Orhan Pamuk

Faculty members and Online Education… and an academic roundup

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Conflicted: Faculty and Online Education, 2012 Professors fear the growth (and question the outcomes) of online education more than academic technology administrators do, but many see promise in the medium — especially if they have taught an online course. ********* Pick of Recent Books that Most Probably Influence the Academic Thought from Ideas on Europe … Read more

Social fabric roundup: Turkey ranks 47th in mothers report, Turkish middle class ‘loves malls’, and more..

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Turkey ranks 47th in mothers report from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey ranks 47th on a list of the ?best countries in which to be a mother,? in… nuclear power stations, turkey style (!) RedHack hacks Turkish family ministry website on Mother’s Day from Hurriyet Daily News The socialist RedHack group today took down the Turkish … Read more

A video: Last Saturday Night at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium… And an Istanbul news roundup

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Bu video Adobe Flash Player’ın son sürümünü gerektirmektedir.   @semaankarali Hundreds of Istanbul’s Fenerbahce football club fans clash with police New York Daily News AP Galatasaray players celebrate after their soccer derby match against Fenerbahce inIstanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 12, 2012. Fenerbahce fans broke plastic chairs, throwing them and flares at police. Police used their … Read more

the Guardian photo gallery of Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence…and in Istanbul roundup…

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Orhan Pamuk opens novel museum An eponymous museum created by Orhan Pamuk in the wake of the writer?s recent ?Museum of Innocence? opened its doors. Turkish Nobel Laureate Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence Parallels Book Voice of America … Turkish Nobel Laureate Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence Parallels Book Dorian Jones | Istanbul, Turkey Cataloging Turkey’s history … Read more

Orhan Pamuk’s “the museum of innocence” to be opened…Istanbul news roundup…

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Masumiyet Müzesi, a museum founded by Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, features hundreds of objects and ephemera related to the characters and events Pamuk recounts in his novel. (PHOTO AA, UĞUR ASLANHAN) the museum of innocence official site     Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence coming to life on April 28 Sunday’s Zaman Masumiyet Müzesi, a museum … Read more

From Holocaust Remembrance Day to Orhan Pamuk’s love story. A social news roundup

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Turkey’s Chief Rabbi Izak Haleva (C) and Istanbul Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu (L) light candles, in memory of holocaust victims, during a commemoration to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day at Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul January 26, 2012. The event occurs a day ahead of the annual International Day of Commemoration, which was designated by … Read more

Magazin hayatımızda yeni açılımlar. Orhan Pamuk, Karolin Fişekçi’ye ihtar çekti….

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Will there be a “killer app” for Peer Review?; Wikipedia’s flirt with academic and more….

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Killing Peer Review Can the social Web produce a “killer app” that would do away with the traditional editorial process at scholarly journals? more When a cadre of international scientific research powerhouses announced last month that they were teaming up to create a top-shelf, peer-reviewed free journal in the medical and life sciences fields, some … Read more

Azadiya Welat, the Kurdish daily, banned again.

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  Azadiya Welat Newspaper Banned – Again Azadiya Welat, the only nation-wide newspaper in Turkey publishing in Kurdish, has been banned for the duration of 15 days. This is the ninth publication ban for the daily. Its printing house in Diyarbakır was searched by the police. BİA Media Monitoring Report 2011 First Quarter – Full … Read more

So, Orhan Pamuk is fined for insulting Turkishness…

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Orhan Pamuk to pay compensation for his words, court decides by  Milliyet Nobel Prize recipient Orhan Pamuk will pay 6,000 liras in total compensation to five people for writing in 2005, ‘The Turks have killed 30,000 Kurds and 1 million Armenians in this land.’ Legal Landscape of 2010 Dominated by Anti-Terror Law According to data … Read more

Orhan Pamuk: The souring of Turkey’s European dream

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Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul (R) shakes hands with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before their meeting in Istanbul December 23, 2010.? Read more » REUTERS/Osman Orsal The souring of Turkey’s European dream | Orhan Pamuk from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Orhan Pamuk In the first of My Europe, a series in which writers … Read more

İstanbul: the most dynamic city

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Austin tops list of best cities to ride out the recession KVUE Istanbul, Turkey took the top spot. Then Shenzhen, China, and Lima, Peru. Fifteen of the top 25 cities were in Asia. As far as the other Texas metros Istanbul, Leader of Cities from Kamil Pasha by Jenny White ?Istanbul, with income growth of … Read more

for the record, “Naipaul cancels Istanbul travel plans following reaction

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Naipaul cancels Istanbul travel plans following reaction from Hurriyet Dailynews VS Naipaul, the winner of a Nobel Prize for Literature, has chosen to abandon his trip to Istanbul for a writers? conference following a storm of controversy over his past comments on Islam. But the writer who first started the debate, Hilmi Yavuz, says, ?The … Read more

“Pamuk’s contribution to the theory of the novel” from Austin American-Statesman

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Pamuk’s contribution to the theory of the novel
Austin American-Statesman
Novelist Orhan Pamuk argues that visual representation in writing is what has made the genre so popular and lasting. By Anis Shivani When Homi Bhabha

Pamuk novel among NY Times bestsellers

Today’s Zaman
The paperback print of ?The Museum of Innocence,? the English translation of Turkish author Orhan Pamuk’s 2008 novel, ?Masumiyet Müzesi,? has hit the

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“The Rise of the ‘Edupunk’

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The Rise of the ‘Edupunk’ At TIAA-CREF conference, higher ed braces for a new breed of tech-savvy students who won’t play by the old rules. more When Social Media Is Irrelevant At Sloan-C, academics discuss when fostering social intimacy in the online classroom environment is necessary, and when it might distract from more basic student … Read more