Camp Century

Tarihin unutulmuş sırları gün yüzüne çıkıyor: 5 gizli yer altı şehri! İkisi Türkiye’de… Yapıların derinliklerinde neler bulundu?

Tarih boyunca kaybolmuş medeniyetlerin izleri, modern teknolojinin yardımıyla yeniden keşfediliyor. Aralarından ikisinin Türkiye'de bulunduğu bu beş gizli yer altı şehri ise geçmişin derin sırlarını barındırıyor. Bu şehirler, sadece kalıntılardan da ibaret değil; aynı zamanda insanlık tarihinin akışını değiştiren olayların tanığı...

Yıllarca saklı kaldı: ABD'nin buzulların altındaki üssüne dair sırlar gün yüzüne çıktı! Terk edilmiş tünellerin derinliklerinde bulunan kavanozlarda neler var?

Camp Century, buzulun derinliklerine inşa edilmiş gizli bir buz altı askeri üssüydü. ABD Ordusu’nun Soğuk Savaş dönemindeki bu cesur denemesi, yıllar boyunca karanlıkta saklandı. Ancak gerçek mirası, terkedilmiş tünellerin derinliklerinde bulunan kavanozlarla gün yüzüne çıkıyor. Camp Century, sadece bir askeri üs değil, aynı zamanda doğanın ve insanın geçmişine dair derin bir yolculuk. İşte Camp Century’ın sırrı…

Liberté, egalité, fraternité - et realité

False: If the French did not object to Turkey’s European Union membership everything would come up roses and Ankara would win a well-deserved nod for accession.

The failure of cannonballs and the father of canon law

This weekend, as Turkey prepares to host U.S. President Barack Obama, I find myself thinking about cannonballs and canon law. This is a moment when we should all be focused on U.S.-Turkish ties. I have been. And my mind consistently returns to these two subjects, which, I believe, can tell something about this critical relationship Ğ or, really, about the lack of it.

De Gaulle’s political legacy fading in France

PARIS - After casting a long shadow for almost 40 years, former French President Gen. Charles de Gaulle’s shadow recedes in France with Paris’ decision to return to the heart of NATO and to improve ties with Washington. But recent moves spark fierce debate, as politicians across the spectrum accuse Nicolas Sarkozy of selling out French interests.

Turkish Islam according to Adam Smith

We Turks hotly debate the role of religion in public life all the time. But our frame of reference hardly goes beyond a few clichŽs that have been planted in our minds by the official ideology, education system, and other national narratives. That’s why it would be a good idea to raise our heads a bit and look at other sources which bring different perspectives to the same question.

Anti-Semitism in Turkey: Myths and facts (II)

During the final decades of the Ottoman Empire, three different solutions were devised by statesmen and intellectuals in order to save the sinking boat: Ottomanism, Islamism, and Turkism.

First account on the apology campaign

The campaign was launched Monday. The thoughtful, caring and humble language of the two sentences of apology, as well as its being an individual expression of consciousness, infuriated the negationist camp. But it also disturbed many editorialists who like to talk through their hats.

Oh my god, is the CHP questioning Kemalism?

Deniz Baykal, the leader of the main opposition People’s Republican Party, or CHP, has been surprising us for a while. For years, he had slashed his sword for all the ultra-secularist causes you can imagine, including the ban on the Islamic headscarf in the "public square."

Turk who saved Jews from Auschwitz remembered

Dozens of families from around the world gathered Saturday on the Greek island of Rhodes to pay tribute to the man who in 1944 saved 40 Jews from being deported to Nazi concentration camps.