I haven’t seen a denser piece in Turkish literature. If Oğuz Atay lived longer, he would be a major challenge to Orhan Pamuk… Enjoy if you can:) Here is the Amazon link Source: Oğuz Atay’ın ‘Tutunamayanlar’ının İngilizcesi satışa sunuldu – Diken
here is the archive: http://www.trtarsiv.com/ ********************** Number of employed women falls 40,000 in Turkey The number of registered women wage-earners in Turkey fell by 40,000 in December 2016 compared to the same month of 2015, according to a new report prepared and released by the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV). Number of Syrian migrants ‘over 5 mln’ … Read more
Some kind of trade complaints are used as pretexts to limit these global brands’ usage for citizens of Turkey… Turkey bans Periscope Turkey Purge–4 hours ago A Turkish court has banned all services of Periscope, a live video broadcasting platform owned by Twitter popularly used by opposition Court orders preventive suspension of Booking.com activities in Turkey … Read more
Global alcohol brands blocked from social media in Turkey Turkey Blocks by Editorial Instagram and Twitter accounts belonging to several international drinks brands have been blocked or restricted in Turkey, according to user complaints emerging yesterday now independently verified by the Turkey Blocks monitoring project. Popular Irish dry stout Guinness is amongst the blocked brands Affected … Read more
Here is the video: There are strong implications, but they are still implications…. A young citizen, Ali Gül, says at the end of the video what he expects and that happens… ************* Erdogan’s Turkey: The Absurd Trial of Journalist Ahmet Sik – SPIEGEL ONLINE – International DER SPIEGEL – Spiegel Online – Mar 3, 4:50 … Read more
via ************** 317 women killed with weapons in Turkey in 2016: Report Eight percent of the 397 women who were killed in Turkey last year were murdered with weapons, according to statistics from the Umut Foundation, which was established with the sole purpose of battling individual armed violence in Turkey Number of illiterate women five times higher … Read more
70 percent of Turks have never participated in any arts or culture event: Report Around 70 percent of Turkish citizens have never participated in any culture or arts event in their lives, according to a new report from the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) based on data from research firms GfK and Ipsos. Humor Magazine … Read more
4,811 Academics from 112 Universities Discharged by 5 Statutory Decress Bianet :: English 4,811 academics from 112 universities have been discharged by five Statutory Decrees. 16 of the academics have been returned to their duty by another Statutory Decree. 330 more academics expelled with state of emergency decree, stirring debate in Turkey A total of … Read more
Woman takes pineapple for walk on Ankara’s metro Photographs and video of a woman who took a pineapple for a walk on Ankara’s metro on Jan. 30 have gone viral on social media.
Turkey’s press freedom woes worse than you think Stockholm Center for Freedom – Scf – Jan 25 Almost 300 journalists in Turkey, a member state of the Council of Europe and a candidate country to the European Union, are languishing behind bars or facing outstanding arrest warrants, a report released by the Stockholm Center for … Read more
On the difference between rhetoric and practice with regard to Turkey’s national search engine project. Turkey’s communications minister Ahmet Arslan recently announced in an interview with a local TV station that Turkey was “building a domestic search engine and email service compatible with national culture and values”. But he did not expand on what “national … Read more
Social media phenomenon ‘Salt Bae’ Nusret Gökçe vows to be world’s greatest butcher The co-partner of the global Nusr-et chain of grill houses, Nusret Gökçe, who recently became a social media phenomenon for his meat-cutting and salt-drizzling skills, has vowed to become the “world’s greatest butcher.” Militant who appeared in ISIL propaganda video ‘detained twice’ … Read more
devletin yeni rengi: turkuaz cumhurbaşkanlığı, başbakanlık protokol halıları, polis üniformaları, tbmm, tcdd, milli takım formaları… türkiye’de devletin birçok kademesindeki törenlerde kullanılan halıların, nöbet tutan polislerin üniformalarının rengi yıllar içerisinde turkuaz olarak değiştirildi. devlet kurumlarında turkuaz rengin kullanımına 2013 yılında erdoğan’ın başbakanlığı döneminde başlanmıştı… More here: Source: devletin yeni rengi: turkuaz
Turkey houses the most child refugees worldwide BBC News | Europe | World Edition Turkey has welcomed an estimated 2.7 million Syrian refugees UNICEF: 40% of Syrian children in Turkey not in school AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Risk of ‘lost generation’ as UN agency says 380,000 Syrian child refugees miss formal education at present … Read more