We Love Cities

İzmir 'en sevilen kent' olma yolunda

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi sürdürebilir çevre politikalarıyla, World Wildlife Fund’ın (WWF) düzenlediği “We Love Cities” yarışmasında finale yükseldi.

8. Sınıf İngilizce Simple Present Tense (Geniş Zaman) konu anlatımı

Genelde yaptıklarımızı, beğendiklerimizi ve alışkanlıklarımızı anlatmak için Simple Present Tense (Geniş Zaman) kullanırız. Olumsuz cümlelerde 'don't' - 'doesn't'' - ''can't'' ifadeleri yer alır. 8. sınıflar için Simple Present Tense konusunu detaylı bir şekilde anlattık.

6. Sınıf İngilizce 7. Ünite: Holidays (Tatiller) konu anlatımı

İngilizcede Holidays ''tatiller'' demektir. ''Hafta sonu tatili'' demek için ''weekend holiday'' - Resmi tatil demek içinse ''bank holiday'' ya da ''public holiday'' kelimelerini kullanırız. 6. sınıfta okuyan öğrenciler için İngilizce 7.ÜNİTE: Holidays (Tailler) konusunu örnek cümleler ve kelimelerle anlattık.

Iraq’s Abadi says he wins Trump’s assurances of more US support

Iraq’s Abadi says he wins Trump’s assurances of more US support

MTV Video Müzik Ödülleri adayları açıklandı

İlki 1984 yılında gerçekleştirilen MTV Video Müzik Ödülleri'ne bu yıl aday gösterilen eserler açıklandı. Justin Timberlake, "Yılın Müzik Videosu" başta olmak üzere altı dalda aday gösterildi.

Making photography a professional pursuit in life

ISTANBUL - Emre Dörter stayed on in Italy to get some real-life experience in photography after completing his master’s degree at the Accademia Italia before returning home. He says over time he has developed an affinity to shoot still-life pictures, as he does now. ’For everything, there has to be a separate preparation, structure, equipment, eye and approach. To find opportunities to work in different styles is very attractive, in spite of it being stressful for a careful professional,’ he says.

Brewing a future from tea tourism

RİZE - Turkish people are well known for their thirst for tea and now a tea company is looking to take advantage by launching a travel trend: tea tourism. The first of such tours takes off for northern Turkey this summer. Visitors will have a day of picking tea leaves and then the opportunity to observe closely as leaves are made ready for our pots

TEXT - OBAMA'S HISTORIC SPEECH IN CAIRO

ISTANBUL - The following is a text of President Obama's prepared remarks to the Muslim world, delivered on June 4, 2009, as released by the White House.

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.

Hayrünnisa Gül: First lady, mother and more

ISTANBUL-First Lady Hayrünnisa Gül says being the wife of a president entails more responsibility and that being in political life requires personal and familial sacrifices. She says conditions at orphanages in the country have improved

Answering thrown stones with love, care

HAKKARİ - The way to deal with children who throw stones at the police at demonstrations is to show them someone cares about them, says the rector of Hakkari University.

More than a pair of dimes to examine the paradigm

Monday, May 3, is "World Press Freedom Day," an occasion that deserves notice. I am writing on the morning of May 1, an occasion that a few blocks from my house will soon transform into a test of wills over freedom of expression. So let me deal with both dates.

A Japanese architect awed by Istanbul’s style

ISTANBUL -The ecology-minded Japanese architect Kengo Kuma was in town last week, where he told colleagues and architecture students about his latest designs at a conference at Istanbul’s Building Information Center. Since he was a student, he has been an admirer of old Turkish architecture

GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON APR 2

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on April 2, 2009. Hurriyet Daily News Online does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Demircan- Beyoğlu’s mover and shaker

ISTANBUL -This week Beyoğlu Mayor Ahmet Misbah Demircan officially opened yet another street in his efforts to beautify the environment of Beyoğlu. This small street, Başkurt Sokak, was voted the most beautiful street in Istanbul.

GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON MAR 19

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on March 19, 2009. Hurriyet Daily News Online does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Ruling party ruling the roost in Anatolian Konya

KONYA - A few women in black chadors walk rapidly behind a long-bearded old man at the entrance of Konya, the largest province by area in Turkey. A sign at the entrance captures the attention of passersby, citing the words of Sufism’s important figure, Rumi.

Two films

I spent most of the weekend at the cinema halls, watching several films, from the Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Reader," to some good latest examples of Turkish cinema, such as "Güneşi Gördüm" (I saw the sun) and "Issız Adam" (The Lonesome Man) and the horrible "Recep İvedik II".

Yaşar Seyman - The essence of a Turkish lady

ISTANBUL - Yaşar Seyman commands attention whenever she enters a room. Shoulder length dark hair, smiling greeting, usually wearing a suit with a notebook or note pad and pen in hand, not to mention great enthusiasm.

İris Şentürk- Leading the way for women

ISTANBUL - Antakya, or Antioch as it was known in ancient times, hardly seems like a city that would vote a woman in as mayor. But it already has Ğ İris Şentürk served as the mayor of this town of 150,000 people between 1999 and 2004.

Opposition says gov’t ignored crisis

ANKARA - Deniz Baykal of the CHP says Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s actions are unprecedented, while Devlet Bahçeli of the MHP alleges the gov’t did not do enough to prevent demonstrations on the 10th anniversary of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan’s arrest

Falling in love on silver screen

Three love stories, three contemporary Turkish movies. Pick your choice for Valentine’s Day among these heart-wrenching stories of love, holding on to love, and possible heartbreak. ’Issız Adam’ (Isolated Man), ’Gitmek’ (My Marlon and Brando) and ’Mutluluk’ (Bliss), shaping trends in contemporary Turkish cinema, are not for the faint of heart

Kirpi, a hero for our age but where are real heroes?

ISTANBUL - The film adaptation of acclaimed writer Sulhi Dölek’s novel, ’Kirpi’ (The Hedgehog), gives us a hero we know very well, but can hardly empathize or sympathize with. Where have all the honest, decent and lovable underdogs of Turkish cinema like Tourist Ömer gone?

Pandora’s Box: All about their mother

Director Yeşim Ustaoğlu dissects middle-class sensibilities and decaying city life in her heartbreaking tale of a mother with no memory, three children on the verge of breakdowns and a confused grandson in ’Pandora’nın Kutusu’ (Pandora’s Box).

A SEASIDE VIEW: Please ban English breakfast in Marmaris!

Marmaris - The female members of the Christian Community in Marmaris league get together every Wednesday and have a kind of "braimstorming". They aim to become more informed about each other’s problems, discuss daily matters and try to find solutions and share opinions.

When will women find love in Turkish cinema?

ISTANBUL - Last year’s Turkish movies were less than generous in giving Turkish women a happy ending in love. Here’s a look at how sad relations in some of the movies reflect a broader picture of Turkey.

Büyükerşen: The man who changed Eskişehir

ESKİŞEHİR - ’New economic models will be necessary for cities such as ours,’ says Yılmaz Büyükerşen, who completes his second term as mayor of Eskişehir this March.

I congratulate Professor Toprak

Professor Binnaz Toprak is one of the most important scientists in Turkey. She put her mark on very critical field studies. Previously, Ms. Toprak conducted research on feelings and thoughts of the pious who are sensitivity toward Islam and made great contributions to the exposition of their feeling of exclusion.