My name is Mehmet Atakan Gürkan. If you write to me, feel free to call me ato, or atakan, I usually do not use Mehmet, as it is the most common male name in Turkey.

Eğer bana Türkçe bir ileti göndermek istiyorsanız, lütfen tr: daki sayfamı kullanın.


The following is from Talk:Silvio Berlusconi by Jimbo Wales:

But what is necessary, for NPOV, is that Wikipedia articles in themselves take neither political position at all. We need to both be able to read the article and understand the facts on the ground, without the implied and presupposed political analysis. Jimbo Wales 21:59, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Some people should give these words a thought. ato 03:27, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)


User:Ato/Drafts
User:Ato/References
User:Ato/Maps
User:Ato/Turkish flag metapost source


Tricks and tips for writing in Turkish

Unicode list for Turkish Characters
CharacterCode #CharacterCode #
  ç   231   Ç   199
  ğ   287   Ğ   286
  ı   305   İ   304
  ö   246   Ö   214
  ş   351   Ş   350
  ü   252   Ü   220