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Cengiz Aktar: Çılgın Kanal/Tükenmez/Jandarma

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Çılgın Kanal Hükümetin içeride ve dışarıda takdir edilen üyelerinden Ali Babacan geçen hafta hiç âdeti olmamasına rağmen, görev konusu dışında kalan Kanal İstanbul projesi hakkında beyanda bulundu. Yakın coğrafyamızın ekolojik dengesini geri dönüşsüz bir şekilde altüst etme kapasitesi olan projenin gerçekçi olduğunu iddia etti.       Ankaralı ?yüksek sadakat? kurumlarından Yüksek Planlama Kurulu kararını vermiş, proje başlama aşamasına gelmiş. Babacan ?dünya için … Read more

Andrew Finkel on Istanbul’s Tulip Trap… Istanbul news roundup…

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The Tulip Trap from NYT > Turkey by By ANDREW FINKEL While Istanbul celebrates its favorite flower, it is destroying its few remaining natural habitats.   Turkish PM resents project ?ruining? Istanbul?s silhouette from Hurriyet Daily News Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has again excoriated developers..   Art Sold at Controversial Istanbul Auction Comes Partially … Read more

EFD Rights Watch: Open Democracy article: “Turkey?s unruly rule of law….and more….

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Turkey?s unruly rule of law from open Democracy News Analysis – by Firdevs Robinson After ten years of the aggressive, ?Islam and democracy? experiment, Turkey is increasingly being torn apart between contrasting world views and life styles. Writing about Turkey requires a conscious effort to avoid clichés.   57 students detained after clash at Istanbul … Read more

Politics roundup: As CHP and MHP retreats AKP allies with BDP to form a parliamentary commission to monitor peace process…

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AKP to found Kurdish commission with BDP from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey?s ruling party has decided to work alone with the BDP on a commission to monitor the peace process if Parliament?s other two parties do not want to join the panel.   BDP co-leader sees no division in PKK from Hurriyet Daily News A … Read more

Energy chapter in Turkey’s EU accession negotiations to be opened… a FP roundup…

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EU Commission call to open new chapter from Hurriyet Daily News European Commissioner Stefan Füle called for the opening of the energy chapter in Turkey?s EU accession negotiations.   Turkey?s reform steps praised by EU diplomat from Hurriyet Daily News The top European Union diplomat based in Turkey praises Ankara for its performance this year. … Read more

Fantastik konferans 23 Mayıs’ta: “Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojileri sempozyumu

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Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojileri sempozyumu İstanbul?da from Yeni Medya Düzeni by ntveditor İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Bilişim ve Teknoloji Hukuku Enstitüsü ve Harvard Üniversitesi ?The Berkman Center For Internet&Society? işbirliği ile ?Disiplinlerarası İnternet & Toplum Merkezleri Küresel Ağı Etkinlik Serisi, Bölgesel Türkiye Konferansı 2013?, 23 Mayıs?ta İstanbul?da düzenlenecek. Türkiye 2011 yılında  yüzde 8.5 rekor kıran büyüme oranı ile dünyanın … Read more

Cengiz Aktar: Realpolitik ve yeni ahlâk

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Realpolitik ve yeni ahlâk     İddia ve ikaz mealen şu: İstikbal, ?aydınların kafasındaki? kanaat ve taleplerle, makul de olsalar, şekillenmeyecek. Onlar temsiliyeti ve meşruiyeti olmayan azınlık. Son on yıldır demokrasinin derecesini belirlemiş olan çoğunluk artık Kürtlerin uhuvvetiyle ezici çoğunluk oldu. Temsilcilerinin alacağı her karar meşrudur zira temsiliyet azamîdir. Azınlıkta kalanlara sadece tahammül etmek düşer. … Read more

A report claims: 657,000 trees to be cut for Istanbul?s third airport. Istanbul news roundup…

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657,000 trees to be cut for Istanbul?s third airport from Hurriyet Daily News A total of 657,000 of trees will be cut down for Istanbul?s third airport construction, according to a report.     Russian culture highlighted in Istanbul at first festival Hurriyet Daily News Istanbul is hosting the first Russian Culture Festival, starting from … Read more

Recep İvedik vs. PSY’s Gentleman… A social fabric roundup from Turkey

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The Irresistible Attraction of the Turkish Yokel from The Istanbulian by Emre Kızılkaya Turkish yokels probably have some kind of personal magnetism, as global superstars seem to keep copying them.   Firstly, it was reported that Borat could be a plagiarized character, derived from the real-life Mahir Cagri.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASO_zypdnsQ   Minorities seen as threat by … Read more

New times… BDP deputies on the police ball…AKP’s new charter pact with BDP…

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BDP deputies on guest list for police ball from Hurriyet Daily News Peace and Democracy Party deputies Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Sebahat Tuncel..   Turkish government mulls new charter pact with BDP from Hurriyet Daily News The ruling AKP?s options for forming the new charter that might leave the party and the BDP alone in … Read more

Life in Turkey. A photo gallery:

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click to see more photos from Reuters… 

Here are the new posters to represent Turkey. by Ministry of Culture and Tourism

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via the ministry site here.

Our royal highness commanded: Gadhafi must go (a Foreign Policy roundup)

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via Turkey escalates pressure, says Gadhafi must go from Yahoo news Turkey escalated the pressure on Moammar Gadhafi on Tuesday despite its long-standing ties to the Libyan leader, insisting Gadhafi must immediately leave “for the sake of his country’s future.”   Why Europe Needs Turkey by acturca The Henry Jackson Society (UK) 28th April 2011 … Read more