İs This The Life We Really Want
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Pink Floyd’un efsane ismi Roger Waters’ın yeni albümü ‘Is This the Life We Really Want’, dinleyici olarak içine girmesi nispeten kolay bir CD. Waters, bu saatten sonra ‘yeni bir sound’ dener mi orası meçhul bu yaptığını da Pink Floyd ekmeğini yemek için yapmıyor kesinlikle. Beklentinizi bununla sınırlarsanız, albümü baş tacı edip hızlıca keyif almaya başlayabilirsiniz.
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Kadıköy mural brightens church wall and community
ISTANBUL - Last week foreign and local artists put their brushes together to give a church wall and its neighborhood a facelift. Where graffiti once adorned the 27-meter stretch, now a collage of Kadıköy monuments remind passersby to slow down and enjoy all Kadiköy has to offer
Kadıköy mural brightens church wall and community
ISTANBUL - Last week foreign and local artists put their brushes together to give a church wall and its neighborhood a facelift. Where graffiti once adorned the 27-meter stretch, now a collage of Kadıköy monuments remind passersby to slow down and enjoy all Kadiköy has to offer
Melodies flow with cool water of Bosphorus
ISTANBUL - World-renowned US-Armenian percussionist Arto Tunçboyacıyan, Palestinian musician-activist Reem Kelani and the sound of Anatolia, Kardeş Türküler, share the same stage Tuesday night. Peace and friendship messages are conveyed through song and dance.
Legendary Armstrong set for Tour de France
PARIS - Tour de France 2009 starts Saturday with a time trial in Monaco and cycling fans across the world are eager to see one thing, whether Lance Armstrong can produce the magic on his bicycle or not. A legend with a record seven straight wins, the 37-year-old cycyclist’s return is the highlight of this year’s Tour.
Italian photojournalist zooms in on Iraqi refugees
ISTANBUL - Through her camera lens Italian native Delizia Flaccavento explores the plight of Iraqi immigrants who have fled to Turkey. In a project this winter the photojournalist took over 6,000 photos of the Chaldean Christian Iraqi community in Turkey raising awareness on the 'other victims' of the Iraqi War.
A clear message to Eroğlu
Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus enjoy a peculiar web of relations. Not only Turkey is the Motherland for Turkish Cypriots, which under her rights as one of the three guarantor powers, together with Greece and Britain, of the 1960 partnership republic on the island she went to the rescue of the Turkish Cypriot people in the aftermath of the 15 July 1974 Athens-engineered coup by Greek Cypriot supporters of union with Greece; or has been maintaining thousands of troops there to protect Turkish Cypriot security since 1974; or is the sole country that recognizes northern Cyprus but also Turkey is a net contributor to both the budget and development projects undertaken in northern Cyprus considered by most mainland Turks as the "Kinderland" that has to be supported by all means.
In a fast shrinking world of their own
ISTANBUL - The rise of the religious class and the AKP’s hold on power has Turkey’s traditional elites on the defensive and feeling like their role as upholders of Republican values is being usurped, according to research based on interviews with the former movers and shakers.
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Cruising on the highway between Ankara and Istanbul you can read all funny things written at the back of the lorries. As I was sick and tired of that debate about cleansing mines that are planted along Turkey's southeastern border, my spirits rose on the Istanbul highway when confronted by the lorry drivers' jargon. An example:
Foreign, local artists’ display at Beylerbeyi
ISTANBUL - Twenty local and international artists, brought together by Filipino curator and artist Rowena Martinez Ulayan, are showing their work at Beylerbeyi Palace on Istanbul’s Asian shoreline. Hailing from Cuba, Mauritius, Russia, South Africa and the United States, as well as Turkey, all the artists brought together by Ulayan have made Istanbul their home. The exhibition, ’Creative Euphoria,’ is on view until June 4
Unlikely mosque designer wows with reverent stunner
ISTANBUL - This month Turkey opens its first mosque designed by a woman. The designer, a non-headscarf wearing designer, says women’s quarters in mosques are cramped and uninspiring. ’In the Prophet's time, men and women prayed next to each other,’ says Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu, who designed a separate but equal terrace for women.
Barriers beware: Women gather at gates of Istanbul
ANKARA - On June 4-5 in Istanbul, 300 leaders, businesswomen, academics and others aim to carve out a larger decision-making block for women Ğ from small businesses to world capitals. New U.S. Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues Melanne VerveerÊwill speak, summit founder Mona Tekin Diamond announces
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
Opera stages pushing young singers abroad
ISTANBUL -For some of Turkey’s young opera singers, a lack of jobs at home and higher standards abroad mean singing on foreign stages is both a professional dream and a necessity. ’Just going to class is not enough. To have a chance abroad, you must be well outfitted,’ they say
St Paul Cultural Center welcomes expats in Antalya
ANTALYA - Saint Paul Cultural Center is a multi-faceted community center that serves both foreigners and Turkish residents living in the city. Besides offering religious services to all those who want to participate, the center also holds English conversation groups, which offer the chance to practice one's English with native speakers and has a library of 2.500 books. "Whether Catholic or Orthodox, everyone from all nationalities and backgrounds is welcome to our center," says one founder