"Turkey's diehard smokers vow to defy ban
Turkey's diehard smokers vow to defy ban | International | Reuters
By Selcuk GokolukANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish smokers are vowing to defy a ban in bars and restaurants that will take effect next year, while anti-smoking campaigners accuse global cigarette companies of targeting the country as a key market."
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Turkey is a 'happy' country distrustful of foreigners
According to a recent study aiming to monitor changes in values and attitudes of societies, Turkey is a country lacking self-confidence where people's sense of happiness and material
First prize in the Portraits Stories category of the 2008 World Press Photo contest by British photographer Vanessa Winship, Agence Vu, showing rural school girls in eastern Turkey, 2007. (AP Photo/Vanessa Winship/Agence Vu) This material is for single publications in print or for a temporary online publication, and may be used exclusively to publicize the 2008 World Press Photo contest and exhibition. It may not be published as part of an article or any other item that contains no direct link to World Press Photo and its activities without prior permission from the photographer or agency.
Two thirds of young women in Turkey sit at home
More than half of the women in Turkey aged between 25 and 29 do not work, a recent survey by the Turkish Confederation of Employers' Unions (TİSK) has revealed, and as many as 60 percentStudy on women presents alarming results
Amid a tug of war between the opponents and supporters of the headscarf ban at universities, a study conducted by the Turkish Confederation of Employers’ Unions (TİSK) found that Turkish women lag behind women in other countries in terms of participation in the workforce and education.Geek chic
Today U.S. school kids send Valentine's cards, sweets and flowers to each other, leaving many in the brainy set to suffer when they receive little or no love from their peers. In Turkey the wholeTurks say 'I love you' with roses
The vendors of Taksim Square's flower stands have proven to be the greatest romantics once again, stressing that the best way to say "I love you" this year is simply with a single redEDM POLL SUGGESTS MILITARY STILL THE MOST TRUSTED INSTITUTION IN TURKEY
Turks becoming obese because of traditions - Turkish Daily News Feb 08, 2008
Obesity rates in Turkey will reach 39 percent by 2025 due to unhealthy lifestyles, according to the World Health Organization. Professor Candeğer Yılmaz, talking at the sixth Public Health Congress held in İzmir yesterday, said based on research carried out by the World Heath Organization, the rate of obesity in Turkey will reach 39 percent by 2025 because of Turkish traditions. 'This rate is estimated to be 26 percent worldwide and 100 percent in the United States,' he said, however, he added, 'Turkey will reach the number earlier than the expected date.'"It's not a bribe, it's just a tip!
A blunt, perhaps even a slightly naïve statement by the head of the national Land Registry Office made headlines over the weekend and yesterday as it was considered an admission of a lingeringStreet vendors | Bonboncu
Shiite women look on as they observe the Ashoura holiday, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008. Ashoura, the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, is marked by Shiite believers as the day that Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad and one of their most revered saints, was killed in the Battle of Karbala in the year 680 A.D. Although most of Turkey's predominantly Muslim population is from Islam's Sunni sect, a small minority of Shiites also live in the country.
(AP Photo/Murad Sezer)Thousands mark Aşure Day in Istanbul
On Saturday millions of people commemorated the battle of Karbala where Ali's son Hussein and his relatives and supporters were killed on the 10th day of Muharrem in 682 A.D. (61 in the IslamicHow to be European: ban smoking in public | spiked
After ‘smoking like a Turk’ in Istanbul, Nathalie Rothschild laments the city's plan to enforce an EU-style clampdown on the evil weed."The cigarette ban: an AKP reform
Mehmet Ali BirandTurks commemorate Cem, Okkan and Mumcu
Turkey commemorated former foreign minister Ismail Cem, Diyarbakir police chief Gaffar Okkan and journalist Ugur Mumcu on their death anniversaries."
Islamic lifestyle to sweep education
What seems to be an expansion of freedoms might rapidly turn into an Islamic sweep of education and many other areas of public life, warned jurists and sociologists who spoke with the the Turkish Daily News...En çok kullanılan isim ve soyadları
| Mehmet, Mustafa ve Fatma'lar, yerini Arda, Elif ve Zeynep'lere bırakıyor.. 27.01.2008 18:05 | |
 Nüfus ve Vatandaşlık İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü, 81 ilde yaptığı araştırmalar sonucunda en çok kullanılan isimleri Mehmet, Mustafa, Ahmet, Ali, Hüseyin, Fatma, Ayşe, Emine, Hatice, Zeynep olarak belirledi. Nüfus ve Vatandaşlık İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü verilerinden derlenen bilgiye göre, Türkiye'de en çok kullanılan ilk beş soyadı Yılmaz, Kaya, Demir, Şahin ve Çelik oldu. En çok kullanılan erkek ve kadın isimleri ise Mehmet, Mustafa, Ahmet, Ali, Hüseyin, Fatma, Ayşe, Emine, Hatice ve Zeynep olarak belirlendi. 2006 yılında doğan erkek bebeklere en çok Arda, Yusuf, Mehmet, Mustafa, Emirhan ismi verilirken kızlar için Elif, Zeynep, İrem, Büşra ve Merve isimleri tercih edildi. İHA |
