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Anonymous Turkish woman saves pensioner’s life after heart attack

Anonymous Turkish woman saves pensioner’s life after heart attack

Turkish woman ‘shrieking’ over traffic fine goes viral

Turkish woman ‘shrieking’ over traffic fine goes viral

Turkish woman attacks tourist for ‘eyeing up husband’

Turkish woman attacks tourist for ‘eyeing up husband’

Turkish woman pardons daughter-in-law over son’s murder

Turkish woman pardons daughter-in-law over son’s murder

Turkish woman astrophysicist starts significant project for NASA

Turkish woman astrophysicist starts significant project for NASA

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Etiler bookshop caters to children

ISTANBUL - The Tırtıl Kids Bookshop is considered by many to be a premier shop to buy children’s books in Istanbul.

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

Teacher of expat teens ’lands’ en NASA institute

ISTANBUL - A historian and social anthropologist by training who has spent a quarter of her life as an expat, Sema Alpayta is this year's only Turkish participant in NASA's Aerospace Institute taking place later this month. She hopes to use her experience to help enrich the lives of the expatriate teenagers she teaches in Istanbul as well as the community.

Cry(obank) baby!

Despite getting its name from a mischievous toddler with a flesh and arrow and a misplaced sense of irony, Erospolis openly admits that it is no fan of children; by definition, it prefers hedonist pleasures, heavy controversy and other heavenly pursuits.

GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON MAY 19

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on May 19, 2009. Hurriyet Daily News Online does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. (UPDATED)

Media overlooks blood-red message

A well-educated young Turkish woman on a bus yesterday told me that her ex-husband used to beat and humiliate her. Several years on, she is having trouble creating goals for herself. This month, during a span of 12 days, 12 women were brutally murdered in Turkey. More, if we count girls and teenagers.

Yaşar Seyman - The essence of a Turkish lady

ISTANBUL - Yaşar Seyman commands attention whenever she enters a room. Shoulder length dark hair, smiling greeting, usually wearing a suit with a notebook or note pad and pen in hand, not to mention great enthusiasm.

Bursa women aspire to run the province

ISTANBUL - Once the Ottoman capital, today’s green city of textiles is the essence of a common Turkish paradox: Bursa has long been a conservative city but many women there are making their way in male-dominated businesses Ğ including the run for the city’s top job

US activists criticized for naivete

ISTANBUL-Two North American activists speaking about the socially transformative power of art amid the worsening economic crisis were met with scorn and a flying Turkish-English dictionary in a discussion following their speech in Beyoğlu on Tuesday night.

GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON DEC 30

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on Dec. 30, 2008. Hurriyet Daily News Online does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Lady leads Turks into new frontier

ISTANBUL - Lady luck smiles on Dr. Asiye Demet Aşkın as she wins a trip to space. ’They called me and told me I would be the first Turk to fly that high,’ she says. Being the first Turk, and that first Turk being a woman swayed her.

PKK linked to kidnap

PARIS - Paris anti-terror prosecutors are hunting for two members of the outlawed PKK organization, suspected of kidnapping a young woman near Paris to force her to join the terrorist group, judicial officials and reports said Thursday.

At least 125 killed in Mumbai attacks, two Turkish hostages rescued

Indian commandos have stormed the Taj Mahal hotel, the Oberoi hotel and a Jewish center in Mumbai where gunmen held foreign guests hostage as part of coordinated attacks across India's financial capital that left 125 dead. Two of three Turkish nationals trapped inside a hotel were rescued on Thursday, while another is still being held. (UPDATED)

At least 125 killed in Mumbai attacks, two Turkish hostages rescued

Indian commandos have stormed the Taj Mahal hotel, the Oberoi hotel and a Jewish center in Mumbai where gunmen held foreign guests hostage as part of coordinated attacks across India's financial capital that left 125 dead. Two of three Turkish nationals trapped inside a hotel were rescued on Thursday, while another is still being held. (UPDATED)

A road movie with a twist

ISTANBUL - Documentary director Hüseyin Karabey’s ’Gitmek’ (My Marlon and Brando) is to reach Turkish audiences after receiving international awards for its actress Ayça Damgacı, and being the subject of a minor controversy with the Culture Ministry. Damgacı plays herself in this real life love story

A road movie with a twist

ISTANBUL - Documentary director Hüseyin Karabey's 'Gitmek' (My Marlon and Brando) is to reach Turkish audiences after receiving international awards for its actress Ay?a Damgacı, and being the subject of a minor controversy with the Culture Ministry. Damgacı plays herself in this real life love story

GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON OCT 23

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on Oct. 23, 2008. HotNewsTurkey does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON OCT 23

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on Oct. 23, 2008. HotNewsTurkey does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Turkish mother and child killed in a grenade blast

A Turkish woman and her six-year old son were killed on Thursday in explosion of a hand grenade in an eastern province of Turkey, the Dogan News Agency reported. (UPDATED)

Suicide blast at Danish embassy in Pakistan kills up to 8

A suicide car bomb outside Denmark's embassy in Pakistan killed up to eight people and wounded 27 Monday in a possible new backlash over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, state media and officials said. (UPDATED)

Suicide blast at Danish embassy in Pakistan kills up to 8

A suicide car bomb outside Denmark's embassy in Pakistan killed up to eight people and wounded 27 Monday in a possible new backlash over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, state media and officials said. (UPDATED)