turban

'Türban İkinci Plana Düşürür'

Anayasa Mahkemesi'nin iptal kararının gerekçesinde üniversitelerde türbanın serbest bırakılmasının ‘baskı' unsuru olabileceği belirtilerek AİHM'nin kararına gönderme yapılıyor ANKARA (Cumhuriyet Bürosu) - Anayasa Mahkemesi, üniversitelerde türbanın serbest bırakılmasına yönelik anayasa değişikliğinin iptalinin gerekçeli kararını tamamlayarak yayımlanmak üzere …

posted by Editor on 22 Oct 2008 | view | discuss (0)

UN

Iceland Loses Bid for UN Council Seat Amid Crisis

Austria and Turkey were elected to two-year terms on the United Nations Security Council today in a defeat for fellow European contender Iceland, whose financial collapse may have scuttled its quest for a seat. ``We commiserate …

posted by Senem Shamsili on 18 Oct 2008 | view | discuss (0)

daglarca

Büyük Ozanı Yitirdik

Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca'yı kaybettik. 76 yıldır şiir yazan ve bunu Allah'ın ona verdiği tebessüm olarak gören, Türkiye'nin büyük şairi Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, zatürre tedavisi gördüğü hastanede yaşamını yitirdi. Arkasında sayısız yapıt ve ödül bırakan Dağlarca için …

posted by Editor on 16 Oct 2008 | view | discuss (0)

Kibris

Cyprus History Book Rewrite Sparks Outcry

A decision by the Greek Cypriot government to revise history textbooks to bolster peaceful coexistence between the island's Greek- and Turkish-speaking communities has enraged many clerics and politicians. Critics have demonized Greek Cypriot Education Minister Andreas …

posted by Editor on 14 Oct 2008 | view | discuss (0)

lale

Turkish Culture and Arts in the Netherlands

The second installment of a Turkish Festival began in the Netherlands on Wednesday with a concert by pop singer Sertab Erener. The festival, "Turkey Now," was organized to promote Turkey's contemporary art and cultural values in …

posted by Editor on 14 Oct 2008 | view | discuss (0)

Talat Christofias

Cypriot President Seeks End to Military Exercises

STRASBOURG, France: President Dimitris Christofias of Cyprus urged the U.N. and Turkish Cypriot leaders on Tuesday to support his call to abolish annual military exercises and to demilitarize Cyprus' divided capital city. Christofias said the moves would …

posted by Editor on 01 Oct 2008 | view | discuss (0)

Yerevan

Turkey Pushes For More Nagorno-Karabakh Talks

Turkey is sponsoring additional Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations on the unresolved Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in an apparent effort to hasten the normalization of its historically strained ties with Armenia. Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan sat down with his Azerbaijani …

posted by Editor on 01 Oct 2008 | view | discuss (0)

Babacan

Calming the Caucasus

TURKISH INITIATIVES by Ali Babacan, IHT, September 23, 2008   The conflict between Russia and Georgia has once again demonstrated the volatile character of the Caucasus and why it is so crucial for the world to …

posted by Editor on 29 Sep 2008 | view | discuss (0)

Bayram mesaji

Kanberra Büyükelçisi Murat Ersavcı'nin Bayram Mesajı

Değerli Vatandaşlarım, Soydaşlarım, Ramazan Bayramınızı  içten dileklerimle kutluyorum. Yaşamımızda önemli bir yer taşıyan bu özel Bayram günleri, sevgi, saygı, hoşgörü ve dayanışma gibi duyguları birbirimize ve içinde yaşadığımız topluma karşı ortaya koyabilmemiz için bizlere iyi bir …

posted by Editor on 29 Sep 2008 | view | discuss (0)

Irak

Iraq Passes Provincial Elections Law

  By ERICA GOODE   Published: September 24, 2008 BAGHDAD — After months of negotiation, Iraq’s Parliament passed a crucial election law on Wednesday, but only by setting aside for future debate the most divisive political …

posted by Editor on 28 Sep 2008 | view | discuss (0)

Turgut Ozakman

Turgut Özakman'dan 'Diriliş'

Hurafe değil gerçek... Turgut Özakman'ın çabası ve çalışmaları, gerçeğe yönelişimiz açısından bir soluk alışa işaret ediyor. Daha da önemlisi gerçeği kavramamızı sağlayacak bir emek ürünü biçiminde, geçmişten dersler vererek geleceğimizi aydınlatıyor. Bir anlamda Çılgın Türklerin, diriliş …

posted by Senem Shamsili on 28 Sep 2008 | view

Illegal Immigration

New Measures Against Illegal Immigration

The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) is considering revoking several hundred residence permits and Norwegian citizenships issued to men from Turkey or other nations, who have entered into pro forma marriages. (Photo:UDI Director Ida Boerresen)   New …

posted by Editor on 27 Sep 2008 | view | discuss (0)

Tar Sand

Environment: Tar sands - The New Toxic Investment

Shell and BP have been warned by investors that their involvement in unconventional energy production such as Canada's oil sands could turn out to be the industry's equivalent of the sub-prime lending that poisoned the banking …

posted by Senem Shamsili on 27 Sep 2008 | view | discuss (0)

Turkey Armenia Map

Friends and Neighbours

KEMAL ATATURK , father of modern Turkey, rescued hundreds of Armenian women and children from mass slaughter by Ottoman forces during and after the first world war. This untold story, which is sure to surprise …

posted by Editor on 26 Sep 2008 | view | comments (2)

Netherland and Turks

Turks' Value for the Netherlands

Although Dutch reporters and politicians often talk about the problems caused by immigrants - and they are many and, thus, indeed worth talking about - they (we) often forget to talk about their added value to …

posted by Editor on 23 Sep 2008 | view | discuss (0)

Kewell

Kewell helps Galatasaray to win in cup thriller

SOCCEROO Harry Kewell scored for Turkey's Galatasaray in its 4-3 thriller against Swiss side Bellinzona in UEFA Cup action yesterday. Kewell scored in the 39th minute and his teammate Milan Baros was on target twice in …

posted by Senem Shamsili on 22 Sep 2008 | view | discuss (0)

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