Because İ Got High
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Afroman sahnede hayranını yumrukladı
Grammy adayı ünlü rapçi Afroman, Mississippi eyaletinebağlı Biloxi kentinde verdiği konser sırasında sahnede kadın bir hayranınıyumrukladı. The Mirror'ın haberine göre; 'Because I Got High' şarkısıylatanınan şarkıcının polis tarafından gözaltına alındığı öğrenildi.Menajeri Billboard dergisine yaptığı açıklamada ünlürapçiyi, “Sahnede birini görünce şaşırdı ve ‘refleksif’ bir tepki gösterdi”ifadesiyle savundu.
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Trende yer bulamayan Greta Thunberg'in birinci sınıf bileti olduğu ortaya çıktı
Almanya'dan İsveç'e seyahat ettiği trende oturacak yer bulamadığını söyleyen 16 yaşındaki iklim aktivisti Greta Thunberg'in birinci sınıf kompartımanda bileti olduğu ortaya çıktı. Thunberg konuya ilişkin olarak trene son anda yetiştiğini ve bu sebeple oturacak yer bulamadığını savundu.
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Remembering an Ottoman grand vizier who was far ahead of his times
ISTANBUL - Grand Vizier Ali Paşa is known to have called Ahmet Vefik Paşa a 'living library' and someone who would have made a good grand vizier under Sultan Süleyman. Ahmet Vefik Paşa is remembered more for his interest and contribution to the arts than his work as a politician and sultan’s grand vizier
Turk pupils test knowledge of EU
ANKARA - Two boys and two girls from İzmir, accompanied by their guide teacher and school principal, go to Ankara determined to walk away the winners of the European Union Quiz National Championship, that involves more than 1,000 high schools in 16 cities of Turkey. And they do.
The VolksWagen debate is irrelevant
The World Bank introduced its annual Global Development Finance report with short seminars in Ankara and Istanbul late in the week. I found the Istanbul leg a much more appeasing introduction than the markets’, when the growth revisions in the report led to sharp sell-offs amidst a mood of uncertainty on Monday.
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.
İhsan Özkeş speaks about Atatürk, Alevis and minorities
ISTANBUL - İhsan Özkeş is not an unknown person. He sprang to national attention recently when he conducted the funeral service of the late Türkan Saylan who led the fight against leprosy in Turkey and provided tens of thousands of liras in scholarships for young students around the country.
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.
Our judiciary is independent and I am a ballerina
A quick amount of research on the Internet will turn up hundreds of entries in which government bigwigs make the following clich Ğ yet sensible Ğ statement when asked to comment on the Ergenekon investigation: "It would be wrong to comment on a court case in progress.
Will Erdoğan atone for Turkey’s past sins?
With the controversial "landmine bill" coming back to Parliament after being temporarily withdrawn last Friday by the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, government, the debate over the "historic apology" by the Turkish prime minister toward Turkey’s minorities looks as if it will continue.
Actress’ sperm donor pregnancy stirs debate
ISTANBUL - Actress Güner Özkul chose to apply to a sperm bank because her boyfriend already has children and does not want another one, leading to a public debate on ethics. If she wants respect for her decision to have a baby, she should respect to her boyfriend’s to not have one, she says. Getting pregnant by a sperm donor is not legal or common in Turkey
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
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.
No surprises as James named MVP of the year
AKRON, Ohio - LeBron James’s stellar season soars to new heights as the Cleveland Cavaliers’ star forward wins his first Most Valuable Player of the year award in the NBA. ’King James’ gives credit to his teammates, adding that he dreams about celebrating the league championship with them, a clear message to his fellow at the Cavaliers
YouTube Symphony plays very first notes
NEW YORK - In the four months since the the YouTube Symphony Orchestra project was announced, more than 3,000 videos submitted by amateur and professional musicians from 70-plus countries were auditioned. Voters among the 15 million Web site visitors selected the 93 winners who ranged from ages 15 to 55
USrecession outlasts unemployed benefits
WASHINGTON -As US employers lay off hundreds of thousands of people each month, those laid off months ago are facing the exhaustion of their unemployment benefits, just when it has never been harder to find a job. Economist Wayne Vroman says that 700,000 Americans could exhaust even their extended benefits in the second half
Winners and losers (I)
Elections are over, now its time to do some accounting. I want to look at who won what and who lost what. At the bottom of it, we are talking about "a message given by the people." Whereas, I don’t believe that people intended to send a message as put forth by the media. People above all want two things:
Consultant's Corner: A home of one’s own, Turkish style
For the first 1,277 days that I lived in Turkey, I lived on the second floor of the same building in which my in-laws lived four floors above. Generally, this was more problematic for everyone else than us. Well-meaning sympathizers would offer their condolences. But in fact, those first three and a half years were quite good. It was just our apartment we couldn’t tolerate.