Human Library

İnsan kaynakları yönetiminde zihniyet değişikliği

Merhabalar sevgili okurlar.

İnsan-kitaplar önyargılara savaş açtı

İnsan Kütüphanesi (Human Library) projesi kapsamında okurlar, insan-kitapları ‘ödünç alıp’ onların hikâyelerini dinliyor. Amaç, önyargılarla savaşmak, çeşitliliğin önemini göstermek. Projenin kurucusu Ronni Abergel “Tek şartımız insan-kitabı zamanında ve aldığınız gibi geri getirmeniz” diyor.

Motion Gestures launches breakthrough gesture recognition platform

Motion Gestures launches breakthrough gesture recognition platform

Türkiye'nin Mavi Marmara saldırısı raporu

Türkiye'nin Mavi Marmara saldırısıyla ilgili BM'ye sunduğu raporun tam metni:

Madoff skandalının kilit ismi Picower havuzda ölü bulundu

Bernard Madoff’un saadet zincirinden 7 milyar dolardan fazla kazandığı iddia edilen Jeffry Picower’ın öldüğü açıklandı. Picower 65 milyar dolarlık Madoff skandalının en çok kazananı olarak biliniyordu.

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.

Art, science meet in a water exhibit

ISTANBUL - An interactive presentation to raise awareness on the protection of water resources and its meaning in the world is on display at the Museum of Natural History and Science the Ayazağa campus of Istanbul Technical University. The event was launched as part of the 5th Water Forum

Suicide attacks on ex-minister foiled at private university in Turkish capital

ANKARA – A former Turkish justice minister walked away from an attempted suicide attack unharmed when his bodyguards thwarted the bomber at a private university in Ankara, officials said. (UPDATED)

A SECOND SUICIDE BOMBER CAUGHT IN ANKARA

ANKARA – A former Turkish justice minister walked away from an attempted suicide attack unharmed when his bodyguard thwarted the bomber at a private university in Ankara, TV channels reported. A second suicide bomber was also caught, broadcaster NTV reported. (UPDATED)

Expat kids build schools, awareness

ISTANBUL - Expat students in Istanbul are starting dodge ball tournaments and hot dog stands to build schools for kids half a world away. Another group raised enough money, and books, to build a school library in İzmir that was completed this week. Dozens of projects are going on at the Istanbul International Community School where service learning is part of the curriculum

Provocative politics as the family business

ISTANBUL -The Turkish intelligentsia erupted in commotion when he suggested Turkey needs a "Second Republic." Some celebrate him as an economic genius who supports unconditional democracy. Others, however, deride him for once abandoning his ideals to accommodate "political realities" at the time.

Film industry still misrepresenting blacks

MANOSQUE, FRANCE - A top black independent US film-maker Charles Burnett, the guest of honour of the Manosque film festival, recounted how it took 30 years for his first movie 'Killer of Sheep' to be distributed countrywide.

Shadows will be praised at the Istanbul Modern

ISTANBUL - ’In Praise of Shadows’ is the latest exhibition of the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art. Opening this week, the contemporary art pieces depict various different influences from the shadow theater tradition.

Islam’s true values in museum

DOHA - The new Museum of Islamic Arts in the Qatari capital aims to show that Islam is a religion of "tolerance" and not "terrorism," guests were told at the opening ceremony Saturday.

Changing humanity

Hopefully the results of this week’s elections in the U.S. will change the devastating results for humanity of eight years of the Bush man or of the Bushmen.

Rice emphazises friendship during China visit

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, under pressure to raise human rights and Tibet with Chinese officials, emphasised friendship over friction during a visit to China on Sunday.

Hamas responsible for Jerusalem attack (UPDATED)

A Palestinian gunman killed eight people in a Jewish religious college in Jerusalem on Thursday, in the most lethal attack in Israel in two years. Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement, claimed responsibility on Friday for the attack.

Orhan Pamuk: My Father’s Suitcase