Bosna Hersek'te 1992-1995'te yaşanan savaşın izlerini silmek ve başkent Saraybosna'yı yeniden kültür-sanat merkezi haline getirmek amacıyla düzenlenen Saraybosna Film Festivali (SFF), bu yıl 25'inci kez kapılarını sinemaseverlere açacak.
#Saraybosna Film FestivaliYeni ekonomiyi oluşturan büyük veri ve nesnelerin interneti konusu Smartcon2016 İstanbul Zirvesi’nde tartışıldı. Zirvede konuşan Boyner Grup Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı Cem Boyner ise kişiselleştirilmiş alışveriş uygulaması Hopi ile planlarını anlattı. Boyner, “Görüntü tanıma teknolojisi ile kullanıcılar çektikleri fotoğraflardaki ürünleri bulup satın alabilecekler” dedi.
#Cem BoynerISTANBUL - 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.
Since Sunday morning, obsessed nationalists in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as well as in Turkey have been up in arms. If there were a bourse for accusation trading, many people would have gone bankrupt because of surplus of production. Some have started talking about a "gross sell-out" in Cyprus, some have launched a smearing campaign against the Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat claiming that he has said he would give away Cyprus to the Greek Cypriots. Obviously, the statement of Talat during a talk with some village people over the weekend that Turkish Cypriots must be prepared for territorial concessions within the framework of a comprehensive settlement to the almost 45-year-old problem of power sharing between the two peoples of the eastern Mediterranean island was not well timed. Indeed, there might be people who would qualify such a statement as product of crassness.
ISTANBUL - Turkey’s allies are confused by the shift in its foreign policy and its pronounced Eurasian and/or Middle Eastern bent, an independent Finnish research agency finds. Although some believe the country is turning its back on the West; others say Ankara’s foreign policy is well balanced in all directions, while yet others find Turkey’s conduct to be essentially ‘directionless’.
ISTANBUL-’I'm afraid of words,’ says Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti, one of the guests at this year's International Istanbul Poetry Festival. The event, taking place at various locations, features poetry readings, including one by Barghouti tonight
MARDİN - Mardin is asking how anyone could kill 44 of their relatives in cold blood, as many try to understand it by saying it is an inhuman fluke that should never have happened. Mardin’s elders believe nothing they can do will bring the family back together and in a region known for blood feuds, many fear that those who died will be just the first of many to come
ANKARA - Journalist and news photographer Gökşin Sipahioğlu, the founder the SİPA Press photo agency, has spent his career documenting earth-shaking events by pressing the shutter in the right place at the right time. ’Photos record history,’ he says. ’They freeze everything there’
Ergenekon is one of the most important cases in the history of the Turkish judiciary. For the first time since the establishment of the Republic, we have encountered a trial regarding those who are planning or paving the way for a coup. Up until now coups were justified endeavors that were directed toward the benefit of the country or the survival of democracy.
ISTANBUL - American goalkeeper Brad Friedel remembers his 16 months in Istanbul for the culture, the people, the çayÉ and a revolution of sorts. He calls Turkey’s fans the most passionate he has seen. ’The country is not there to adapt to you,’ says the former Galatasaray player who was pelted with coins and missiles. ’You are there to adapt to the country’
ISTANBUL - Newly appointed NATO chief, former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday that Denmark-based Roj TV station could be closed down if it is proved that it has connections with the terrorist organization PKK. (UPDATED)