Kiss-In by Jenny White Photo from Radikal A group of young people staged a kiss-in protest on a bus on the Taksim-Sariyer route. They got on the bus at Taksim and all started kissing, then got off at the next stop to applause. They were responding to an incident last week when a couple was … Read more
Türk sınav sistemini deşifre etmek SBS, LYS, YGS, KPSS? Zaten kafam karışıktı. Üstelik kopya skandalı, şifre skandalı da ortaya çıkıyor. Bu kez resmen Fransız kaldım… Fransa?da orta öğrenimim rahat ve keyifli geçti. Akşamları, hafta sonları derslerim yoktu. Dinlenmek, kitap okumak, spor yapmak, kardeşlerimle kavga etmek sonra ailece kutu oyunları oynamak, bazen de müzeye gitmek vardı. … Read more
Not masses, but a growing activism among high school kids against the test scandal… Turkish high school students shout slogans as they protest against a scandal in Turkey’s annual university entrance exam in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, April 15, 2011. The OSYM, the office that oversees the exam, has acknowledged a flaw in the way the … Read more
more photos here. Millions of fates are put to the test in Turkey by ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News With limited spots available at Turkey’s universities, the fate of 1.7 million students a year can hinge on how they fare on a 160-question test ? a national exam currently embroiled in accusations of cheating. But … Read more
8 Nisan 2011 Kamuoyuna Dun Taraf gazetesinde cikan soylesimde kisitli bilgimle bazi yanlis cikarimlarda bulunmusum. Simdi daha cok sinav kagidina ulasilabildiginden, OSYM’nin son aciklamalarini da dikkate alarak bu cikarimlarimi duzeltmek zorunlulugunu hissediyorum. (Bu yazinin daha kisa bir versiyonu bugunku Taraf gazetesinde yayimlanmistir.) YGS’de 40 matematik sorusundan 23’une dogru yanit veren bir sablon vardir ve en … Read more
Nonsensically funny agenda in Turkey… Even if there is no code scandal, administration in charge of the exam needs some PR work to convey its message to citizens… YGS crisis by FATMA DİŞLİ ZIBAK Turkey had a new crisis over the weekend when allegations surfaced that the answers in the question booklets of the Transition … Read more