ISTANBUL -Şafak Akın, mother of four, is a leader in social responsibility for Turkey. She describes the years she left international law to set up the Turkey Human Sources foundation as a time when the term "social responsibility" was being redefined. Akın, who says mothers are architects of the future, is so gorgeous that she outshines Hollywood stars
In the Iranian capital Tehran it is gloomy kind of weather familiar to what is seen in Western cities. No sun. It is not the depressing kind in Istanbul the other day but it is also not the kind that is expected just before Nevruz, harbinger of spring and traditional New Year celebrated in Iran. This weather has no similarity with the atmosphere in Tehran that has occurred upon the arrival of Turkish President Abdullah Gül. It is totally different here. As we chat in the plane on our way to Tehran, Gül seemed quite optimistic for the future.
NICOSIA - Greek Cyprus' former president who brought a deadlock to the hopes of reunification after rallying Greek Cypriots to reject a UN peace deal, dies of lung cancer. The 74-year-old Papadopoulos, a longtime chain smoker, was hospitalized last month with severe breathing problems