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ANNESİ Kansaslı bir beyaz, babası ise Kenyalı bir siyah. 4 Ağustos 1961’de Hawaii’de doğan Barack Hussein Obama, ilkokulun bir sınıfını Endonezya’da okudu. 1988’de girdiği Harvard Üniversitesi’nde burslu olarak hukuk okuyan ve sınıfındaki 10 öğrenciden 9’unu not ortalamasında geride bırakan Obama, okulun çıkardığı prestejli "Harvard Law Review" dergisinin ilk Afrika kökenli Amerikalı başkanı seçilince ABD medyası ile tanıştı.
"Nereden buldun o komik ismi?"
Mesut Barzani'nin "Kürdistan Bölgesi ve Irak'ın Geleceği" başlıklı, Mort Abramowitz'e göre "hiçbir şey söylemediği", benim değerlendirmeme göre, "hiçbir polemiğe zemin teşkil etmeyecek şekilde gayet dikkatli konuşarak, ustaca hiçbir şey söylemediği" CSIS konuşması henüz bitmişti.
Rice needs more water
Obviously, it was a very difficult decision for President Abdullah Gül to make. Despite the hopes of opposition parties and skeptics who suspect the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, of harboring a secret agenda to gradually Islamize the administration of secular Turkey and who see the military as "custodian" of the modern republic, and of course the secularism principle, the president did not veto in whole or part the controversial legislation that allows officers to be tried in civilian courts and signed it into law.
Gül’s difficult decision
Under current presidential powers, President Abdullah Gül has to make a decision, for or against, a parliamentary legislation within 15 days after the legislation is submitted to the presidency for endorsement. That is, the president has until July 13 to make a decision on the midnight parliamentary operation of the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, authorizing civilian courts to prosecute army officials and limiting the jurisdiction of the military courts.
Unions urge president to veto new labor code
ISTANBUL - A controversial new labor law is raising plenty of eyebrows. If approved by the Turkish president, 'Private Labor Offices' will be created to hire temporary workers for firms. Labor organizations say the legislation is a move to bring back 'slavery,' while businesspeople give it full support.
Bars will benefit from ban: experts
ISTANBUL - French and American anti-smoking campaigners say smoking bans in their countries have improved business as more non-smokers are drawn to them. Turkish cafe and bar owners fear a big drop in revenue after the final stage of the smoking ban is implemented on July 19.
Turkey a door to region’s markets
ISTANBUL - US-based companies are increasingly interested in Turkey, as they consider the country as a gateway to markets, such as northern Iraq, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, says Rahşan Cebe, chairwoman of the American Business Forum in Turkey. The construction sector is especially attractive, she says.
CHP chief starts debate on leaders of 1980 coup
ANKARA - The CHP leader’s call for the government to judge the organizers of the 1980 military coup sparks controversy among legal experts. Some deem it a weak possibility as it is too late in the legal sense to open a case against the perpetrators of the 1980 military coup because of the time passed.
Baykal calls for gov’t, army action
ANKARA - Leader of the Republican People’s Party Deniz Baykal said Turkey is in the dark about the alleged military plan to topple the government, urging both the government and military to reveal the truth on the document that has gripped the attention of the media.
’EU process needs women’s feedback’
ANKARA - A meeting to promote civil society dialogue highlights women's problems in the context of Turkish-EU ties. 'Women's elegance and motherly wisdom must touch the EU process,' says Turkey's chief EU negotiator. Women's NGOs complain of insufficient representation in decision-making processes and call for affirmative action.
Singles’ abortion rights rejected
ISTANBUL - Abortion is a sensitive subject around the world. In the EU, law varies widely from country to country, while in Turkey the law varies from hospital to hospital. A Daily News investigation reveals it can be disregarded on grounds that the woman is unmarried. ’Such behavior is a result of the rise of conservatism in Turkey,’ says one expert.
Why have the Çankaya and Parliament election laws not been passed?
A constitutional change to elect the president by popular vote was adopted May 31, 2007, making Abdullah Gül the last president elected by Parliament to a seven-year term of office. Recently, the government and opposition parties have reached an agreement to limit Gül’s seven-year tenure to five. The governing Justice and Development Party, or AKP, had previously insisted that his term should be seven years, but has now adopted a different approach: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s “5+5” plan.
20 years for murder, 28 years for murder book
ISTANBUL - More than two years after Agos editor Hrant Dink was shot dead, a reporter stands trial for writing about the circumstances surrounding the murder. For his alleged crimes, he faces 28 years in prison, eight years more than what the murder suspect would serve if convicted.
Seed industry looks to take root
ANTALYA - The percentage Turkey occupies in the world seed production market continues to grow, as it becomes recognized by more and more countries worldwide. Experiencing a serious reduction in its economic dependence on imports in the last five years, Turkish seed production is expected to grow to a volume of $1 billion by the year 2020
İhsan Özkeş speaks about Atatürk, Alevis and minorities
ISTANBUL - İhsan Özkeş is not an unknown person. He sprang to national attention recently when he conducted the funeral service of the late Türkan Saylan who led the fight against leprosy in Turkey and provided tens of thousands of liras in scholarships for young students around the country.
Golden Boll honors Turkish movie legends
ISTANBUL - As the southern city of Adana readies for the upcoming Golden Boll Film Festival, which will show 190 films, the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review profiles the recipients of two of the festival’s honorary awards, actress Filiz Akın and director Ömer Lütfi Akad, both living legends of Turkish cinema.
CHP targets lack of progress in EU
ANKARA - Turkish-EU entry talks are expected to open in taxation as the Czech presidency expires at the end of this month. Deadlock on Cyprus and the government's failure to pass the necessary laws are the main obstacles to progress in Turkey's EU talks, says CHP’s Brussels bureau chief