KONFERANS: TOPLUMSAL EYLEM RETORİĞİ 13-14 Kasım 2013/ İlef 13 Kasım 2013/Çarşamba ATK Sanatevi 10.30-12.00 Açılış ve Açılış Bildirisi Açılış Konuşması Ruken Öztürk Açılış Bildirisi Social Movements and the Rhetoric of Protest Herbert W. Simons 12.00-13.00 Öğle Yemeği 13.00-14.30 Oturum Oturum Başkanı Eser Köker Estetik Bir Deneyim Olarak Toplumsal Eylem: … Read more
Turkey: Changing with Times? Collage: © Voice Of Russia The image of Ataturk will be officially removed from orders and medals in Turkey. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is still popular as the founding father of modern Turkey. But today the country is feeling the pressure of new regional trends? So, how is it going to … Read more
One million plus visits to Atatürk Mausoleum on Nov 10 One million people visited the Anıtkabir mausoleum of the nation?s founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in the capital Ankara *********** Turkey?s student houses spark culture war Prime minister?s move to stop males and females from living together has sparked a furious debate over how far he … Read more
This is the mosque network. Check out the rest in Burak Arıkan’s site Islam, Republic, Neoliberalism comprises of three network maps where mosques, republican monuments/ museums and shopping centers dispersed throughout Istanbul connect to each other within their areas of influence. These maps present a comparative display of network patterns that are formed through associations … Read more
Report shows hard prison conditions for LGBT?s, disabled A recent report stated that the prison conditions in Turkey were not good for LGBT individuals, disabled persons and the old Turkey?s democracy deficit led to Gezi protests: SISecretary General Gezi Park protests have clearly reflected the distance between the priorities of the Turkish people and the … Read more
Infographics invoked to help better understand Kadıköy An interdisciplinary group has produced five projects to better understand Istanbul?s Kadıköy district using infographics Istanbul hits the sweet spot with affordable attractionsBoston Herald TURKISH DELIGHTS: A walking tour of Istanbul reveals gems such as Galata Tower, the Maiden’s Tower in the Bosporus, above, and the 17th … Read more
CHP değişmesin! Basındaki kayıtsız şartsız iktidar muhipleri CHP?nin mecliste başörtüsü serbestîsi konusundaki duruşunu sevmedi. AKP?den kralcı yazarlar CHP?nin bu kayda değer değişimi karşısında karalar bağlamış vaziyette eski günleri yâd ediyor. Yıllardır donup kalmış bir CHP?nin iktidar için yarattığı muhalefet boşluğu hiç değişmesin der gibiler. Oysa devlet partisi CHP?nin 14 yıl önceki tavrı (Ecevit de bu … Read more
His preferred election agenda is to play for conservative hearts and minds so we will hear more of this line of statements…. Female, male students living together against our character: Turkish PM Turkish PM Erdoğan has condemned female and male students? staying under one roof **************** Turkey forges ahead with trade deals in Middle East … Read more
Who really invented the doner kebab? The Guardian (UK) Tuesday, October 29, G2, p. 3 James Ramsden Kadir Nurman died this week in Berlin at the age of 80, leaving in his wake the kind of legacy many of us can only dream of. For Nurman was the inventor of that king of midnight feasts, … Read more
Scroll down for the live updates in Turkish and in English- Turkish Republic celebrates its 90th anniversary The celebrations of the Turkish Republic?s 90th Anniversary were kicked off today with a ceremony at the Anıtkabir mausoleum of the nation?s founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Veterans in Bağdat Caddesi, Kadıköy. via @lalenyamusipell Asia and Europe to get Bosphorus … Read more
Adaylar Ertuğrul Kürkçü: HDP’nin İstanbul adayı büyük olasılıkla Sırrı … Radikal Hem bütün bileşenlerimizle, hem kongrede, hem partide, hem de esasenİstanbul‘u bugün en önemli tartışma merkezi haline getiren Gezi isyanı zeminlerinde bu adaylığa tasvip arayacağız, onay arayacağız. Bu onayı elde ettiğimiz an, Sırrı Süreyya Önder HDP’den CHP’ye İstanbul için ortak aday şartı Haber7.com Par, son günlerin en tartışmalı konularından biri … Read more
Marmaray tunnel will be the ?strongest structure of Istanbul,? Turkish minister says Istanbul?s grand Marmaray tunnel project, which is expected to be opened to use on Oct 29, the day of Turkey?s Republic Day holiday Vacationers cause car park overflow at Istanbul airport Turkish vacationers, swarming to planes to get away for the nine-day long … Read more
EU approves opening new chapter with Turkey European Union?s General Affairs Council has confirmed the opening of Chapter 22, on regional policies, with Turkey Entre Turquie et Europe : la grande dérive Les Echos (France) no. 21547, lundi 21 octobre 2013, p. 1-9 Dominique Moïsi * Prise à revers par les révolutions arabes, la crise syrienne … Read more
Why Q was illegal in Turkey until last month Last month, Turkey repealed its 1928 Alphabet Law, and legalized the letter Q. In a short, illuminating piece in the London Review of Books, Yasmine Searle describes the history of Romanicization of Turkish writing, which was part of a larger project to assimilate Turkish minorities by … Read more
ODTÜ denies agreement with municipality over removal of trees amid fresh clashes Middle East Technical University has returned the money transferred by the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality for the removal of trees in its campus ******************* Happening right now: