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CHP chief starts debate on leaders of 1980 coup
ANKARA - The CHP leader’s call for the government to judge the organizers of the 1980 military coup sparks controversy among legal experts. Some deem it a weak possibility as it is too late in the legal sense to open a case against the perpetrators of the 1980 military coup because of the time passed.
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.
Japanese walking, talking female robot
TSUKUBA, Japan - A new Japanese walking, talking robot will make its debut at a fashion show. Entertainment and drawing crowds are the main purpose of the robot. Developers say the robot can be used in amusement parks, events to attract attention and simulations of human movement such as exercise instructing
Greek carnival saunters back to life
ISTANBUL - Masked celebrants snaked their way into Tarlabasõ, a suitable path to mark the essence of parades past. A Greek newspaper printed in Istanbul, "Proodos" (Progress), noted in 1918 the air of revelry among "Greek bandits with fustanela [pleated, skirt-like garments worn by men in the Balkans] and scimitars".
Ergenekon cocktail
The eleventh wave of detentions and house/office searches yesterday within the scope of the so-called "Ergenekon terror gang" probe that the main opposition CHP and most opponents of the Islamist AKP administration of the country have started to decry as "Manifestation of AKP fascism."
Turkish people characterize new lure of the East
Born and raised in Atlanta, where I still live, some of my travels have taken me along the Nile to Abu Simbel, on horseback to the temples of Petra and on foot to a monastery atop Patmos in Greece. In 2006 I joined my daughter, then an AP journalist, in Jerusalem. She shared Israel’s vast landscape with me.
Bollywood film brings homosexuality out of the closet
NEW DEHLI - Indian filmmakers have turned to a subject previously considered too serious or unthinkable for a conservative audience. That is why there is much buzz about the industry's latest offering, 'Dostana' (Friendship), a film about two men who pretend to be a couple, in which homosexuality, which is illegal in India, is a running theme.
Bollywood film brings homosexuality out of the closet
NEW DEHLI - Indian filmmakers have turned to a subject previously considered too serious or unthinkable for a conservative audience. That is why there is much buzz about the industry's latest offering, 'Dostana' (Friendship), a film about two men who pretend to be a couple, in which homosexuality, which is illegal in India, is a running theme.
Cyprus talks: Some water in the glass...
Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat completed two days of visiting contacts in Ankara and returned to the island Friday. The trip of the Turkish Cypriot leader helped clarify some misconceptions regarding the comprehensive settlement talks continuing between the two sides on the eastern Mediterranean island for the past three months.
Tufan Turenc: While the holiday on Ekinlik Island continues.......
The letters I get from AKP supporters generally start like this: "Never before in my life did I vote for AKP.....but you are are being unfair to the AKP, and anyway, you are an enemy of religion." They go on like that too. Most of these letters, by the way, end in profanity. The most important aspect to most of these letters is that they never blame Tayyip Erdogan for anything.