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“Losing My History”: Muhteşem Yüzyıl Provokes Anxiety Among Turkısh TV Viewers
It is a serial about the past of a nation: Ottoman Empire is both the most honourable and most hated past of the Turkish nation. It is the traditional and... Read more
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Sıradan ve Sahici: Behzat Ç
“İnsan en az üç kişidir. Kendisi, olmak istediği kişi ve aradaki farkta yaşayan üçüncü” der bir yazar. Ve renkli ekranlarda insanlara oldukları değil olmak istedikleri kişiyi gösterirler hep. Bütün dizilerde,... Read more
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the Guardian declares Istanbul as the new party capital of Europe!
Nightlife in Beyoglu, which is now home to boutique hotels, fusion eateries and world music clubs. Photograph: Carsten Koall/Getty Images Istanbul thrives as the new party capital of Europe from... Read more
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Ümit’ten yılbaşı için son dakika tavsiyeleri
Bir yılın bitiminin ve yeni bir yıla başlangıcın kutlandığı kültürel bir olaydır der yılbaşı için sözlükler. İstanbul’da da yılbaşı için geri sayım başladı. Taksim meydanı, İstiklal caddesi, Bağdat caddesi, Nişantaşı,... Read more
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Konser mi sosyalleşmek mi? (Ümit Bektaş)
Şşşşitttt Konser Var! Bir iki ay önce bazı mekânlarda canlı performans geceleri izleyicilerin gürültüsünden konser dinlenemediği için bazı uygulamalar başlamıştı ve bu uygulamaların başlattığı tartışmalar hala bitmiş gözükmüyor. Son olarak... Read more
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10 most expensive art works in Turkey in 2010/ Atatürk in a mall…
Most expensive Turkish art works here in Turkish. And a newly opened mall in Ankara used this mannequin of Atatürk: ATATÜRK from ATABASE news in Turkish... Read more
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“Yersiz Uzun” Diziler ve İzleme Biçimleri Üzerine Birkaç Not (Feyza Akınerdem)
Türkiye’de tartışmasız en popüler programlar olan yerli diziler haftada ortalama 90 dakika çekiliyor, reklamlar ve özetlerle birlikte akşamları iki buçuk saatlik sürede yayınlanıyor. Geçtiğimiz yıllarda “Son Bahar” isimli dizinin gece... Read more
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Actors and actresses protest long serial episodes
Booming industry has a black side. An episode sometimes last 2 hours and not all actors and actresses are compensated enough… So there many of them gathered together to protest... Read more
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Turkey,the 53rd in personal armament rates.
Plus a social fabric roundup…. There is a a blog that supports personal armament in Turkey. It provided a list of personal armament rates in the world: World ranking Country... Read more
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A Financial Times piece on “Turkey’s contemporary art scene
Turkey’s contemporary art scene Financial Times Galvanised by the Istanbul Biennial, which kicked off in 1987, the city has witnessed an explosion of commercial galleries – there are now more... Read more
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Turkey contributes to the list of intangible cultural heritage:)
Three New Intangible Cultural Heritage Elements from Turkey from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Mavi Boncuk Forty-six new elements added to Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.11 countries, are among... Read more
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LALE KEMAL: Authoritarianism and conservatism kill Turkish creativity. A social roundup follows
LALE KEMAL – Authoritarianism and conservatism kill Turkish creativity Talking to people from every walk of life and from every age group in Turkey, one will hear about the unpleasant... Read more
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Turkey commemorates Atatürk’s death. A Twitter Collection.
Ultra Kemalist low brow Sözcü daily continues its kitsch Kemalist art with its cover page:) “10.11.10″ “On”ların içinde “O”nsuz bir gün… Saygıyla.#ATATÜRK November 10, 2010 01:32 via webReplyRetweetFavorite @nlymtlyzr Nilay... Read more
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Embarrasing finding: Handicapped people are humiliated…
A survey indicates that 65% of handicapped persons in Turkey are subject to humiliation… (news in Turkish) ************************ What Turkish women watch? A survey by RTÜK here again in Turkish…(a... Read more
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Ataturk’s Voice restored.
Ataturk’s Voice from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White Documentary footage from 1936 has been restored so that for the first time Ataturk’s voice can be heard as he opens parliament.... Read more
