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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
After bombs, Iraqi band rockin’ in USA
NEWJERSEY - Tales of bands struggling through hard times and overcoming obstacles to stardom are as old as rock itself. But Iraqi rock band Acrassicauda has had a harder time than most. After three years living as refugees in Syria and Turkey, the band is in the US
Super Bowl in Istanbul: Not your average party
ISTANBUL - A crowd of mostly Americans, and four Canadians, one Finnish, one Japanese and one Turk gather in Istanbul's largest Irish Pub to watch the biggest event of the American sports calendar: the Super Bowl XLII. As the NFL Championship game ends in a dramatic finish for the Pittsburgh Steelers, denying crowd favorite the Arizona Cardinals a surprising win, some hail the game as the 'Best Super Bowl ever.'
Conditions are harder for women in the varoş
ISATNBUL - Most of the young women in varoş start working at an early age. While their income is vital for the livelihood of the family, they are subjected to strict rules in their daily lives. Some are not allowed to even wear makeup. But for some work also proves to be a door to a freer world.
’Bolt’ a familiar but sweet canine romp
LOS ANGELES - 'Bolt' is the first animated feature created and executed under longtime Pixar guru John Lasseter, but it lacks the complexity of story and depth of character you so often find in previous Pixar releases such as 'Toy Story,' 'Monsters Inc.,' 'The Incredibles' and this year's outstanding 'WALL-E'.
Play sets tale of bayou free
ISTANBUL - Olivier Award-winning director Bijan Sheibani infuses "The Brothers Size" with a rhythm and pace that lets raw emotions emerge in their own right. Staged in the round, reminiscent of today’s exploitative boxing ring but fit for mythological gods, the result is an electric cadence that strikes an intimate chord in scene after scene.