Yüz germe ameliyatı denilince hemen aklımıza tüm yüz derisinin, deri altı yapılarından ayrılıp bütün kırışıklıkları giderecek şekilde gerilmesi gelebilir. Ama yüzdeki kırışıklıkların hepsini sadece deriyi gererek ortadan kaldırmaya çalışmak mimiksiz bir ifade ortaya çıkarır, bu da yüze bir maske görünümü verebilir. Oysa alın, göz ve dudak etrafındakı kırışıklıklar ilave metotlarla ayrıca tedavi edilebilir.
Dreams are strange things: I found myself, in full gear of Roman Goddess Justitia, with scales and all, posing for a painting before General-cum-painter Kenan Evren. I was not wearing a blindfold over my eyes, probably because some Freudian authority had decided that it was hard enough for Justitia in Turkey as it is, without adding a further handicap.
ISTANBUL - Economy Minister Ali Babacan announces that the government is easing restrictions on Turkish companies to borrow from the international market. The change is expected to give companies better access to credit. The government also aims to create relief for individuals with rising credit card debts
ISTANBUL - It is a common belief that women over 40 are no longer attractive and that, especially during and after menopause, their bodies and characters change for good. An expert and a columnist address this issue and come up with a totally opposite conclusion. It seems that prejudices about middle-aged women are changing positively. The period between 35 and 55 is the best time in a woman’s life, says one expert.
ANKARA - Several executives of the banned Welfare Party were convicted of falsifying party records and hiding millions of dollars in cash reserves ordered seized after the party was shut down. Gül, the party’s deputy chairman at the time, says he is not scared of trial
Political party leaders hold parliamentary group meetings on Tuesdays. Owing to the Political Parties Law, as one of the by-products of the Constitution prepared during the Sept. 12 military coup in Turkey, the parliamentarian system is being shaped by polemics among "little Führer" party leaders, so to speak. Tuesdays are usually considered "special days of tension" in "Turkish political life."
Eight Palestinians were killed on Saturday as Israeli aircraft, tanks and ships pounded the Gaza Strip into a third week, as a new round of diplomacy got underway to end a war that has killed more than 800 people despite a U.N. truce call. (UPDATED)