We should put the record straight. With this comment you are putting Canli and Alameda in the limelight whereas the real focus should be on the tragedy itself. We should indeed be as fair and conscious when reacting to tragic incidents of this sort. Nevertheless, humans have selective interests and this manifests itself in almost everything they do.  Incidents happening in your neighborhood, town or country have a greater impact on you. We are bound to live in the middle of certain circles such as of our own ego, ethnicity, culture, sex etc.

It would be a very serious accusation to assume that Canli and Alameda were indifferent to the murder of van Gogh. It is just their selective interest. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/world/asia/08beijing.html?hp

Excellent link, very informative.

The root verb "kal" has a few meanings such as stay, remain and in special contexts it may have different meanings. The suffix -sýn  gives it a meaning like in in "Let (it) ....

It is also used as an imperative for third parties. There is another use which gives us a sentence that functions the same as for example  "may it be old or young". Here are the examples:

Dokunma öyle kalsýn. (Don´t touch. Let it stay the way it is.)

Yaz ki aklýnda kalsýn. Write it so that you (can) remember it.

Üstü kalsýn. (Keep the change).

O otel pahalý, daha ucuz bir otelde kalsýn. (That hotel is expensive. (Tell him to) stay in a cheaper one.

Bu öðrenci tembel, sýnýfta kalsýn. (This student is lazy, let him fail (this year).

"Kalmak" can denote:

Yolda kalmak.   (To be stuck somewhere.)

iki arada bir derede kalmak (to remain undecided)

üç gün kalmak (to have three more days to go)

parasýz kalmak  (to be penniless)

az parasý kalmak  (to be short of money)

sýnýfta kalmak (to fail and lose the entire year in school)

tedavülde kalmak (to remain in circulation)

Kala is possible but it is archaic. In Ottoman Turkish, Sultan would issue firmans using this form.

Paþa Edirne´de kala.    Let Pasha stay in Edirne. (This form sounds exagerated and is no longer used.)

Furthermore, "kala"  is frequently used in another context today:

Bire üç kala.  At three to one.

In Azeri Turkish kala means castle or Turkish kale.

Although there is no relationship at all, while listening to a French song, you sometimes feel as if you are hearing some weird Turkish words or sometimes even full sentences. Just like the sentence "I run each team." sounds almost the same as Ayran içtim in Turkish. Some youths have elaborated on that and come up with very interesting clips. If you understand both French and Turkish, you may laugh at them too...

Here are the links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI-5QtEM8TA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbgbBB98S1c&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2LIK8lBBL0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4eZiGMB4LI&feature=related

 For me, all deaths are sad. Michael Jackson was  known by billions of people. Everyone of those people heard his songs in a personal context, voluntarily bought his albums making him a big star and get him to enjoy a rich man´s life which unfortunately had certain mistakes, omissions  or sins in it just like everyone of us.

It is easy to give a brief account of someone´s life. Among many gifted musicians of his genre he stood out and remained that way for a long while. Although his songs no longer appeal to me, I appreciate his vocal technique and energy. It is not easy to be like Michael Jackson, people who were a lot more talented than us tried their chance but they could not clinch their names in the history of pop music as successfully as he did.

Not just Michael Jackson, everyone deserves to be felt sorry about when he is dead. The loss of a man is the loss of the entire universe from a dead man´s point of view. 

This is an archaic proverb and  it is probably regional and has a few variations .

Tokmak as in kapý tokmaðý is unmistakably a door knocker.  That a man is destined to be nagged by his wife if he relies on her wealth is explained with the metaphors : bathroom (Hamam) door and its knocker. A Bathroom door is the man who is often beaten by a knocker which is the tongue of his wife.

Many of these proverbs are from the days when Turkey had a patriarchal society remnants of which still linger on in certain quarters. Therefore, most such proverbs can be interpreted as derogatory and sexist. 

I am in a state of shock!

I would expect him to at least outlive me knowing he invested heavily on his health. The press even carried news about how he slept in a glass chamber breathing oxygen rich air.

He was a truly gifted guy from a musical point of view, an icon from our childhood days. His choices carried him to unprecedented heights. Nevertheless, he also raised a lot of question marks in people´s minds about his personality.

His death is the last nail in the coffin of the 80´s musical spirit.

Death is a big tragedy. May he rest in peace.

This is a rather free translation of one of his songs.

Bir tek sen eksiksin

Yaþlanmýþsýn görmeyeli

þiþmanlanmýsýn evlendin mi kaç kere?

senden sonrasý olmadý olmadý yok

özledim yani aþk budur yan yolu yok

bir tek sen eksiksin

iþim gücüm tamam

bir ev bir yuva

iki de çocuða

yok ben sensiz karýþamam

his hala ayný da

yol hala ayrý mý

you are the only one that I lack

you´ve grown older since I last saw you

you´ve also gained a bit

have you been  married and how many times?

I miss you, that´s all about love

 and there is no getting around

you are the only one that I lack

all the business and everything else are alright 

but how will I ever get married with children

when I am without you

all the feelings are still the same

how come we set out on different roads.

 You have a point. I have also proven how things get out of hand when one personalizes things. It is a lot easier to see the truth when your reason is not jettisoned by the hot wind of debate. I did not want to deny my own thought and make that warning exclusively for you. I wish that everyone could stop targeting one another. I don´t want either friends or enemies here. "Let´s discuss opinions" still makes sense...