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Oh my god, is the CHP questioning Kemalism?
Deniz Baykal, the leader of the main opposition People’s Republican Party, or CHP, has been surprising us for a while. For years, he had slashed his sword for all the ultra-secularist causes you can imagine, including the ban on the Islamic headscarf in the "public square."
4 kıta, 24 ülkeden yılbaşı seçenekleri
Yeni yıla binlerce kişinin katıldığı sokak partisinde mi girmek istersiniz yoksa mercan denizinde rengarenk balıkları seyrederek mi? Belki damağınızda unutulmaz tadlar bırakacak özel bir akşamı ya da çocuğunuzu sevindirecek aile tatilini tercih ediyorsunuz. İşte size gerçekleştirmek kadar hayalini kurmak bile güzel 33 öneri.
Jackson memorial a somber, spiritual celebration
LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's fans and family bid him farewell at the Staples Center on Tuesday in a somber, spiritual ceremony, watched by millions around the world as they celebrated a man whose immense talents almost drowned beneath the spectacle of his life and fame
Tied together, but not same
ISTANBUL - Istanbul’s Üsküdar, Kadıköy and Bostancı are districts tied to each other but different. Üsküdar has one of the longest histories of any settlement that eventually made up the city. It is a quiet place with a stunning mosques. Kadıköy made its own history and its old landing reflects the love of good design.
Brokers broken by tech advance
ISTANBUL - As advanced technology starts to dominate the Turkish financial markets, brokers, who lived through a golden age during the ’stock rush’ era of the 1990s, are not in charge anymore. With slashed incomes and worsening work conditions, brokers see a real danger of an empty, symbolic trading floor at the Istanbul Stock Exchange
Four new faces in Turk movie scene
ISTANBUL - Seyfi Teoman, Özcan Alper, Hüseyin Karabey and İnan Temelkuran... Take a look at these four newcomers to Turkish cinema and you'll see why we can't wait to watch their new films. These award-winning directors bring a breath of fresh air to the country's film industry and have already secured themselves a respected place within it
Notable figures at the Istanbul Film Festival
ISTANBUL - The last screenings of the 28th International Istanbul Film Festival took place yesterday. The event will be especially remembered for its acclaimed guests. They came to Istanbul not only as members of the jury, but also as award winners and cinematography authorities
Not much sunshine in ’My Only Sunshine’
ISTANBUL - Reha Erdem brings new meaning to the word ’dark’ in the harrowing tale of adolescence in his latest feature ’My Only Sunshine’ (Hayat Var), competing for the National Competition in the Istanbul Film Festival. Growing pains have never been this morbid
Staying at the top by relying on mentality
Despite seeing his legs atrophied after contracting Polio at tha age of 4, Yavuz Şap hasn’t given up on anything. He has been an athlete since he saw Mehmet Terzi’s 1984 victory in the Frankfurt marathon on TV. Following that he began training to run a marathon
Turkish films run for film festival’s Golden Tulip
ISTANBUL - Turkey’s biggest film festival, the Istanbul International Film Festival, opens with 14 Turkish films running for the Golden Tulip in the national competition. Here’s a look at some of this year’s runners, which are already known to Turkish audiences
International local living
Tour flavor In Asia : Saturday, March 21 10:00-12:30 p.m. / Join the Istanbul Culinary Institute tour of Kadikoy market, famous for its vibrant colors and friendly merchants. The tour also winds through the local neighborhoods to stores to taste different foods and visit hidden parts of Kadikoy. Meets at front door of Haldun Taner Sahnesi. (0212) 251 2214 / 75 TL
Turk rockers shout ’Long live arabesque!’
ISTANBUL - Istanbul rock band Fairuz Derinbulut is releasing an album of cover versions of arabesque classics. It may be a combination of genres that has become less surprising over the years, but a couple of listens to ’Arabesk’ proves that it works very well
Fateful reading of coffee grounds on the Bosphorus
The one who does the actual reading of the coffee grounds seems to matter little, since it is read with a vehemence that leaves little doubt that anyone else would see the same. It seems that a person’s ability to read the grounds lies more in the variety of detail, rather than the degree of veracity. This is reading a book, not telling a story.
