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Istanbul called to give voice to climate change
ISTANBUL - The promoter of the ’350 movement’ to tackle climate change, Bill McKibben, arrives in Istanbul and calls on activists in the city and across Turkey to join forces with a global coordinated effort to highlight the importance being paid by people across the world to climate change. He says Turkey is an important place for this initiative
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.
Reflecting on man in the mirror
ISTANBUL - News of the death of Michael Jackson, the self-proclaimed "King of Pop," caused shock and sadness in Turkey, where fans voiced their grief online and arranged a mourning parade in Istanbul’s Eminönü district. MJTurkFan, a Web-based group for diehard Turkish Jackson fans, was home to many condolence messages.
Music festival brings ’love’ to city once again
ISTANBUL - The second Efes Pilsen One Love Festival will once again bring world-renowned artists to Turkey. Among the acts set to perform June 20 and 21 are British indie-rock/ psychedelic-pop band the Klaxons, household name in electronica Röyksopp, and British pop/rock group Starsailor
More than a pair of dimes to examine the paradigm
Monday, May 3, is "World Press Freedom Day," an occasion that deserves notice. I am writing on the morning of May 1, an occasion that a few blocks from my house will soon transform into a test of wills over freedom of expression. So let me deal with both dates.
Turks taking lots more interest in ANZAC Day
GALLIPOLI-Many of the approximately 8,000 foreign visitors from all over the world began arriving at the commemoration site near ANZAC Cove on Friday night, some as early as 9 p.m., to take part in the traditional dawn service, which started at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, drawing fewer people than before
A moment of pride for the journalism of authenticity
At the Daily News, we often define our mission in terms of five narratives. For Turkey really is prisoner of just five "stories" in most international coverage: Turks-Kurds, the Armenian tragedy of 1915, honor killings, freedom of expression and, of course, secularism vs. religion. Sure there will be the odd story on Cyprus or the Covered Bazaar. But most of the world gets a diet of news on Turkey restricted to this five-entree news menu.
Martyrs of democracy
The power-obsessed prime minister of 1950s Turkey was telling his deputies that national will was above all other powers and since the ruling party received the highest vote in the election and was given the duty and privilege of administering the country on its own, if the ruling party majority in Parliament wanted to reintroduce caliphate, since they have the required majority in Parliament, thus the legislative power, they could do it. The nation was polarized at the time.
The Sultan and the Lord Mayor of Ankara
It was one of the most recent days when Hürriyet detailed how the City of Istanbul had channeled funds to the tune of 3.7 million euros to a party loyalist under the cover of "consultancy services for asphalting" that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan admitted at a loyalist TV interview that the tax inspectors who landed our media group with a $500 million fine had first brought the dossier to him - apparently for a final nod.
New, fair global order a must to overcome crisis
ISTANBUL - Meeting in Istanbul ahead of the G-20 summit on the global economic crisis, Turkish representatives agree that a new global economic order is dawning, and it must be one that lends greater voice to developing nations. A businessman proposes trade embargoes against protectionists, while an economist says the ’liberal dogma’ that reigned for years is over
Obama’s peace vanguard in Tehran
In the Iranian capital Tehran it is gloomy kind of weather familiar to what is seen in Western cities. No sun. It is not the depressing kind in Istanbul the other day but it is also not the kind that is expected just before Nevruz, harbinger of spring and traditional New Year celebrated in Iran. This weather has no similarity with the atmosphere in Tehran that has occurred upon the arrival of Turkish President Abdullah Gül. It is totally different here. As we chat in the plane on our way to Tehran, Gül seemed quite optimistic for the future.
Gov’t to announce economic program
WASHINGTON - The government is getting ready to introduce three important documents involving the economy within the next month, Nazım Ekren, deputy prime minister responsible for the economy, tells reporters in Washington. Fiscal discipline will be restored in the medium term, he promises
G-20, EU & Hamas messages from the UK
Turkish President Abdullah Gül was recently on a state visit to Tanzania. During official talks, his host, the president of Tanzania reminded him that Turkey will be participating to the G-20 summit that will take place in London next month. "We see Turkey as our representative. Be our voice in the summit," he told Gül.
Kılıçdaroğlu’s dossiers on Istanbul
Something unexpected has happened and Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş, whom we know him as a cool gentleman, has also surrendered to vulgar polemics in local election campaigns. He likened the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, Istanbul mayoral candidate, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, to an empty tin box that makes too much noise.