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February 12, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
Judicial reform package encouraging for journalists but short-sighted
NEWS NATIONAL
Amid ongoing debate that freedom of speech is curtailed in Turkey because of fears that some of the country’s laws may permit anybody to be put in jail, especially journalists, a recent judicial reform package has been seen as encouraging for j
250,000 Turks have benefited from EU education, training programs
Almost 250,000 Turks have benefited from the EU-funded Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013, an EU law expert has said.
12 February 2012/ 13:04/ LAMİYA ADİLGIZI, İSTANBUL 0
İstanbulites call for transparency over future of Taksİm’s trees
The decision of French novelist Marguerite Duras to set her famous scenario “The Square,” a contemplative dialogue between a young woman and an older man, in an unnamed Parisian park was by no means coincidental.
12 February 2012/ 13:05/ LATİFA AKAY, 0
Illegal fishing threatens fish industry in Turkish seas
Illegal fishing in Turkey has reached its peak, fishing experts say, based on their experience, and state that many people are continuing to trawl near the shore, which is illegal, as there are no deterrent laws to prevent such a practice.
12 February 2012/ 13:08/ MEHMET SOLMAZ , İSTANBUL 0
Lignite potential solution to Turkey’s rising energy demand
Recent research published by the Turkish Union of Engineers and Architects’ Chambers (TMMOB) considers the possibility of exploiting Turkey’s rich lignite resources to generate power as an alternative to depending on imported coal, which increases the country’s high current account deficit (CAD).
12 February 2012/ 13:15/ GAMZE GÜL , İSTANBUL 0
China’s concerns over Syria: What is the reason for insistent support?
The stance on Syria recently taken by China, one of the countries that has been most affected by the Arab Spring and which, along with Russia, vetoed a UN draft resolution seeking to condemn the growing pressure being applied to protesters by the Syrian government, has been attracting attention around the world.
12 February 2012/ 13:01/ OSMAN EROL , BEIJING 0
Exploring Turkey’s honey trails, empowering women entrepreneurs
BUSINESS
You are wandering along a winding path that cuts through a grassy meadow. The sky above you and the earth below you stretch»»
Turkey welcomes formation of new government in Bosnia
NEWS Diplomacy
Turkey has welcomed the appointment of a new government in Bosnia and Herzegovina after 16 months of wrangling, a leadership»»
‘Not state’s job to raise people according to religion’
NEWS National
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spurred a heated debate last month when he voiced his wish to raise a “pious generation,”»»
Metin: Now I know what ‘honorable second place’ is
Forty-seven-year-old Metin Tekin, part of the legendary football trio Metin-Ali-Feyyaz and one of the biggest stars of Turkish»»
12 February 2012/ 12:11 / FATİH VURAL, 0
Desperate state of space science discourages Turkish astrophysicists
A speech from world-famous astrophysicist Stephen Hawking created huge interest at the public symposium in honor of his 70th»»
12 February 2012/ 13:08 / E. NUR BALKAN , İSTANBUL 0
Gheorghe Zamfir touring Turkish cities with musical celebration of Valentine’s Day
He looks like one of the most modest people in the world. You would never guess that his albums have sold millions of copies»»
12 February 2012/ 12:33 / HATICE AHSEN UTKU, İSTANBUL 0
Revisiting the hans and caravanserais Turkey’s caravanserai hotels
LIFE Travel
They may not be as well remembered today as the Ottomans, but in the period of their supremacy the Selçuks adorned»»
Eating right goes hand-in-hand with exercising
LIFE Health
For people who exercise regularly and do sports, eating properly should be a lifestyle and an ingrained habit.»»
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey attracts great attention from abroad
SPORTS
This week the Turkish Cycling Federation announced the names of the 25 teams that will participate in the 48th Presidential»»
[Time in Turkey] In the ‘Valley of the Wolves’
LIFE
In January 2003, the TV series “Kurtlar Vadisi” (Valley of the Wolves) had just begun to be broadcast.»»
When women lead
12 February 2012 / 13:16/ JOSEPH S. NYE , SUNDAY’S ZAMAN
Europe's tobin tax distraction
10 February 2012 / 16:32/ BARRY EICHENGREEN,
How did we step into the missionary threat trap ?(2)
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[‘Lockstep’ to catastrophe]
Israel’s nuclear bombs: the open secret
by Christopher Vasillopulos*
10 February 2012 / 18:15/ ,
Why it is important to say ‘We all are Armenians’
by Alin Ozinian*
9 February 2012 / 17:37/ ,
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The challenges of Russian veto in the United Nations to Turkey
7 February 2012 / 14:54/ TARIK OGUZLU, ORSAM
The Russian and Chinese veto of the latest UN-draft resolution urging the Assad government in Syria to immediately halt its assaults on the civilians and negotiate with the opposition the details of the transition to a democratic government might confront Turkey’s policy towards Syria with great challenges.
Will al-Maliki be a regional threat?
30 January 2012 / 16:17/ ÇETINER ÇETIN, ORSAM
After the US withdrawal, the Shi'ite Prime Minister Maliki's show of force, which also threatens the regional countries, is gradually increasing in Iraq, where the conflicts between the ethnic and sectarian groups remain.
Damascus’s “Persian Style” Trick: AK Party Government Desired to Be Stopped From Inside, Not From Outside
10 January 2012 / 12:18/ ÇETINER ÇETIN, ORSAM
Bashar Assad, who took over the Presidency of Syria following the death of his father Hafez Assad, excited both the Syrian people and the foreign public opinion. The Cold War years passed. The USSR, which was the biggest partner of Syria, was gone and Bashar Assad was facing new world order.
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