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Avrupa’nın En Çekici Ülkeleri Sıralaması: Türkiye ‘en ucuz ülkeler’ arasında
Avrupa merkezli yükseköğretim platformu ‘Study.EU’, Avrupa’nın yükseköğretimde en çekici ülkelerini belirledi. İlk sırada Almanya yer alırken, onu İngiltere ve Fransa takip etti. Türkiye ise yaşam maliyetlerine göre yapılan sıralamada 5’inci oldu.
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Friends, allies and ’model partners’
"Friends go to lunch together," a Washington neo-con said resentfully a few years ago. "And allies go to war together." The man was still bitter, more than two years after the fact, about the Turkish Parliament’s refusal to allow for a northern American front against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in March 2003.
Turk pupils test knowledge of EU
ANKARA - Two boys and two girls from İzmir, accompanied by their guide teacher and school principal, go to Ankara determined to walk away the winners of the European Union Quiz National Championship, that involves more than 1,000 high schools in 16 cities of Turkey. And they do.
Let’s accept it: Our mentality is different than EU’s
Yesterday, I wrote about a field study titled "Radicalism and Extremism Research" by Professor Yılmaz Esmer and shared my opinion on the results. According to the findings, Turkish people do not want neighbors who do not believe in God (75 percent), who drink (72 percent), who live out of wedlock (67 percent), who are Jews (64 percent), who are Christians (52 percent) and who are an American family (43 percent).
What kind of society are we?
It is boring to live in a society where people love to talk through their hats around the table. Thank God serious people focusing on field studies have appeared lately. Researchers such as Taha Erdem, Binnaz Toprak, Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, Ali Çarkoğlu, Yılmaz Esmer, etc. teach a lot through the field studies they conduct.
You’ve got mail, Your Excellency! (II)
Last week, this column was host to an expatriate reader’s widely "optimistic" comments on Turkey’s new (or, rather, newly formalized) foreign policy czar. Today, there is another expatriate guest, with rather more "cautious" comments on Ahmet Davutoğlu as our new foreign minister.
Economy’s rudder
In Turkey if you try to make the necessary reforms in the infrastructure of the economy, some will be deeply disturbed. During the last seven years, the two AKP governments enjoyed an abundance of international credit. But recently the instability in the production and consumption equation and with the global economic crash the Turkish economy's downward slide began
Focus on a common European future
Here’s a test for readers: What does the European Parliament actually do? We could offer a prize for the right answer. Except that there isn’t one. For this legislature, with something on the order of 800 members, and two separate chambers in Brussels and Strasbourg, does nothing.
Changing times, changing Cabinet
ANKARA - As the ruling party prepares to regroup after the recent local elections, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is seeking to refill his Cabinet with strong figures who can help the party achieve its long-standing goals. Among these names is Ahmet Davutoğlu, a behind-the-scenes adviser for Erdoğan on diplomacy and possible contender for foreign minister
Turkey-Armenia peace focus of Barack Obama
ANKARA - US President Barack Obama adopts a tactful approach while dealing with the sensitive matter of the events that occurred around 1915 when many people died. ’My views are on the record, and I have not changed those views. What I have been very encouraged by is news that under President Gül's leadership you are seeing a series of negotiations, a process in place between Armenia and Turkey to resolve a host of issues,’ he says.
10 years after Clinton, a week before Obama
“All told, there are now billions of people around the region and the world whose future depends upon decisions made in this very room over the next 25 years. Each has a stake in Turkey’s success in defining itself as a strong, secular, modern nation, proud of its traditions, fully part of Europe. That will require hard work and vision.”
10 years after Clinton, a week before Obama
ANKARA-“All told, there are now billions of people around the region and the world whose future depends upon decisions made in this very room over the next 25 years. Each has a stake in Turkey’s success in defining itself as a strong, secular, modern nation, proud of its traditions, fully part of Europe. That will require hard work and vision.”
More preschool care needed: report
ISTANBUL - Ahead of the upcoming local elections, Istanbul’ Bosphorus University has released a report highlighting the insufficiency of preschooling in Turkey and the importance of formulating free-of-charge preschool nurseries in local neighborhoods as a movement toward Turkey’s development.
Local actors to step in for Turkey’s EU journey
BRUSSELS - A new project aims at bringing local actors into the picture for Turkey’s European Union accession bid that has largely remained under the government’s monopoly so far. Another goal is to make sure the general public is aware of what full membership would mean for Turkey
Who are we?
Tarhan Erdem and his team conducted the largest field research in Turkey on behalf of the Hürriyet daily. They did one-on-one interviews with 7,000 people in 12 regions (about 44 cities). The study titled, "Who are we? Cultural, Economic and Social Life Style" represents 51 million "adults" over age 15, a subject that is much talked about yet known less.