“Headscarf Ban at Universities Softened but more to do for human rights…

It is just like that. In another round of never ending headscarf issue, Higher Education Council (YÖK) sent university presidents a memo to actually lift the ban. But of course it will take more time to legally change the situation… It is only after the miserable defeat of Kemalist forces in referendum, this shameful ban … Read more

Historic service at Akdamar

First ceremony in Surp Haç after 95 years from Hurriyet Dailynews Sorrow marked Sunday’s historic ceremony at Surp Haç Church in Van, as the cross which was set to be placed atop the dome of the church before the service had not yet been erected. (Photo: The Church of the Holy Cross, an Armenian church … Read more