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EFD Rights Watch: Progress on cultural rights but Doubts Remain Over Christians’ Safety…
TweetUS human rights report criticizes Turkey’s judicial system, notes progress on cultural rights from Hurriyet Daily News The U.S. State Department has expressed criticism on the human rights situation in... Read more
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Eco and Pamuk discuss being a novelist in Istanbul… a Literati roundup…
TweetEco and Pamuk discuss being a novelist from Hurriyet Daily News Two eminent novelists, Umberto Eco and Orhan Pamuk, met in Istanbul on April 9. The authors told their stories... Read more
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Video: Orhan Pamuk – Umberto Eco / İstanbul
Tweet Nobel ödüllü Yazar Orhan Pamuk ve Umberto Eco’nun İstanbul Boğaziçi Üniversitesi’nde 9 Nisan 2013′te gerçekleşen söyleşilerinin DHA tarafından canlı yayınlanan kaydı.... Read more
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Literati roundup: Significant push for Open Access with the White House promise… Orhan Pamuk interview… Seven Tips From Ernest Hemingway…
TweetWhite House promises open access to all federally funded research from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Jim Dezazzo sez, John Holdren, Obama’s science advisor, issued a directive on Friday to... Read more
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Orhan Pamuk: Europe is turning away from Turkey – and the rest of the world
TweetEurope is turning away from Turkey – and the rest of the world | Orhan Pamuk from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Orhan Pamuk Whatever happened to liberté, égalité,... Read more
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A literati roundup: Orhan Pamuk in Newsweek, Digital Literacies, Kurdish files, Neal Stephenson’s remarks, Happy Planet Index, Academic PDFs on the iPad
TweetOrhan Pamuk on His Museum of Innocence in Istanbul Newsweek Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk explains why he built a museum dedicated to the glory and tragedy of one fictional couple’s... Read more
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A social fabric roundup. Orhan Pamuk’s latest revelations, RIP: Müşfik Kenter, “Prayers and Products”, “Scientific” Racism
TweetIn Memoriam | Müşfik Kenter (1932-2012) from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Müşfik Kenter (9 September 1932-15 August 2012) was a Turkish award winning actor, focused mainly theater and voice... Read more
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In the new Turkey, TRT censures Lennon song at Olympic ceremony, Deputy PM advises minorities to multiply, there are desperate Housewives (!)
Tweet TRT refuses to imagine world without religion, censures Lennon song at Olympic ceremony from Hurriyet Daily News A presenter for Turkish state broadcaster TRT omitted part of iconic British... Read more
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Terrible traffic in Istanbul, Pamuk’s museum, 3rd Istanbul airport… Istanbul news roundup…
Tweet From the same point to different perspectives. Aksaray, Istanbul. Traffic more than ever…Collaged by Simge Sezer. Istanbul news roundup: Pamuk’s museum gets 11,000 visitors from Hurriyet Daily News Author... Read more
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An interview with David Harvey in Tarlabaşı. Istanbul news roundup…
TweetAgainst vested interest urbanism – An interview with David Harvey from Tarlabaşı Istanbul by Jonathan In an interview with acclaimed theorist and activist David Harvey, he talked to us about... Read more
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Faculty members and Online Education… and an academic roundup
TweetConflicted: Faculty and Online Education, 2012 Professors fear the growth (and question the outcomes) of online education more than academic technology administrators do, but many see promise in the medium... Read more
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Social fabric roundup: Turkey ranks 47th in mothers report, Turkish middle class ‘loves malls’, and more..
TweetTurkey ranks 47th in mothers report from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey ranks 47th on a list of the “best countries in which to be a mother,” in… nuclear power stations,... Read more
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A video: Last Saturday Night at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium… And an Istanbul news roundup
Tweet Hundreds of Istanbul’s Fenerbahce football club fans clash with police New York Daily News AP Galatasaray players celebrate after their soccer derby match against Fenerbahce inIstanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May... Read more
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the Guardian photo gallery of Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence…and in Istanbul roundup…
TweetOrhan Pamuk opens novel museum An eponymous museum created by Orhan Pamuk in the wake of the writer’s recent ‘Museum of Innocence’ opened its doors. Turkish Nobel Laureate Pamuk’s Museum... Read more
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Orhan Pamuk’s “the museum of innocence” to be opened…Istanbul news roundup…
Tweet Masumiyet Müzesi, a museum founded by Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, features hundreds of objects and ephemera related to the characters and events Pamuk recounts in his novel. (PHOTO AA,... Read more
