Treasures Of The World
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Denizli mobilizes to unearth its past
ISTANBUL - The business world and local administrations in the western province of Denizli are cooperating to unearth and protect the ancient city of Laodicea. Project leaders say the joint effort for the 2,000-year-old site, which has revealed the largest coliseum in Anatolia, is the first of its kind in Turkey and is setting an example for other cities
Denizli mobilizes to unearth its past
ISTANBUL - The business world and local administrations in the western province of Denizli are cooperating to unearth and protect the ancient city of Laodicea. Project leaders say the joint effort for the 2,000-year-old site, which has revealed the largest coliseum in Anatolia, is the first of its kind in Turkey and is setting an example for other cities
Alarahan caravanserai now a major attraction
ALANYA - Alarahan, a historic caravanserai in Alanya once left to its fate, now serves as a beautiful tourist attraction and a heritage center and has added value to Turkish tourism. Noted for its marvelous construction technique, this exceptional architectural masterpiece is also included in the World Tourism Organization’s World Heritage List.
Past, present, future become one in Greece
KATHIMERINI - The New Acropolis Museum opened in Athens on Sunday to visitors eager to explore its vast collection of sculptures and museum holds more than 4,000 ancient works, including the best surviving classical sculptures that once adorned the Acropolis.
Istanbul craft tour: It’s reigning women
ISTANBUL - On the Behind the Bazaar tour next month meet women designers who whip antique pieces into forward-fashion shape. As the few female merchants among the some 4,000 Grand Bazaar shops can attest, males have ruled the sales roost. But women are shaping their own paths in the art market, traditions intact
CONSULTANT’S CORNER: Now’s the time to polish Istanbul’s jewels
Now that I have lived in Istanbul for nearly two years, learned to speak (extremely) basic Turkish (more like Turklish), and walked along the Bosphorus from Beşiktaş to Tarabya, I feel entitled to give a little constructive criticism of my adopted home town.
Like a janissary, Ortaylı stands his ground
In the scheme of daily life in Turkey, amid pressing problems abroad and a national tragedy and crime still unsolved near the city of Mardin, the routines of a museum may well seem insignificant. But we think in this case a minor skirmish at Istanbul’s Topkapı Palace is worth noting. For a large principle is at stake.
Bursa hosts meeting for European museums
ISTANBUL - After Bursa was visited by the European Museum Forum in 2006 they decided to host the presentation of ’the European Museum of the Year Award 2009’ in the city. During the meeting there will be activities in the city in which local residents will be able to participate
World treasures go online on Web site
PARIS -National libraries and the United Nations education agency put some of humanity's earliest written works online Tuesday, from ancient Chinese oracle bones to the first European map of the New World and rare photos from the Ottoman Empire. Some 1,200 documents have been chosen for the initial phase
Volunteers raise their voices against ’deterioration of Kaş’
ANKARA - Claiming that the renovation work is deteriorating the coastal town, NGOs in Kaş are raising their voices in defiance. In a conference to outline their plans against 'devastation' of their beloved town near the Mediterranean city of Antalya, volunteers criticize renovation work in the historic square and the construction of a new marina.
Saint Laurent’s art treasures go on show
PARIS - Museum buyers, dealers, collectors, and wealthy art lovers have snapped up all 1,200 seats at Paris' Grand Palais, where the art treasures amassed over half a century by Yves Saint Laurent and his lifelong companion Pierre Berge went on show Saturday in a stage-set recreating the couple's ornate interiors
Looters keepers
It’s getting hard to avoid the impression of a growing list of demands the world has for Turkey, particularly regarding the country’s accession to the European Union. For the benefit of Turkey’s historical heritage, if not just to redress the imbalance, this is a good time for the rest of the world to oblige a long-running Turkish request of its own.
This mentality...
No one was obliged to celebrate the New Year’s EveÉ Some did, some did notÉ Those who celebrated New Year’s Eve celebrated it with their own free will. Some of those did not celebrate because of what is going on in the Gaza Strip; some were "convinced" not to have any celebration because of the peer pressure provoked by zealots like the old tall fundamentalist writer who addressed in Kayseri that night an alternate celebration code-named "Conquest of the hearts;" some did not wish to spend their scarce resources on such a "foreign" celebrationÉ Some people are luckier in finding a reason to celebrate New Year’s Eve.
Museum head: The "Treasures of Croesus" were incomplete when I got them
Following the arrest this week of 9 people in connection with the theft of the central piece from the "Treasures of Croesus" permanent exhibit at the Usak Archeological Museum, the director of the Usak museum, Kazim Akbiyikoglu, has told police that the "Treasures of Croesus" were in fact incomplete when he received them in 1996.
Khazaki leader: Time to unify with other Turkic nations
The Khazaki youth that fill the bars in Khazakistan's biggest city, Almaty, sway to the sounds of Turkish melodies, including mega star Tarkan. Sports fans there even stop everything to watch the Turkish football teams like Fenerbahce and Galatasaray play eachother in cup matches.
Whirling dervishes listed as cultural treasure
Turkey's whirling dervishes were added to the UN list of cultural treasures on Friday. UNESCO head Koichiro Matsuura, who announced the list of 43 traditions, said he was glad it included developing countries from Africa and elsewhere. "Despite the vitality and the strength of these cultural expressions," he said at UNESCO's Paris headquarters, "they are many that need urgent and immediate safeguarding."
Festivallerden festival beğenin
Sinemaseverleri nisan ayında oldukça hareketli günler bekliyor. Yıl boyunca bir 'sanat- evi' tarzında etkinliklerini sürdüren Bilgi Üniversitesi, nisan ayında üç ayrı festivale evsahipliği yapacak. Bunların ilki 1. Uluslararası Gençlik ve Sinema Şenliği, ardından Arkeoloji Belgesel Film Günleri ve Kısa Film Günleri geliyor.