Turkey’s Erdoğan invites opposition to get to bottom of gold toilet seat claims World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Associated Press in Ankara President invites Kemal Kiliçdaroğlu to inspect lavatories in his palace after secular party leader accused him of spending public money on luxuries Turkey’s president has invited the country’s main opposition leader to inspect … Read more
https://secimvar.crowdmap.com/ In just over a year, citizens of Turkey are going to the ballot box for the third time. Following local elections in March 2014 and a presidential ballot last August, a General Election in June will complete the country’s political cycle and give the electorate of roughly 55 million a well-earned break from casting votes….. Continue to read about the project in a … Read more
Franz Kafka’s Kafkaesque Love Letters Open Culture by Josh Jones It’s easy to think of Franz Kafka as a celibate, even asexual, writer. There is the notable lack of eroticism of any recognizable sort in so much of his work. There is the prominent biographical detail—integral to so many interpretations—of his outsized fear of his father, … Read more
The NSA is no longer authorized to spy on US citizens — for now The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal The US Senate failed to pass legislation extending legal authority of the country’s spy agencies — including the National Security Agency (NSA) — to collect data on American citizens’ communications on Sunday, reports Reuters. Senator Rand … Read more
View image | gettyimages.com Istanbul shows ferries have a future World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Stephen Starr in Istanbul Critics say they are expensive, slow and can only reach selected parts of a city but – with New York and London planning expansions – ferry traffic is on the rise The Istanbul rush hour commute … Read more
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