Kanal İstanbul project may increase destruction during an earthquake – CİHAN Kanal İstanbul project may increase destruction during an earthquake TR_ISTA – 02.02.2014 11:38:58 Kanal İstanbul, a new waterway announced by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as his ?crazy project? which is planned to span 44 kilometers and connect the Black Sea to the Sea … Read more
Vintage Posters for Istanbul Mavi Boncuk | The Armenian IstanbulAsbarez Armenian News ?Hüzün does not just paralyze the inhabitants of Istanbul, it also gives them poetic license to be paralyzed.? ? Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul: Memories and Sculptor Kapoor brings new stone works to old IstanbulReuters ISTANBUL (Reuters) – For his first major show in … Read more
Nobel Prize-winning British author Doris Lessing dies aged 94 British author Doris Lessing, whose powerful feminist and anti-colonial writing won her the Nobel Literature Prize, died at the age of 94 ********************* Turkish epitaph: Christopher de Bellaigue on Orhan Pamuk Christopher de Bellaigue is struck by the vulgar, Stepford Wives vision that has replaced the … Read more
Sivas massacre – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivas_massacre? The Sivas massacre (Turkish: Sivas Katliamı, Madımak Katliamı) refers to the events of July 2, 1993 which resulted in the killing of 37 people, mostly Alevi More rallies expected tonight in İstanbul and other cities… via @sirsureyyaonder via @140Journos @alidogalli The police barricades the Madımak Hotel … Read more
Construction plans for Istanbul skyscrapers canceled www.worldbulletin.net Construction plans for Istanbul skyscrapers canceled. The building permit and construction plans of the skyscrapers in Zeytinburnu Kazlicesme, which Prime Minister Erdogan criticized for their negative impact on Istanbul’s historic landscape, have been an istanbul news roundup: Top Istanbul Street Foods As rapidly as Istanbul marches toward its … Read more
US human rights report criticizes Turkey’s judicial system, notes progress on cultural rights from Hurriyet Daily News The U.S. State Department has expressed criticism on the human rights situation in Turkey. Turkey: Amid Islamic Revival, What Right to Freedom from Religion? from EurasiaNet.org – Turkey by k_kumkova The recent conviction of Turkish virtuoso … Read more
Eco and Pamuk discuss being a novelist from Hurriyet Daily News Two eminent novelists, Umberto Eco and Orhan Pamuk, met in Istanbul on April 9. The authors told their stories about how they became writers. Against Open Access: A change of heart from Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology ? A Group Blog … Read more
Nobel ödüllü Yazar Orhan Pamuk ve Umberto Eco’nun İstanbul Boğaziçi Üniversitesi’nde 9 Nisan 2013’te gerçekleşen söyleşilerinin DHA tarafından canlı yayınlanan kaydı.
White House promises open access to all federally funded research from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Jim Dezazzo sez, John Holdren, Obama’s science advisor, issued a directive on Friday to all research funding agencies to develop plans to make the results of federally-funded research publically available free of charge within 12 months of publication. It … Read more
Europe is turning away from Turkey ? and the rest of the world | Orhan Pamuk from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Orhan Pamuk Whatever happened to liberté, égalité, fraternité? Fear of Muslims is putting Europe’s secular tradition at risk I have spent my entire life at the borders of continental Europe. From the … Read more
Orhan Pamuk on His Museum of Innocence in Istanbul Newsweek Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk explains why he built a museum dedicated to the glory and tragedy of one fictional couple’s love. Print; Email; Comments. The museums I visited in my childhood?not just in Istanbul but even in Paris, where I first went in Six … Read more
In Memoriam | Müşfik Kenter (1932-2012) from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Müşfik Kenter (9 September 1932-15 August 2012) was a Turkish award winning actor, focused mainly theater and voice acting. His sister Yıldız Kenter (October 11, 1928, Istanbul) is also a famous Turkish actress and lecturer. They are the founders of well known independent … Read more
TRT refuses to imagine world without religion, censures Lennon song at Olympic ceremony from Hurriyet Daily News A presenter for Turkish state broadcaster TRT omitted part of iconic British musician John Lennon’s lyrics that call for ?no religion. Multiply, Arınç tells minorities from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey?s recognized minorities should work to bring … Read more
From the same point to different perspectives. Aksaray, Istanbul. Traffic more than ever…Collaged by Simge Sezer. Istanbul news roundup: Pamuk?s museum gets 11,000 visitors from Hurriyet Daily News Author Orhan Pamuk?s Museum of Innocence has received 11,000 visitors since its opening in April, meeting with great interest from locals and tourists. 9 Wheelchair Accessible … Read more
Against vested interest urbanism ? An interview with David Harvey from Tarlabaşı Istanbul by Jonathan In an interview with acclaimed theorist and activist David Harvey, he talked to us about the impact of urban renewal and gentrification, the increasing class segregation of cities, and the question of how to fight back. How to make … Read more