Someday

Gökkuşağının ötesinde bir yerde…

Sonsuzluğa uğurladığımız sevdiklerimiz orada bir yerde. Bu düşünce bizi rahatlatıyor.

Kalkışa hazırlanan uçağın kanadına çıkıp içeri girmeye çalıştı

Nijerya'da Lagos Murtala Muhammed Havalimanı'nda kalkış için piste çıkmayı bekleyen bir uçağın kanadına tırmanarak içeri girmeye çalışan bir kişi, yolcular arasında paniğe neden oldu.

18 hit’lik gurur tablosu

Pop müzik dünyasının yaşayan en büyük divalarından biri olan ve kariyeri 30 yıla yaklaşan Mariah Carey, belki inanmayacaksınız ama henüz üçüncü toplama albümünü yeni çıkardı.

Yeni şarkıları ilk kez İstanbul’da söyleyeceğim

90’ların başında sol yanağındaki beni ve alnındaki perçemiyle gözümüze çarptı. İngiltere’de iki kez Brit ödülü kazandı.

Hayali Sevgili: Justin Bieber

Her sıktığında Justin Bieber'ın yanında belirdiği bir parfüm olsaydı, nasıl olurdu?

Are the US’s allies in Turkey changing?

I have a mindset that whenever change or unrest occurs or whenever a new document is introduced to cause a stir in Turkey, I immediately think of a development abroad.

Mistreated while being mistreated

ISTANBUL-Around 56 percent of minors being illegally employed are subjected to physical mistreatment, reveals a study carried out by an educators’ union. It also states that 64 percent of them spend 10 hours on each shift.

Youth tackles caste system and socializes self-interest

ISTANBUL - Istanbul tenth grader Sid Shekhar wraps up a global leadership week at Harvard University where he is taking a yearlong project to the next level: He hopes to contribute to a movement to abolish the caste system in India. If world citizenship is revealed through one's plans to help people who benefit the least from the globalization, then Shekhar is surely a leader among citizens.

Facing our history ...

Nations and countries being able to confront with their past can take steps forward. Unless this is done, pain and identity issues hold nations and countries back from making leaps forward.

’Sugar’ reinvention of a cliche sports story

LOS ANGELES - 'Sugar' is a baseball story but it's also about the hardships of immigration and, more universally, about finding your place in the world. As the title character, Algenis Perez Soto lets us feel all the enthusiasm being a non-actor, his performance seems natural and realistic

Western front following NATO, Obama

Let’s have a balance sheet for booties-lost-damages in the aftermath of Turkey’s so-called "NATO victory." Turkey raised objections to Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s candidacy for the post of secretary-general of NATO on religious grounds rather than strategic liability.

Ergenekon can no longer be ignored

Readers of this column know that I had my reservations when the first Ergenekon crime gang indictment was released, especially because the initial detentions and the indictment document naturally caused doubt.

Brown is G20’s real winner

The G20 summit was created to bring world leaders together in London. The widespread opinion is that the expected has happened.

Turkish Cyprus leader heads to France

NICOSIA - Turkish Cyprus President Mehmet Ali Talat spoke to the press on the plane as he departed from Stockholm for a meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in France yesterday, officials reported.

Hoping to end some taboos with Kurdish TV

ISTANBUL - One of the mainstays of the state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, or TRT’s, recently launched Kurdish-language television station, TRT 6, said she still finds it hard to believe it is a Kurdish channel.

The tale of Turkey’s 60-year-old alehouse

ISTANBUL - Despite her death in 2006, Madame Despina’s fame will live on, as the new owner of her historic alehouse, seeks to register the Madam Despina Meyhanesi and open a branch in Paris. He believes that it will bacome a bridge between Turkey and Greece.

Gökova Project sets an example for Europe

MUĞLA - The environment and sustainable development project in Gökova, one of the most fascinating areas in Turkey’s Aegean region, draws the plaudits from European authorities. An EUrepresentative praises how local institutions work to preserve the Gökova Cove as it is now

Ankara gets progressively closer to Iraqi Kurds

We are a weird society, that’s what we are. We believe that if we talk about our thoughts or what goes through our minds these will pass on to others and come back at us one day.

Tweens will swoon for Jonas Bros film in 3D

LOS ANGELES - The 3D film 'Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience' by director Bruce Hendricks, who is also the director of last year’s 3D Miley Cyrus film, isn't intended for the uninitiated.

Who are we?

Tarhan Erdem and his team conducted the largest field research in Turkey on behalf of the Hürriyet daily. They did one-on-one interviews with 7,000 people in 12 regions (about 44 cities). The study titled, "Who are we? Cultural, Economic and Social Life Style" represents 51 million "adults" over age 15, a subject that is much talked about yet known less.

Chaotic East rather than boring West

As you read this piece I’ll be visiting a Middle Eastern country, Qatar. And as my first article appeared in the Hürriyet daily, I was in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

The Gaza bill is coming

Enough time has passed since the Gaza event. We are now able to make up a balance sheet for it even-tempered. The Gaza movement has not only in view of Israel brought some important developments but also influenced some balances in the region. Up until now we have seen even worse attacks conducted by Israel on Palestine but this time Gaza was different. Let’s take a look together at developments after Gaza:

Turkish PM Erdoğan’s Davos actions divides opinions

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s outburst in Israeli President Shimon Peres’ face during the World Economic Forum has echoed from the Middle East to the United States. While some Daily News readers argue that Erdoğan moved Turkey closer to the radicals’ camp with Hamas and Hezbollah, others praise his stance as ’honorable’ and ’courageous’.

Anti-Semitism costs a lot

I have touched on this subject but it is so important that I’d like to draw your attention once again.

FULL TEXT- NEW U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INAUGURATION SPEECH

Here is the text of Barack Obama's inaugural address:

TEXT- NEW U.S. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INAUGURATION SPEE

Here is the text of Barack Obamas inaugural address:

Israel and the US committing murder

It is impossible for someone with some amount of logic not to feel horrified by what’s being experienced in Gaza. Poor Palestinians are being forced into the corner, hit by the huge Israeli army. The word "being hit" would be too light. They are openly butchered. The whole world is in uproar, but the United States takes Israel under its wing and helps fight Hamas. It takes part in the murder.

Get loan, buy home

ISTANBUL - Some real estate professionals recommend making the best of this crisis by investing in cheaper property in order to avoid being a lifelong renter because while loan payments eventually end, not owning a home means paying rent forever.