Best of 2015 — Based on personal experiences

Before we get to 2016, let’s go along with the tradition…

Happening of the year: Moved to Australia

Sport event of the year: Galatasaray won the title of Turkish Super League (soccer/football)

Sad event of the year: Explosion in Ankara and more than a hundred souls passing away

Loss of the year: Stannis Baratheon’s daughter

Relax of the year: Christmas time, in National Park, Australia

Man of the year: Ali Emre Dengiz (honours to Jim Jeffries)

Woman of the year: Melinda

Couple of the year: Luke and Karen

Foreigner of the year: Jack

Disappointment of the year: The drawers i bought from Officeworks. Turned out to be that they are cardboard drawers for tabletop.

Success of the year: Finding a full time job in Australia after only 6 months

Failure of the year: Not being able to get the copywriting job for a company on electrical products

TV series of the year: Legit

Dumbass of the year: Jack, for losing his mobile phone twice in a year.

Friend of the year: Sinan

Video of the year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xYW6j7zy3Q

Foreign band of the year: Morphine

Turkish band of the year: The Ringo Jets

Movie of the year: This Is England

Party of the year: Wendy’s birthday

Pub of the year: Kelly’s

Meyhane (Turkish tavern) of the year: Matee (in Newtown)

Outburst of the year: “You asked me a question about ‘love’ and you didn’t care about my answer. Do you know why I dodged that question? Because I knew that you’d mock me just like my last relationship or my age. You don’t know what the fuck I’ve been through. Apart from that, you have been preaching to me about love but you have been the third person in a relationship and you were okay with that. I don’t even know why you showed up today. To mock me? Do you actually know how hardcore it would be if i mocked you about your age? You are so self rightgeous, you think you are right in every single case and I am fed up with that.” —https://medium.com/@twodoubles/the-cadillac-dust-45a4ade866a#.ftvdo51wd

Radio of the year: Paradise http://radioparadise.com.tr

Player of the year (football/soccer): Lukas Podolski

Coach of the year: Azat (my ex creative director)

Shocker of the year: Step mom beating the shit of the kids in the house (Turkey)

Cracking the nutshell of the year: Stepping a foot outside the plane in Australia

Song of the year: KONGOS — Come With Me Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz2GVlQkn4Q

Title of the year: “Turkish” by Jarryd, introducing me to his friends

Dead celebrity of the year: BB King (rest in peace, man.)

Software of the year: Adobe Premiere

Game of the year: Football Manager 2016