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!f Istanbul announces 2009 program
ISTANBUL - Showcasing the finest in the year’s independent films from around the world, the !f Istanbul AFM International Independent Film Festival runs from Feb. 12 to 22. For the first time ever, !f's slogan is ’Do it Yourself’ as a response to the urgency of the times.
Müzik hayatın gıdasıdır!
Salgın dönemi her işkolunu vurdu ama en çok mağdur olanlardan biri de müzik sektörü çalışanları... Öyle ki geçen hafta bu duruma bir nebze çare olması amacıyla Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı müzik emekçilerini kapsayan bir projeyi hayata geçireceklerini ve başvuranlara kişi başı aylık 1000 lira yardım yapılacağını açıkladı. Biz de bu sorunun yakıcılığını hatırlatmak ve bu sanat dalının emekçilerine bir anlamda saygı duruşunda bulunmak amacıyla müzisyenleri anlatan en iyi filmleri sıraladık.
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’The most beautiful justice ever occurred in this country’ for Hrant...
The tenth hearing of the Hrant Dink murder case was Monday. It also happened to be the second anniversary of the murder case. His family foremost, but also millions of people inside and out are waiting for "justice to be done" for two years now, but there is an impression that, for the last two years, we are becoming distanced from justice while we should be approaching it.
CONSULTANT’S CORNER: The Social Fabric of Turkey
Turkey, Istanbul in particular, has long been known as a crossroads of religions and cultures. However, this article will not be a historical essay. Rather, I will focus on today’s climate of tolerance and the threats to its continuance that may or may not exist.
Furniture industry kindled by tax cuts
BURSA - Turkey’s furniture industry is collecting the fruits of a government-imposed value added tax reduction. The implementation has boosted demand and increased sales. Price advantages are fueling the country’s export figures, according to a sector representative
Did I say a land of lunacy? I was too sanguine
When I wrote last week "The rough guide to Turkey: A land of history, sunshine and lunacy" (Daily News, May 1), I did not know I was underestimating the Crescent and Star. Only a few days after that article appeared in this column, what became "international breaking news" informed us about the massacre in a Kurdish village. Did I say lunacy? I did, not realizing the limits it could reach in these lands.
Turkish military launches operation after landmine kills 5 in Southeast
ISTANBUL - The military launched a wide ground operation in search of terrorist PKK organization members after a roadside bomb killed five, including two village guards, in Turkey's southeastern Sirnak province on Saturday. (UPDATED)
Forty-four killed in engagement party massacre in southeast Turkey
ISTANBUL – Masked gunmen armed with assault rifles attacked an engagement party in southeastern Turkey late on Monday, killing at least 44 people, including six children and 17 women, and injuring three others, authorities said. (UPDATED)
Erotic Arab magazine sets a new Body Politic on fire
JOUNIEH, Lebanon -A new high-brow literary journal looks through the eyes of voyeurs, clerics and foot fetish experts. This mix of gonzo reporting, scholarly study and old-school Playboy is fueling the ire of religious and women’s groups, but its editor doesn’t flinch: ’We have to stop condescending to the Arab reader’
A piece of Poland in Istanbul
ISTANBUL -In the most difficult times for Poles, they were given a chance to cultivate their traditions in a peaceful settlement near Istanbul, which is Polonezköy or Adampol. After the first generation of Polish settlers, the story of Polonezköy continued in the 20th century
Give your candidate a break, Mr Baykal
All of us, at one time or another, have been to a lecture to hear the keynote speaker only to be frustrated with the person doing the introduction takes up more time than the guest of honor. We’ve all been to the wedding reception, awaiting a few words from the bridegroom, when his friend from military service or high school grabs the microphone and puts us all to sleep.
WBC means a lot to some countries but little to biggie
Some teams have their national pride on the line in every World Baseball Classic game, some feel the support of their presidents, but for the US team, it is little more than a training camp before the MLB season. That is why teams like Cuba and Venezuela are frontrunners for the title as the WBC runs to a close
Turkey’s Abkhaz diaspora dreams of home
MEZİT, İnegöl - High atop a mountain chain in western Turkey stands Mezit village, a hamlet founded in the 19th century by Abkhaz rebels on the run from Tsarist Russian troops. More than 130 years later, Mezit's Abkhaz residents now have one goal, to return to Abkhazia, where Russian troops are now a welcome presence.
Bursa women aspire to run the province
ISTANBUL - Once the Ottoman capital, today’s green city of textiles is the essence of a common Turkish paradox: Bursa has long been a conservative city but many women there are making their way in male-dominated businesses Ğ including the run for the city’s top job
Historic building now a culture center
HATAY - After 35 years as a movie theater, a building originally built by a French architect as a movie theater in 1927 in the southeastern city of Hatay, which also served as the Hatay Assembly of State and municipality hall, has been restored by a businessman and turned into a culture center.