata\u011fa ge\u00e7emeyen muhalefetin hedefi 2006’daki arase\u00e7imler. Temsilciler Meclisi’nin tamam\u0131n\u0131n, Senato’nun ise \u00fc\u00e7te birinin yenilenece\u011fi arase\u00e7imler \u00f6ncesi hata yapan taraf\u0131n kaybetmeye mahk\u00fbm olaca\u011f\u0131n\u0131 bilen Demokratlar kar\u015f\u0131 sald\u0131r\u0131 yerine Bush’un halk g\u00f6z\u00fcnde puan kaybetmesini seyretmekle yetiniyor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Her y\u0131l kas\u0131m\u0131n son per\u015fembesi kutlanan \u015e\u00fckran G\u00fcn\u00fc ailenin bulu\u015fmas\u0131 i\u00e7in de bir f\u0131rsat. B\u00fcy\u00fcklerin ziyaret edildi\u011fi bayram\u0131n can al\u0131c\u0131 noktas\u0131 ak\u015fam yeme\u011fi, yeme\u011fin vazge\u00e7ilmezi hindi olunca, \u015e\u00fckran G\u00fcn\u00fc ve hindi haz\u0131rl\u0131klar\u0131 bir ay \u00f6nceden ba\u015flad\u0131.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[40,162,1312],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-radikal","tag-abd","tag-radikal","tag-turkey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.remgo.com\/11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}