Baskının ve sansürün kol gezdiği Belarus’ta bir tiyatronun perde arkası öyküsünü gizlice kaçırılan arşiv görüntüleri ve sansüre direnen röportajlarla anlatan Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus/Belarus'un Sakıncalı Unsurlarının Tehlikeli Eylemleri, 13. !f İstanbul Uluslararası Bağımsız Filmler Festivali, Sanat hayat içindir! bölümünde seyirciyle buluşuyor.
#İfISTANBUL - The last screenings of the 28th International Istanbul Film Festival took place yesterday. The event will be especially remembered for its acclaimed guests. They came to Istanbul not only as members of the jury, but also as award winners and cinematography authorities
Recently, there was a policy forum luncheon hosted in Washington by The Washington Institute. The institute’s Soner Cagaptay, former U.S. ambassador to Turkey Mark Parris, and Ian Lesser, a senior transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund, participated in the panel. The three eminent speakers provided some very valuable thoughts on how Turkey was starting to be perceived in the U.S. capital.
ANKARA - Ergenekon has begun to lose its credibility and has turned into a means of taking revenge by the government, say opposition parties. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in response says the CHP’s leader, Deniz Baykal, is an advocate of gangs and that he shouldn’t try to heap pressure on the courts or the legal system
WASHINGTON - The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security and increasing Internet savvy, said a new intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press.
The separation of powers between the most fundamental bodies of state should be rearranged with clear lines and this could even include a rearrangement of the powers and responsibilities of the Constiutional Court, Turkish opposition leader Devlet Bahceli said on Tuesday.
Serb rioters enraged by Kosovo's secession stormed the U.S. embassy in Belgrade and set it on fire, leaving one person dead and drawing swift condemnation from Washington and the U.N. Security Council. A group also threw stones on building of Turkish Embassy in Belgrade.
A row broke out during a conference organized at the U.S. Congress building by the Assembly of Turkish-American Associations (ATAA) on ''Ottoman Turco-Armenian Tragedy'' on Tuesday. Speaking at the conference, Prof. Dr. Turkkaya Ataov from the Ankara University said that the western press had always been in favor of Armenians who were recognized as the first Christian state, and turned a blind eye to losses of the Muslim world.