Kristin Ofer The spirit of 1968 is back in German universities. After 41 rather quiet years of studying the grandchildren of the former revolutionaries raised their voices again. They are protesting reforms to the country’s university system. But according to Germany’s education minister Anette Schavan the students’ prospects of success are rather low. She stated […]
Karen Schewina Instead of looking at their growing magic beans and happy chicken, Farmville users had to read the following message, when they wanted to enter their account on the morning of October 3rd: “After technical analysis and legal evaluation based on the catalog crimes of the Law no 5651, Administrative measure has been taken […]
Annika Sehn “The party system is old-fashioned, instead of it there must be an efficient way to voice the questions of individuals,” says Werner Kuppers, the person behind the wheel of the “Omnibus for direct democracy in Germany” that made a stopover at Bilgi’s Santral campus. Johannes Stüttgen, a close friend of the late German […]
Niyazi Dalyanci “In fact, our country is under the sway of fear to a large extent. Since its foundation, including the periods when it was run by the military, it did not witness a period of such fear. People coming to visit me are asking, ‘Is this place bugged?’” Suleyman Demirel who has left his […]
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Aslı TUNÇ In the midst of the swine flu epidemic caused by H1N1 influenza virus, Novartis, a Swiss-based pharmaceutical company, invited a coterie of Turkish journalists to South Africa. The journalists from the dailies, Hürriyet, Radikal and Zaman enjoyed the “hospitality” of the drug company for three days in November. As ordinary readers we learned […]
Fabienne Rozier “How do you reconcile Brecht and the biggest capitalist industrial group in Turkey? » This was the political question that immediately made Istanbul’s 11th Biennial controversial.“What Keeps Mankind Alive?”, the title of the Biennial this year, sounds like a call for reflection and, above all, critical thinking to the visitor. This is not […]
Piotr ZarębaSarkis, a world famous Turkish artist, thinks this would be the first question, people will ask about his new exhibition Site, open to visitors in Istanbul Modern gallery until January 10. “These are images captured from my past exhibitions held since 19’/70s at museums, contemporary art centers and galleries in different cities,” explains the […]
Karen Schewina Since I arrived in Turkey, I have this nightmare: I open the fridge, which has turned into some strange kind of biotope for obnoxious organisms. The smell is breathtaking, and I can hardly identify the things I have put in after the last visit in the nearby supermarket, as everything is covered with […]
Niyazi Dalyancı For the first time in Turkey demands for the resignation of an army chief was publicly voiced this week after the news that the original copy of the so-called “Action Plan” to topple the government of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has been received by the public prosecutors, hit the newspaper headlines. Chief Istanbul […]
Johanna Holm Proponents claim Dolphin Assisted Therapy (DAT) can help people to ease their mental and physical problems, while the opponents argue that there is no medical proof for this claim and DAT poses serious questions and risks. DAT, is a therapy form offered mainly to children who have mental or physical disorders. Ümit Demir, […]
İşvecan Özen Traş. Gayr-ı resmi stand-up. Sinandülger. Avam, politik, komik. Moda Sanat Tiyatrosu. Bunlar yazıyor oyunun gazetedeki tanıtımında. Hiçbir fikrim yok ne olduğu hakkında. Tiyatro salonunun kapısının önünde “bir elin parmaklarını geçmez” deyimini yerine getirecek dört izleyici adayıyız. Bir kadın salonun ahşap kapısını açıp bizi içeri buyur ediyor. Salon küçük. 60 kadar koltuk var. Önden […]
Kristin Ofer Finally this year’s EU Progress Report on Turkey was published on October 14th 2009 but instead of discussing the report’s details the journalists participating in the 17th annual EU-Turkey Conference of Journalists complained about the difficulties to keep people interested in the subject. Basically the message of the EU report was that there […]
Aneta Rusak “Adampol is ending. It does not resemble the place which it was earlier. It is even hard to count how many Poles live here – approximately the number is 80. Many marriages are mixed and because of that sometimes the Polish culture is not being practiced. Usually children do not know the mother […]
HaberVs*“Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye İlişkilerinin Geleceği” paneli için bugün İstanbul’a gelen Avrupa Birliği üyesi altı ülkenin gazetecileri HaberVs’ye konuştu. Bu gazeteciler, Brüksel’deki Avrupa Parlamentosu’nda bağlı bulundukları gazete ya da haber ajansı adına çalışan yada AB haberlerini yakından takip eden isimlerdi. İçlerinde sadece Die Zeit gazetesi muhabiri Michael Thumann daha önce Türkiye’de görev yapmıştı. Muhabirlerimiz gazetecilere, […]
Manon Loisel Lots of Turkish newspapers rejoice at the fact that the Eiffel Tower was for five days, from 6 to 11 October, wearing the Turkish flag’s red and white colours. This was a wink at the “Saison de la Turquie”, which is currently taking place in France and will last for nine months. Whereas […]
Mert Oynargül – Görkem Keser İstanbul’daki taksi şoförleri, 11 Ekim Pazar günü Çağlayan meydanında “korsan taksiye” karşı toplanarak seslerini Ankara’ya duyurmaya çalıştı. Sloganlarda ve kürsüden yapılan konuşmalarda hedef, kayıtlı taksilerin aksine vergi vermeden çalışan ve onların “ekmeğini çalan” kaçak taksilerdi. Meydandaki yaklaşık 2 bin şoför bir arada olmaktan ve sorunlarını haykırabilmekten mutlu görünse de, tek […]
Karen Inge Schewina He is known for using fat and felt for his sculptures and performances, his political activity for the Green Party in Germany, the establishment of the “Free International University” and his charismatic speeches and lectures at the art academy in Düsseldorf.Curated by Friedhelm Hütte, Global Head of Art, Deutsche Bank, and art […]
Annika Sehn“Transportation of the Future is on its track with us.” That’s what Istanbul Ulaşım proclaims on the internet. Sounds very promising, at first glance. But can they keep their promise? With “Transportation of the future” they certainly don’t refer to the so far non-existent modern technique of the present situation in Istanbul’s public transportation […]
Antalya- Elmalı’ya 11 kilometre uzaklıktaki Büyüksöğle köyünde bulunan tarihi arı kovanları “serenler” koruma altına alınıyor. Likya lahitlerine benzerliğiyle dikkat çeken ve yalnızca Antalya bölgesinde bulunan bu ilginç yapılar, gazeteci Yusuf Yavuz’un haberi ve halk kültürü araştırmacısı Öznur Tanal’ın başvurusu üzerine kültür mirası envanterine kazandırılıyor. İki yıl önce bölgede yaptığı çalışmayla serenlerin tarihi, mimari ve kültürel […]
