Internet filter in Turkey sparks fears of censorship
The filter blocks terms ranging from 'sex' to 'stepmother'
Turkish telecommunications authorities will soon introduce a new Internet filter that would ban pornographic and separatist material online, despite numerous demonstrations decrying the move as censorship.
More:Internet filter in Turkey sparks fears of censorship | Science & Technology | Deutsche Welle | 21.11.2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Turkish Bus Attacked in Syria, 2 Wounded « VOA Breaking News
Turkish Bus Attacked in Syria, 2 Wounded
Posted Monday, November 21st, 2011 at 9:15 am
Gunmen in northern Syria opened fire Monday on a convoy of buses carrying Turkish pilgrims back from the Hajj in Saudi Arabia, wounding two people.
Turkish media say the buses were attacked after they asked for directions at a checkpoint. The convoy later crossed into Turkey where the wounded were treated at a hospital near the border. The gunmen's affiliation was not clear
More:Turkish Bus Attacked in Syria, 2 Wounded « VOA Breaking News
Posted Monday, November 21st, 2011 at 9:15 am
Gunmen in northern Syria opened fire Monday on a convoy of buses carrying Turkish pilgrims back from the Hajj in Saudi Arabia, wounding two people.
Turkish media say the buses were attacked after they asked for directions at a checkpoint. The convoy later crossed into Turkey where the wounded were treated at a hospital near the border. The gunmen's affiliation was not clear
More:Turkish Bus Attacked in Syria, 2 Wounded « VOA Breaking News
Anne Peterson: Eat Your Way Through Istanbul (PHOTOS)
Eat Your Way Through Istanbul (PHOTOS)
If I learned one thing from my trip to Istanbul it was this: Avoid full meals. Amazing food is around every corner. So if you polish off a scrumptious grilled lamb kebab for lunch, when you pass a window filled with bright, glistening vegetables and savory meats you'll have instant buyer's remorse. Luckily, Istanbul lends itself to grazing, as lunches and dinners are often served meze style, on small plates brought out incrementally throughout a meal.
More:Anne Peterson: Eat Your Way Through Istanbul (PHOTOS)
If I learned one thing from my trip to Istanbul it was this: Avoid full meals. Amazing food is around every corner. So if you polish off a scrumptious grilled lamb kebab for lunch, when you pass a window filled with bright, glistening vegetables and savory meats you'll have instant buyer's remorse. Luckily, Istanbul lends itself to grazing, as lunches and dinners are often served meze style, on small plates brought out incrementally throughout a meal.
More:Anne Peterson: Eat Your Way Through Istanbul (PHOTOS)
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Turkish-Armenians protest foundation board
Turkish-Armenians protest foundation board
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Vercihan Ziflioğlu
ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News
A group of Turkish-Armenians staged a demonstration after a religious service yesterday to protest fraud allegations leveled against foundation’s board elections.
More:Turkish-Armenians protest foundation board - Hurriyet Daily News
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Vercihan Ziflioğlu
ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News
A group of Turkish-Armenians staged a demonstration after a religious service yesterday to protest fraud allegations leveled against foundation’s board elections.
More:Turkish-Armenians protest foundation board - Hurriyet Daily News
Dialogue is a responsibility for Turkey and its Kurds
Dialogue is a responsibility for Turkey and its Kurds
November 21, 2011 02:32 AM
By Kaya Genc
The Daily Star
Who could have imagined that one day pedestrians in Istanbul’s most artistic and liberal neighborhood of Cihangir would stumble upon a massive wall of graffiti that read, simply and terrifyingly, “Exterminate all Kurds”? That day came earlier this month. Something has happened in Turkey that has made racism, once again, an everyday occurrence. Yet there are concrete steps that can be taken to halt a seemingly endless cycle of hatred.
More:THE DAILY STAR :: Opinion :: Commentary :: Dialogue is a responsibility for Turkey and its Kurds
November 21, 2011 02:32 AM
By Kaya Genc
The Daily Star
Who could have imagined that one day pedestrians in Istanbul’s most artistic and liberal neighborhood of Cihangir would stumble upon a massive wall of graffiti that read, simply and terrifyingly, “Exterminate all Kurds”? That day came earlier this month. Something has happened in Turkey that has made racism, once again, an everyday occurrence. Yet there are concrete steps that can be taken to halt a seemingly endless cycle of hatred.
More:THE DAILY STAR :: Opinion :: Commentary :: Dialogue is a responsibility for Turkey and its Kurds
'Zenne Dancer' stirs controversy on taboo subject
'Zenne Dancer' stirs controversy on taboo subject
Sunday, November 20, 2011
EMRAH GÜLER
ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News
Still two months away from its release date, the award-winning feature ‘Zenne’ (Zenne Dancer) has already managed to stir controversy. The film has scared off one film festival, but another will screen it.
More:'Zenne Dancer' stirs controversy on taboo subject - Hurriyet Daily News
Sunday, November 20, 2011
EMRAH GÜLER
ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News
Still two months away from its release date, the award-winning feature ‘Zenne’ (Zenne Dancer) has already managed to stir controversy. The film has scared off one film festival, but another will screen it.
More:'Zenne Dancer' stirs controversy on taboo subject - Hurriyet Daily News
Turkey Confident on Economy - WSJ.com
Turkey Confident on Economy
BY MARC CHAMPION
ISTANBUL—Turkey could get hit hard by the euro zone's sovereign-debt troubles next year, but will bounce back strongly just as it did after the Lehman crisis, according to the country's finance minister, Mehmet Simsek.
More:Turkey Confident on Economy - WSJ.com
BY MARC CHAMPION
ISTANBUL—Turkey could get hit hard by the euro zone's sovereign-debt troubles next year, but will bounce back strongly just as it did after the Lehman crisis, according to the country's finance minister, Mehmet Simsek.
More:Turkey Confident on Economy - WSJ.com
Ankara, London to sign military accord
Ankara, London to sign military accord
Sunday, November 20, 2011
ANKARA
Turkey and the U.K. are set to sign a military pact, Turkey’s President Abdullah Gül told reporters as he departed for an official visit to Britain.
More:Ankara, London to sign military accord - Hurriyet Daily News
Sunday, November 20, 2011
ANKARA
Turkey and the U.K. are set to sign a military pact, Turkey’s President Abdullah Gül told reporters as he departed for an official visit to Britain.
More:Ankara, London to sign military accord - Hurriyet Daily News
Turkey’s master film director director Lütfi Akad dies at 95
Turkey’s master film director director Lütfi Akad dies at 95
Sunday, November 20, 2011
ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News
Turkish cinema’s master director Ömer Lütfi Akad died Saturday at the age of 95. Directing more than 100 masterpieces in Turkish cinema, Akad also wrote articles on theater and cinema and served as a lecturer at Istanbul Mİmar Sinan Fine Arts University for 20 years.
More:Turkey’s master film director director Lütfi Akad dies at 95 - Hurriyet Daily News
Sunday, November 20, 2011
ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News
Turkish cinema’s master director Ömer Lütfi Akad died Saturday at the age of 95. Directing more than 100 masterpieces in Turkish cinema, Akad also wrote articles on theater and cinema and served as a lecturer at Istanbul Mİmar Sinan Fine Arts University for 20 years.
More:Turkey’s master film director director Lütfi Akad dies at 95 - Hurriyet Daily News
Istanbul gets record budget for 2012, transport funds leading
Istanbul gets record budget for 2012, transport funds leading
Sunday, November 20, 2011
ISTANBUL - Anatolia News Agency
A record consolidated budget of 19.45 billion Turkish Liras has been allocated to the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality for 2012, a figure that exceeds budgets for 18 Turkish ministries.
More:Istanbul gets record budget for 2012, transport funds leading - Hurriyet Daily News
Sunday, November 20, 2011
ISTANBUL - Anatolia News Agency
A record consolidated budget of 19.45 billion Turkish Liras has been allocated to the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality for 2012, a figure that exceeds budgets for 18 Turkish ministries.
More:Istanbul gets record budget for 2012, transport funds leading - Hurriyet Daily News
The opening of Turkey’s Syria venture
The opening of Turkey’s Syria venture
Sunday, November 20, 2011
NURAY MERT
Turkey seems to be ready to lead the mission in Syria. The government has hesitated to take a stand against Assad, when the opposition rallies first started last spring in Syria. At the time, most of the ex-Islamist writers opposed to the idea of confrontation with Syria and defined it as a trap of the imperialists to “divide and rule” the Muslim world.
More:The opening of Turkey’s Syria venture - Hurriyet Daily News
Sunday, November 20, 2011
NURAY MERT
Turkey seems to be ready to lead the mission in Syria. The government has hesitated to take a stand against Assad, when the opposition rallies first started last spring in Syria. At the time, most of the ex-Islamist writers opposed to the idea of confrontation with Syria and defined it as a trap of the imperialists to “divide and rule” the Muslim world.
More:The opening of Turkey’s Syria venture - Hurriyet Daily News
Iraq, Turkey butt heads, block flights over debt dispute - CNN.com
Iraq, Turkey butt heads, block flights over debt dispute
From Mohammed Tawfeeq and Ivan Watson, CNN
November 20, 2011 -- Updated 2050 GMT (0450 HKT)
(CNN) -- Iraq has banned all Turkish flights from landing in the country in response to a dispute over millions of dollars owed by an Iraqi government oil company to Turkey.
Iraqi transportation ministry spokesman Karim al-Nuri said the decision to block Turkish planes from Iraq, including the semi-autonomous Kurdish region, was in response to a similar ban in Turkey against Iraqi flights. However, a Turkish government official denied that Ankara blocked Iraqi planes.
More:Iraq, Turkey butt heads, block flights over debt dispute - CNN.com
From Mohammed Tawfeeq and Ivan Watson, CNN
November 20, 2011 -- Updated 2050 GMT (0450 HKT)
(CNN) -- Iraq has banned all Turkish flights from landing in the country in response to a dispute over millions of dollars owed by an Iraqi government oil company to Turkey.
Iraqi transportation ministry spokesman Karim al-Nuri said the decision to block Turkish planes from Iraq, including the semi-autonomous Kurdish region, was in response to a similar ban in Turkey against Iraqi flights. However, a Turkish government official denied that Ankara blocked Iraqi planes.
More:Iraq, Turkey butt heads, block flights over debt dispute - CNN.com
'Patriotic duty' may no longer be mandatory for Turkey's men - The National
'Patriotic duty' may no longer be mandatory for Turkey's men
Thomas Seibert
Nov 21, 2011
ISTANBUL // A term of "patriotic duty", as the mandatory military service for every male is called in Turkey, has been a fact of life for millions in this country for decades. A well-known saying even states that "every Turk is born a soldier".
But this is about to change. The government in Ankara says it is working on two separate reforms that, if enacted, could decisively reduce the military's role in many people's lives.
More:'Patriotic duty' may no longer be mandatory for Turkey's men - The National
Thomas Seibert
Nov 21, 2011
ISTANBUL // A term of "patriotic duty", as the mandatory military service for every male is called in Turkey, has been a fact of life for millions in this country for decades. A well-known saying even states that "every Turk is born a soldier".
But this is about to change. The government in Ankara says it is working on two separate reforms that, if enacted, could decisively reduce the military's role in many people's lives.
More:'Patriotic duty' may no longer be mandatory for Turkey's men - The National
Wife and two children in custody battle found dead in Turkey after two-year hunt to find them | Mail Online
Wife and two children in custody battle found dead in Turkey after two-year hunt to find them
By Daily Mail Reporter
The wife of a Briton and their two young children have been found dead in a farmhouse in Western Turkey after a near two-year Europe-wide hunt to find them ended in tragedy.
More:Wife and two children in custody battle found dead in Turkey after two-year hunt to find them | Mail Online
By Daily Mail Reporter
The wife of a Briton and their two young children have been found dead in a farmhouse in Western Turkey after a near two-year Europe-wide hunt to find them ended in tragedy.
More:Wife and two children in custody battle found dead in Turkey after two-year hunt to find them | Mail Online
Thousands including Turks, Greeks and Israeli's rally against German neo-Nazis in Hamburg
There has been a massive rally in Hamburg to commemorate a string of immigrant murders blamed on neo-Nazis.
Members of the city’s Turkish, Greek and Jewish communities joined the silent march.
It follows revelations that three neo-Nazis had been killing immigrant
shopkeepers for years and police have failed to connect the murders to
right-wing extremists.
For more: Thousands rally against German neo-Nazis | euronews, world news
Dream and Reality Exhibition-Modern and Contemporary Women Artists from Turkey
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
Arzu Basaran, "Classroom," 2005.
Dream and Reality
Until 22 January 2012
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
Meclis-i Mebusan Cad. Liman Isletmeleri Sahasi
Antrepo 4, 34433
Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey
T +90 212 334 73 00
F +90 212 243 43 19
www.istanbulmodern.org
With the exhibition Dream and Reality - Modern and Contemporary Women Artists from Turkey, which will last until January 22, 2012, İstanbul Modern aims to put on the agenda Turkey's social and cultural transformation via the work of women artists. Centered on the position of women artists in modern and contemporary art, the show offers a new, alternative perspective on the sociocultural history of Turkey.
More:Dream and Reality / e-flux
Arzu Basaran, "Classroom," 2005.
Dream and Reality
Until 22 January 2012
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
Meclis-i Mebusan Cad. Liman Isletmeleri Sahasi
Antrepo 4, 34433
Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey
T +90 212 334 73 00
F +90 212 243 43 19
www.istanbulmodern.org
With the exhibition Dream and Reality - Modern and Contemporary Women Artists from Turkey, which will last until January 22, 2012, İstanbul Modern aims to put on the agenda Turkey's social and cultural transformation via the work of women artists. Centered on the position of women artists in modern and contemporary art, the show offers a new, alternative perspective on the sociocultural history of Turkey.
More:Dream and Reality / e-flux
Eroglu points finger at Christofias for Cyprus stalemate
Eroglu points finger at Christofias for Cyprus stalemate
• Sun, Nov 20, 2011
THE Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has said that the Greek Cypriot side is attempting to waste the Turkish Cypriots’ time at the negotiating table and will lead to a collapse of the talks.
More:Eroglu points finger at Christofias for Cyprus stalemate
• Sun, Nov 20, 2011
THE Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has said that the Greek Cypriot side is attempting to waste the Turkish Cypriots’ time at the negotiating table and will lead to a collapse of the talks.
More:Eroglu points finger at Christofias for Cyprus stalemate
A dusty start to a lasting romance - Cyprus Mail
A dusty start to a lasting romance
By Poly Pantelides Published on November 20, 2011
MEHMET Birinci, 53, and Andri Charalambous, 51, fell in love while discussing vacuum cleaners.
It has proved to be an enduring relationship that recently won them a 50,000 euro prize from the Stelios Foundation for their bi-communal business, Achaco Cleaning systems.
More:A dusty start to a lasting romance - Cyprus Mail
By Poly Pantelides Published on November 20, 2011
MEHMET Birinci, 53, and Andri Charalambous, 51, fell in love while discussing vacuum cleaners.
It has proved to be an enduring relationship that recently won them a 50,000 euro prize from the Stelios Foundation for their bi-communal business, Achaco Cleaning systems.
More:A dusty start to a lasting romance - Cyprus Mail
Turkey eyes Europe to boost fund sector - FT.com
Turkey eyes Europe to boost fund sector
By Fiona Rintoul
The Turkish language nicely sums up Turkey’s unique place in the world. It is neither Semitic nor Indo-European, but it used to be written in Perso-Arabic script and since Atatürk’s 1928 reforms it has been written in modified Latin script.
More:Turkey eyes Europe to boost fund sector - FT.com
By Fiona Rintoul
The Turkish language nicely sums up Turkey’s unique place in the world. It is neither Semitic nor Indo-European, but it used to be written in Perso-Arabic script and since Atatürk’s 1928 reforms it has been written in modified Latin script.
More:Turkey eyes Europe to boost fund sector - FT.com
Turkish papers highlight contingency plans for Syria | Reuters
Turkish papers highlight contingency plans for Syria
By Simon Cameron-Moore
ISTANBUL | Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:25am IST
(Reuters) - Turkish newspapers said on Saturday Ankara had contingency plans to create no-fly or buffer zones to protect civilians in neighbouring Syria from security forces there if the bloodshed worsens.
More:Turkish papers highlight contingency plans for Syria | Reuters
By Simon Cameron-Moore
ISTANBUL | Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:25am IST
(Reuters) - Turkish newspapers said on Saturday Ankara had contingency plans to create no-fly or buffer zones to protect civilians in neighbouring Syria from security forces there if the bloodshed worsens.
More:Turkish papers highlight contingency plans for Syria | Reuters
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