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New ’X-Men’ is just action and more action
LOS ANGELES - 'Wolverine' is a story on a straight and simple trajectory, landing a lot of rungs below Singer's tales but a notch above the mutant muddle Brett Ratner made of the trilogy's finale. So it's the journey that's supposed to grab us but it is one long run-the-gauntlet scenario
Dodging riots and missiles to write warmly of Turkey
ISTANBUL - American goalkeeper Brad Friedel remembers his 16 months in Istanbul for the culture, the people, the çayÉ and a revolution of sorts. He calls Turkey’s fans the most passionate he has seen. ’The country is not there to adapt to you,’ says the former Galatasaray player who was pelted with coins and missiles. ’You are there to adapt to the country’
Armenian citizen at the crossroads
ISTANBUL - The emotional dilemmas of an Armenian citizen living in Istanbul have become the subject of a book by Bercuhi Berberyan. The character is not regarded as a citizen in the place where she lives, Turkey, and doesn’t feel herself in Armenia, which is said to be her country
Proud Turkey warmly embraces football heroes on their return home
The Turkish national team arrived home Thursday to a warm welcome from supporters after finishing in the top four in the Euro 2008 championship co-hosted by Switzerland and Austria. A convoy of supporters followed the bus carrying the team as it made its way to Istanbul’s Taksim Square where it was greeted by an enthusiastic crowd. A celebratory concert and fireworks show was held in the square in the team’s honor. Turkey won many fans at Euro 2008 and showed they can become a major force in world soccer thanks to their determination, skill and grace. (UPDATED)
PM Erdogan in Algeria; tours cemetary and military museum
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on an official visit to Algeria, visited a cemetary for war veterans on his first day there, stopping to lay a wreath and pray. Later, at a military museum, PM Erdogan examined Ottoman era statues and pictures, as well as documents kept at the museum from Ottoman times.
Our non-Muslim martyrs
The names of unsung heroes, which lie engraved on the headstones of those who died for the Turkish State, may be unfamiliar to Turkish people: Agop, Artin, Bedros, Jojen, Panayot, Yorgi, Nikola, Konstantin, Mihail and Dimitri. However, this list of names represents the non-Muslim soldiers, who, although born of different years died on the same date, while fighting in 1915 at Çanakkale. Their name-tags have now been documented in a six-volume book entitled, “Our Martyrs” published by the General staff. One can now visit the star and crescent gravestones at Çanakkale.