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Hamburger deyince New York
New York’a son gidişimde, yıldızı yeniden parlayan hamburgerin peşine düştüm. En leziz hamburgeri yapanları bulabilmek için bazen saatlerce yürüdüm. Keşiflerim sonunda, hamburgere “fast food” yakıştırması yapanların yanıldıklarını gördüm. Ardında yüzyıllık bir tarih, hazırlanmasında onca zahmet, malzemelerinde böylesine kalite olan bir yiyeceğe haksızlık yapıldığına karar verdim.
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.
Hande Bozdoğan - training tomorrow’s top chefs
ISTANBUL - Turkish cuisine is one of the richest cuisines in the world. It owes this to the large geography of the Ottoman Empire and the different ethnic identities within it. Also, we live in a very lucky climate with four seasons and many delicious ingredients. Given all of this, there is so much to do and to improve.
Players involved in Dink murder probed in book
ISTANBUL - A book written by journalist Kemal Göktaş delves into the bigger picture behind the assasination of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in front of his office in Istanbul in 2007. Göktaş explores the role of the media in turning Dink into a target and how the state and judiciary also played their part in the incident leading to Dink’s murder
Gov’t’s rights plan comes under fire
ANKARA - Human rights organizations criticize the government for excluding them while drafting a law that would create a human rights institution outside of the government. They are not informed about the draft law, human rights organizations say in a joint statement
Czech gov’t crisis hampers EU talks
PRAGUE - The Czech Republic, current holder of the EU's term presidency, wants to buck the usual trend and open three chapters for Turkish accession during its half-year presidency, but the current crisis of government in the country sparks fears Ankara could be left to make do with less.
Turkey-Armenia border deal done, details to follow
ANKARA - In the eleventh hour before the US president decides what vocabulary to employ in recognizing history, Turkey has agreed with Armenia on which route to take toward reconciliation in the hope of staving off the word ’genocide.’ But the road before them presents its own set of obstacles, not least of which is how Turkey finds a way to keep Azerbaijan onside
Does Azerbaijan follow ’one nation-two states’ concept?
Political party leaders hold parliamentary group meetings on Tuesdays. Owing to the Political Parties Law, as one of the by-products of the Constitution prepared during the Sept. 12 military coup in Turkey, the parliamentarian system is being shaped by polemics among "little Führer" party leaders, so to speak. Tuesdays are usually considered "special days of tension" in "Turkish political life."
The internationalization problem of Turkey-Armenia talks
Before proceeding with the current situation, let’s first put a brief late history of the Turkish-Armenian normalization process. After some unfruitful meetings between the foreign ministers of Turkey and Armenia, namely Abdullah Gül and Vartan Oskanian in 2003 and 2004 on the margins of international summits, Turkey officially proposed in 2005 to Armenia the establishment of a joint commission composed of historians and experts from both countries to study the incidents of 1915.
Afghan-Pakistani summit set for today
ANKARA - Afghanistan and Pakistan’s presidents will meet for another round of talks under Turkey’s sponsorship today in Ankara. Diplomatic sources said the meeting between Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan would focus on security issues and efforts to fight the Taliban along their volatile border. A declaration is expected to be released following the meeting.
