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540 yıllık gizem çözülüyor... 'Kuledeki Prensler'lerle ilgili gerçekler böyle gün yüzüne çıktı
Takvimler 1483 yılını gösterirken İngiltere'nin henüz çocuk yaştaki yeni kralı 5'inci Edward ve York Dükü kardeşi Richard, Londra Kulesi'nin kapısından içeri adım attı. O günden sonra kardeşleri bir daha gören olmadı. Sonraki yüzyıllar boyunca kardeşlerin başına gelenlerle ilgili olarak amcaları 3'üncü Richard suçlandı. Peki çocukların başına gerçekte ne gelmişti? Bir tarih dedektifi tam 540 yıl önce yaşanan bu olayı aydınlatmak için yola çıktı ve çok ilginç sonuçlara ulaştı. İşte ayrıntılar...
#Kral 3'Üncü Richard
Öldüğünde henüz 6 yaşındaydı... 28 yıllık Rikki Neave cinayetini bir bant parçası çözdü!
Rikki Neave korkunç bir biçimde öldürüldüğünde henüz minicik bir çocuktu. Katili en kısa sürede bulmak zorunda olan polislerin aklındaki ilk şüpheli, Rikki'ye akılalmaz eziyetler eden annesiydi. Ne var ki Rikki'yi öldürenin annesi olmadığı kısa süre içinde anlaşıldı. Gerçek katil ise yıllar sonra bulunabildi, hem de ufacık bir yapıştırıcı bant parçası sayesinde... İşte "İngiltere'nin en zor davası" diye nitelendirilen filmlere taş çıkartacak o olay...
#Rikki Neave
Police brutality increasing: report
ISTANBUL - Instances involving police brutality have increased in the past two years after the law regulating the duties and reponsibilities of the police was altered to give them more leeway while using force, says a report released by the Turkey Human Rights Foundation.
An affordable Anatolian meal in historic Süleymaniye
ISTANBUL - The busy Tarihi Süleymaniyeli Kurufasulyeci Erzincanlı Ali Baba restaurant across from the Süleymaniye Mosque has been serving up affordable and surprisingly tasty food since 1924. Owner Adnan Güzel and his crew focus on what they have done best for many generations: traditional haricot beans and rice cooked over charcoal in copper containers.
A Turkish lesson for Rasmussen, Rehn
We have no doubt that the matter of "L’affaire Rasmussen" will be debated for sometime. But the circumstances surrounding the nomination of Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to the post of NATO secretary-general concern us deeply. So too does the role of his fellow Nordic politician Olie Rehn, the European Union enlargement commissioner.
NATO future seems unclear
ISTANBUL - Six decades ago the NATO alliance came into being and today its future, its history and the motivations that drive it are still as divisive as the bipolar world that forged its existence. Some say it is an imperialistic tool while others say it is necessary for security. Experts weigh in as heads of state meet to celebrate the organization’s 60th anniversary
Someone is mixing apples and oranges, but who?
I know the importance of the Ergenekon affair. I want the opportunity, which we missed during the Susurluk investigation, to be caught this time. But what makes our minds split are the repulsiveness, coarseness and non-persuasive detentions of the investigation
The morality of ’collateral damage’
As of yesterday, the Israeli military had killed 770 people in the Gaza Strip, about 200 of them children. Millions around the world are appalled at this ruthless bloodshed. But Israeli spokespersons routinely show up on television, and pleasantly tell us that they don't have the slightest responsibility in all this carnage.
Turkish restaurant offers Ottoman food
ISTANBUL - Asitane Restaurant prides itself on offering Ottoman cuisine for its diners’ pleasure. Its recipes are from Topkapı, Dolmabahçe and Edirne Palaces’ kitchens. The restaurant’s staff has collected many old recipes that might easily have been lost forever
IPI’s Director David Badge on ’Justice Denied’ campaign
ISTANBUL - Instead of protesting for every journalist under threat International Press Institute’s new campaign focuses on 10 journalists. ’We hope stories told in this campaign will sound the alarm and encourage those with the power to do so, to take action’ says IPI Director David Dadge
IPI's Director David Badge on 'Justice Denied' campaign
ISTANBUL - Instead of protesting for every journalist under threat International Press Institute's new campaign focuses on 10 journalists. 'We hope stories told in this campaign will sound the alarm and encourage those with the power to do so, to take action' says IPI Director David Dadge
Article 301, again!
Is there anyone in Turkey who can say with absolute confidence that Hrant Dink, editor of the Armenian-Turkish Agos weekly, was not a victim of premeditated murder, committed despite police and gendarmerie intelligence being tipped off about the preparations for it, as early as a year before the heinous assassination was carried out, allegedly by a young hit man, 17-year-old Ogün Samast?
