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Whirling dervishes under risk of commercial erosion
ISTANBUL - Mevlana culture and its ritual of whirling dervishes risks commercial "erosion" as the dance is performed for commercial and entertainment purposes, says an official from a Mevlana association in Antalya, adding that this thousand-year-old ritual has to be protected
Whirling dervishes under risk of commercial erosio
ISTANBUL - Mevlana culture and its ritual of whirling dervishes risks commercial "erosion" as the dance is performed for commercial and entertainment purposes, says an official from a Mevlana association in Antalya, adding that this thousand-year-old ritual has to be protected
No breakthrough from Obama’s Russia summit
MOSCOW - While the US president ends his keynote visit to Moscow and arrives in Italy for the G-8 summit, his two-day meeting yields no stunning progress as the two ex-Cold War enemies remain at odds on various disputed issues. After the Russia trip, he joins fellow world leaders for the G-8 meet where the global crisis, climate change and world hunger top agenda.
Fethiye highlands make trekker call
FETHİYE - Above Fethiye lies a mysterious and unchanging area called the 'yayla,' the highlands and the traditional area in which the nomads make their summer camp. A one-day trip to these highlands surrounding the town will help you cool off in the hot and humid summer days
Engagement, marriage, or PACS?
The French got possibly the worst news since June 18, 1815 from a Turkish minister and, ironically, on the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo and, even more tragically, at a British venue! French efforts to shape European politics have failed throughout history, the Minister for the EU, Egemen Bağış, told an audience of dignitaries at the British Embassy in Ankara, while looking a senior French diplomat in the eye (hurriyet.com.tr, June 19, 2009). Nor will they succeed today. Mr. Bağış went on to remind the French of their great misfortunes.
Gül’s difficult decision
Under current presidential powers, President Abdullah Gül has to make a decision, for or against, a parliamentary legislation within 15 days after the legislation is submitted to the presidency for endorsement. That is, the president has until July 13 to make a decision on the midnight parliamentary operation of the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, authorizing civilian courts to prosecute army officials and limiting the jurisdiction of the military courts.
Tuesday market grows bigger with bigger woes
FETHİYE - Shopkeepers in Fethiye complain about unregulated stall holders at the town’s Tuesday market. As people claim that the market has grown ’beyond what is acceptable and become increasingly unregulated,’ some foreign residents and tourists are up in arms about stall holders’ behavior.
Feminists irate over game show
ISTANBUL - A new game show claims there is entertainment value in asking men to guess which pair of women has managed to answer a simple trivia question. Women’s rights activists react after just two episodes, claiming the show is evidence of the discrimination against women in Turkish society. ’Its format is an attack on women,’ the activists say
Mayors support gov’t plan for Bodrum region
BODRUM - Despite the protests from environmentalists and nongovernmental organizations, the mayors of Bodrum’s Yalıkavak, Göltürkbükü and Gündoğan, all members of opposition parties, throw their support behind a government plan that declares the area a ’tourism center’.
Many faiths, one standard of religious education
The issue of the reopening of the Greek Orthodox Halki seminary on the island of Heybeliada, shuttered since 1971, is complex and often deeply emotional. All too often, the issue is surrounded domestically with nationalist sentiment and ill-informed opinions.
Hunting channel aims to aid nature protection
ISTANBUL - For three years now, the television sets in many village teahouses in Anatolia are tuned into Yaban TV. The staff of the channel believes only people who live in nature can protect it. They say they mobilize people who live in villages to be environmentally aware. They say they are nature’s soldiers not hunters.