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Wet drinks for dry people
As we sit in a bar in the heart of London, my friend complains to me that "all this theoretical work, my dear, is really futile. Look at the war Turkey had been pulled into with the Kurdistan workers’ Party, or PKK, since 1983, what good has academia done to prevent the death of innocent civilians or young soldiers?" Knowing he would not be convinced by any words anytime soon and partly agreeing with him, I took a sip from my prosecco and watched his pain over the struggles of the land he - at a distance - and I belonged to.
Symbol of struggle for labor: Taksim Square
ISTANBUL -Celebrating Labor Day in Turkey began in 1909 but not especially among the Turks. The first workers to demonstrate were predominately Bulgarians and Serbs and a few Turks in Skopje. The first demonstration in Istanbul took place in 1912 and these first meetings served as a means of handing out pamphlets rather than demonstrations for labor movement solidarity
A piece of Poland in Istanbul
ISTANBUL -In the most difficult times for Poles, they were given a chance to cultivate their traditions in a peaceful settlement near Istanbul, which is Polonezköy or Adampol. After the first generation of Polish settlers, the story of Polonezköy continued in the 20th century
Army links border opening with Karabakh
ISTANBUL - Chief of Staff says borders with Armenia should be opened after Armenia’s withdrawal from occupied Azerbaijani territories. He also criticizes speculations of specific requests from the US about Afghanistan and Iraq, and says, ’The US did not put forward any specific request’
Public talks ’put consensus at risk’
YEREVAN - A former Armenian foreign minister criticizes the Armenian president for the country’s reconciliation talks with Turkey. ’The new government’s style is different for normalizing ties. Ours was confidential, theirs is public,’ says veteran politician Vartan Oskanian
Identities forged on battleground
ISTANBUL - While April 25 will see thousands of Australians and New Zealanders once more descend on Gallipoli to be present at this year’s Anzac Day ceremony, the real memory of this horrific campaign lies forever silently entrenched along the ridges and shores of this significant peninsula.
Turkey’s Greeks take to stage: ’A Thorn in My Bed’
ISTANBUL -The Rum minority of Istanbul has a very active cultural group, the Feriköy Art and Culture Lovers Association that was officially established in 1989. Before that, it was an amateur theatrical group that produced many plays. There are a number of theories about the Rum community’s Bakla Horani, meaning ’I ate bakla,’ festival in Istanbul, with some believing that it only began in the 1830s although others suggest it dates back to the rather sybaritic rites of ancient Greek city-states and Rome
NATO awaits Obama amid Afghan war crisis
WASHINGTON - All eyes will focus on Barack Obama and the deadlocked war in Afghanistan which he wants to turn around at the NATOsummit near the French-German border. On the 60th anniversary, France will signal its return to NATO's heart as Albania and Croatia will be the latest members of the alliance.
US presses NATO for Afghan troops
KRAKOW, Poland - US presses NATO allies for more troops and financial assistance in Afghanistan after President Barack Obama decides to send additional US troops to the troubled country to combat growing insurgency. NATO must shoulder more of the load, says US secretary of defense
Greece says Turkey warming Aegean waters
It is one of those occasions where you are called to decipher a strange phenomenon and to give a logical answer: the media of two countries while reporting on each other, are seeing a totally different picture: as if two people are looking at the same landscape, yet they are seeing entirely difference scenes.
High tension returns to Turkish domestic affairs in 2008
Turkey's political scene was rife with tension in 2008 and may well be remembered as the year that had repercussions going well into 2009. Rulings handed down by the country’s top court, legal processes, and more importantly, the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) policies and its leadership's rhetoric which came under the spotlight.
History behind the Christmas tree
ISTANBUL - The Christmas tree morphed into a New Year’s tree in Turkey. In fact an overwhelmingly large proportion of the population are Muslims and don’t celebrate Christmas. So it became a New Year’s tree instead. The New Year is widely accepted and celebrated in Turkey and is an official holiday.
