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Boğaziçi Üniversitesi’ne inşaat laboratuvarı
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi (BOUN) Kandilli Kampüsü’nde inşa edilecek “İnşaat Laboratuvarı Binası”nın temeli atıldı. Toplamda 4 bin 700 metrekarelik alana yayılan ve 2 bloktan oluşan yapıda, İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü’nün Yapı, Zemin ve Malzeme laboratuvarlarıyla ofis ve depolar yer alacak. Yapının yıl sonunda tamamlanması planlanıyor.
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It’s Magic: Howard, Orlando make it to NBA finals
ORLANDO, Florida -There will be no Kobe-LeBron showdown in the NBA finals - and that could make things tougher for the Lakers. Instead, Los Angeles will face Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic, who swept the Western Conference champion during the regular season.
Multicultural director leads multilingual teaching school
ISTANBUL - Born in Palestine and since making a home in Beirut, St. Louis, Denmark and now Istanbul, an international preschool director is most at home as a foreigner abroad and holds a special affinity for Turkey. Christina Heath extends the lessons of her own multilingual upbringing to the children at Eden’s Garden Preschool, where she is the director and a teacher.
Supporters just lucky to escape stadium tragedy
ISTANBUL - The hateful punches and ugly cuss words at the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe derby were not the worst things to have happened at a football match. In fact, it was just luck that prevented a major disaster at the Ali Sami Yen stadium, where the roof could have cracked
Consultant's Corner: A home of one’s own, Turkish style
For the first 1,277 days that I lived in Turkey, I lived on the second floor of the same building in which my in-laws lived four floors above. Generally, this was more problematic for everyone else than us. Well-meaning sympathizers would offer their condolences. But in fact, those first three and a half years were quite good. It was just our apartment we couldn’t tolerate.
Orlando becomes third team to win playoff spot
ORLANDO, Florida - Orlando Magic follows the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics to become the third Eastern Conference team to clinch a playoff berth in the NBA. The Magic wins its spot with a comfortable win over the Chicago Bulls in a game where the bench players made the difference
Ballot blows roof off illegal homes
ISTANBUL -The excitement stirred by the upcoming local elections has whipped residents into a fervor - a building fervor, that is. In these pre-election weeks, the municipality’s tolerance is increasing as the parties look to gain voter support, leaving many owners of illegal houses to take the opportunity and construct unauthorized additions to their homes.
Israel may reject Turkey's arms request on strained ties over Gaza
Israel is considering rejecting a number of requests by Turkey to purchase advanced military platforms from the Jewish state after ties between the two countries became strained over the latest Gaza operation, The Jerusalem Post wrote on Monday.
Eye witness!
About 9:30 p.m. in the evening. With one eye, I was trying to follow a sitcom on TV, while with the other reading an excellent "State and the Kurds" book by Professor Metin Heper of the Bilkent University Ğ a book which has been waiting on my "must read" list since early summer. My wife, Aydan, was talking on the phone with my daughter, while at the same time cooking our evening must, Turkish coffee...
A quiet place to eat and talk in Cihangir
ISTANBUL - Porte Restaurant opened four years ago but has succeeded in spite of more competition on the street. Its owner Abdullah Dokur had a rocky start, was even unable to pay salaries on time, but eventually his business turned around and today he’s doing well.
