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From Turkey with Love: “‘Salt Bae’ Nusret Gökçe vows to be world’s greatest butcher…
Social media phenomenon ‘Salt Bae’ Nusret Gökçe vows to be world’s greatest butcher The co-partner of the global Nusr-et chain of grill houses, Nusret Gökçe, who recently became a... Read more
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Turkey is set to release up to 38,000 prisoners [for newcomers…] Updates on the Özgür Gündem raid…
Turkey is set to release up to 38,000 prisoners Turkey is set to release 38,000 prisoners as part of two new state of emergency decrees published in the Official Gazette on... Read more
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ISIS kills a Turkish soldier; For some Turkish leaders, A pretext to go to war in Syria…
Turkey’s key air base poised to host anti-ISIL coalition aircraft As Obama and Erdoğan finalized a deal, the İncirlik military base in southern Turkey is expected to open to anti-ISIL aircraft... Read more
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Turkey’s ambiguous war-mongering over Syria continues while coalition talks will not result before Ramadan ends…
Corruption impunity prevails and Turkey’s judiciary politicized: US human rights report The U.S.’s annual human rights report on Turkey has slammed a series of violations over the past year, focusing particularly... Read more
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Persona non Grata, A documentary (with English subtitles) on the story of Turkey’s journalists today… EFD Rights Watch….
A new documentary: Persona non Grata Produced by P24, directed by Tuluhan Tekelioglu, Persona non Grata tells the story of Turkey’s journalists today—watch it here… The first public screening of... Read more
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Turkey’s Electoral Candidate Lists show more heterogeneity than dominant political culture…
Today’s Electoral Candidate Lists Show Gezi Spectre Is Haunting Turkey The Istanbulian by Emre Kızılkaya When people question the effectiveness of the massive Gezi Park protests of 2013, some of them even describe... Read more
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As a group of Bilgi faculty members, We salute Çarşı fan group. #CarsıYanlızDeğildir
Protests mark beginning of coup-plot case against Turkish fan group çArşı A trial against 35 individuals associated with Beşiktaş’s football fan group çArşı on charges of “attempting to overthrow the government”... Read more
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EFD Rights Watch: Majority of educated women victim of violence in Turkey…Hrant Dink murder case deepens…
Majority of educated women victim of violence in Turkey, survey reveals A large majority of Turkish women who work in white-collar jobs and have a university degrees say they have been... Read more
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İstanbul Coffee Festival 25-28 December- İstanbul news roundup…
http://www.yelp.com.tr/events/istanbul-istanbul-coffee-festival ******************************* From Constantinople to Istanbul: The Residences of the Venetian Bailo Maney Online Medieval Italian city-states with access to the sea, most notably the Venetian and Genoese, were in... Read more
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Organic food places in İstanbul… “Istanbul’s Fading Metabolism…News roundup…
Organik Alışverişin İstanbul’daki 9 Adresi ListeList by Çağla Gillis EkoOrganik Istanbul’s Fading Metabolism AuthorJesse Honsa SummaryThe acute city versus obtuse urban redevelopment: Istanbul’s urban structure is being replaced by... Read more
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11 places for Turkish coffee in İstanbul and an İstanbul news roundup…
İstanbul’da 40 Yıllık Hatıraya Patlayacak Türk Kahvesi için 11 Adres ListeList by Çağla Gillis Mandabatmaz Being an Armenian today in Istanbul Hurriyet Daily News I had an Armenian intern at... Read more
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Rubens’ Three Graces is in trouble in Turkey! Barbarians at the Gates news from Turkey…
Turkey’s media watchdog goes into racy details for kiss scene RTÜK has done it again, raising eyebrows this time by going into the ‘erotic’ details of a TV drama kiss scene... Read more
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Turkey never ceases to suprise. Istanbul in bid to be named European Green Capital 2017 as another grove intended to be destroyed…
GREEN – Istanbul makes audacious bid to be named European Green Capital 2017 hurriyetdailynews.com – Istanbul has witnessed a major construction spree in the last years under the banner... Read more
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Istanbul authorities are keen to destroy another park: Validebağ, Üsküdar… Istanbul news roundup…
Police escorted bulldozer enters Istanbul grove at dawn, driving locals to streets The Validebağ grove on Istanbul’s Asian side has become the latest disputed green space in the city Court suspends controversial... Read more
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What a pity. “Only a fourth of planned malls completed in Turkey this year. Dispatches from Turkey…
Only a fourth of planned malls completed in Turkey this year Only 16 of the planned 64 malls in Turkey have been able to be completed this year due to cancellations... Read more
