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Amacım insanlara ‘Burası Türkiye mi?’ dedirtmek
Sosyal medyada paylaştığı ‘What is Turkey? - Türkiye nedir?’ isimli videosuyla ne kadar güzel topraklarda yaşadığımızı hepimize tekrar hatırlattı. Türkiye’nin 56 farklı noktasını gösteren video viral oldu; 11 milyondan fazla kişi izledi. Görsel sanatlar ve seyahat tutkusu nedeniyle işinden istifa edip yollara düşen Halil Bekar, “Bir patronu değil, yaşadığım ülkeyi ve insanlarını zengin etmeye çalışmanın daha güzel bir amaç olduğuna inanıyorum” diyor.
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Çektiği güzel görüntülerle Türkiye'yi tanıtıyor
Fotoğraf ve video sanatçısı Halil Bekar, 'Show me Turkey' projesi ile Türkiye'nin az bilinen güzelliklerini kayıt altına alarak dünyaya tanıtıyor. Çekimleri 2 yıl süren birinci projenin ardından çekimleri 1 yıl süren ikinci proje de tamamlandı.
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Harf Devrimi çiğneniyor
DİL Derneği Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı Sevgi Özel yabancı adlandırma sarhoşluğuna kapılan kurum ve kişilerle yetkililerin ilgisizliğini sürdürmesi nedeniyle kamuoyunu yine uyarıyor. Harf Devrimi’nin açıkça çiğnenmesi karşında “Hiç kimsenin ortak dil ve yazım birliğini bozma yetkisi yoktur” diyor.
Istanbul called to give voice to climate change
ISTANBUL - The promoter of the ’350 movement’ to tackle climate change, Bill McKibben, arrives in Istanbul and calls on activists in the city and across Turkey to join forces with a global coordinated effort to highlight the importance being paid by people across the world to climate change. He says Turkey is an important place for this initiative
Atıl Kutoğlu - Fashion designer extraordinaire Keeping residents of city chic
ISTANBUL - Atıl Kutoğlu went to Vienna to study business administration and has found himself atop the world of fashion design. Blending art, culture and a range of textiles, Kutoğlu has made a name for himself and his flagship Istanbul store.
A hot ’Turkey Season’ in France
The "Turkey Season" launched following a joint press conference by French and Turkish culture ministers in Paris last Tuesday has made a literally hot start. Both the weather and the atmosphere were extremely hot, and so was the attention French people paid to the event. You may say, "What’s the weather above 30 degrees Celsius in Paris got to do with ’Turkey Season?'"
It’s women only at this discotheque
ISTANBUL - It’s not so long since wearing jeans was an issue of contention among the country’s religious circles. Today, resorts are catering to the faithful with single-sex discos, complete with DJs and drinks - albeit with a non-alcoholic twist. People identified as religious appear to be leaving the periphery and merging with society as a whole, but not necessarily at the cost of their values.
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.
Future’s directors film the ’others’ in Edirne
ISTANBUL - A project titled 'International Youth Filmmaking,' which was initiated last year by the US Consulate General in Istanbul and provided education for students from six Turkish cities on filmmaking, yields its results. Students in Edirne, who took classes as part of the project, have made a film featuring the life of Roma citizens in their city.
Öcalan prepares for August statement
"This opportunity should not be missed" is what we still hear and it is still valid. There has never been a better time to wipe out the PKK terror and progress in the Kurdish issue. For the first time those in Ankara holding the power and those in Çankaya are of the same opinion. They do not look in a different direction. No difference in opinion. And again for the first time is the command level in the TSK generally in line with the govenment, even if not in details. They believe that a step needs to be taken in order to wipe out the PKK terror.
US envoy hopes for Nagorno-Karabakh deal on principles mid-July
ISTANBUL - International mediators hope to reach a deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the principles of a peace deal on the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region at talks tentatively planned for mid-July in Russia, the U.S. negotiator told Reuters in an interview published Monday.
Swords lowered in ’plan’ standoff
ANKARA - After the prime minister and the top military official meet, Prime Minister Erdoğan says he is happy with the way the army handled the inquiry into the source of an alleged military plan to dismantle Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party.The prime minister then urges for civil and military investigations to reach conclusions quickly on the matter
Actress aims to build a bridge between Turkey and Chile
ISTANBUL - Chile is a long way from Turkey but exchange programs of various sorts can help bridge some of that geographical gap. One of those programs culminates in two prominent Chilean films, Machuca and B-Happy, which are showing at the Pera Museum. Starting with Pera was very useful and from there it will grow, according to young and attractive Chilean actress Manuela Martelli, who stars in one of the films.
Please match me a match!
Simple fact: If you have a nine to five job, you cannot watch daytime TV. That is a mixed blessing. On the plus side, you do not have to see "Big Brother," "Would You Be My Bride?" or its more deviant derivative, such as "Would You Be My Daughter-in-Law?" On the minus side, you are painfully devoid of the "real agenda" of the people and miss out on local celebrities.
Let’s accept it: Our mentality is different than EU’s
Yesterday, I wrote about a field study titled "Radicalism and Extremism Research" by Professor Yılmaz Esmer and shared my opinion on the results. According to the findings, Turkish people do not want neighbors who do not believe in God (75 percent), who drink (72 percent), who live out of wedlock (67 percent), who are Jews (64 percent), who are Christians (52 percent) and who are an American family (43 percent).
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
Turkish summer art lessons bring bliss
The sun is out, the weather has made up its mind to stay warm and Moda is swarming with visitors and locals alike sunning themselves along the coast and filling themselves with bottomless cups of tea. It is summer and soon the city’s arts will move outdoors or remain a distant reminder of how we fill up the winter months.
The many eras of Eurovision
ISTANBUL - Competing at the Eurovision Song Contest since 1975, Turkey has brought up the rear with an operetta, taken the stage with a song dedicated to petrol during an oil crisis and won by singing in English. This year the voting system has been changed and the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review takes a closer look at this continent-wide event through interviews with former jury members, Turkish Radio and Television Association, or TRT, officials and diehard fans