Filiz Taylan Yüzak (@ftaylanyuzak): Holstee’nin Hayata Dair Manifestosu…

Holstee’nin Hayata Dair Manifestosu… Holstee adlı farkındalık ve duyarlılık odaklı internet sitesinin kurucuları Dave, Mike ve Fabian bir gün New York’ta Union Meydanı’ndaki merdivenlerde oturmuş ve başarıyı nasıl tanımlayacaklarını yazmışlar. Bu yazıyı Holstee Manifestosu olarak adlandırmışlar ve 2009’da poster haline getirmişler. Manifestonun internette popüler olması çok sürmemiş. 50 milyondan fazla kişi okumuş, 13 dile çevrilmiş. … Read more

A social fabric roundup: “One-third of Turks are poor or needy: Ministry?s report

One-third of Turks are poor or needy: Ministry?s report Nearly one-third of Turkish people, 23.6 million, are poor or needy *********** Behind the facade of Turkey?s recent economic growth Numbers do not lie, but they do deceive. Turkey?s GDP has more than doubled in the last decade, the International Monetary Fund expects the Turkish economy … Read more

EU Summit begins, new Eurobarometer reports and a Euro roundup

Riot police guarded a bank in Athens yesterday during a nationwide protest against the government?s latest austerity measures. (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images) EU summit: The early betting line from Brussels Blog by Peter Spiegel The EU?s final two-day heads of government summit of 2010 starts Thursday and early betting is that it will be much quieter … Read more