Cicero characterizes philosophy as cultura animi
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Although Pliny the Elder did not yet coin the word “culture” (cultura) as a term, he did distinguish between terrenus (belonging to the earth) and facticius (artificially produced things).
Cicero characterizes philosophy as cultura animi, that is, as the cultivation of the spirit. In addition to culture as material culture in Pliny, there is also culture as a processing of one's own personality.
Court stops the construction project for the Istanbul airport
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Another Bosphorus Bridge, the Marmara-Black Sea Canal, the construction of a mega department store in Istanbul, planning and start of construction of the nuclear power plants and the mega project of the new Istanbul Airport -
CDU/CSU group against tightening control of Internet
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The law to tighten control over the Internet, which has just been passed in Turkey and also signed by President Gül, is being accompanied not only domestically by renewed, massive protest actions in Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara, but also internationally there has been very strong criticism.
Internet blocking without a court order?
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The Turkish government is planning sweeping changes to internet legislation that will give it the right to block websites without a court order.
Turkey and Russia - Most Dangerous Places to Surf
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A AVG study looks at the safest and most dangerous places to surf the Internet are Turkey, Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan all being the most likely to face threats while online. The data taken from 144 countries, involving over 100 million PCs, key results are as follows:
Civil Disobedience or Terrorists in Gezi Park, Istanbul?
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Just as the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wanted to add a new project to the previous and ongoing great projects under his government such as Hasan Keyf Dam Project, Allianoi / Bergama Dam, the Black Sea – Marmara Channel (the Plinius Channel), a third airport and a third Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul for the economically developing Turkey,
Will there be Formula 1 Competition in Turkey again?
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Years of just little success lead to the result of staying away from Turkish Istanbul Park for some years. Now discussions started again to bring back the yearly event to Turkey, hopefully for 2013 already.
Online parking fee website to be introduced
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As in many cities in Turkey, it was recognized in Alanya that all cash-strapped cities can be filled with parking fees for cars in the inner cities very well. Although these regulations sometimes appear annoying for the user, they at least have contributed to a considerable improvement of the situation on the roads in Alanya.
Turkish mogul aims to buy three Greek islands / Fikret İnan
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According to TODAY’S ZAMAN, the chairman of a leading Turkish construction company has said he wants to buy at least three Greek islands the debt-ridden nation plans to sell, in what may be termed a fire sale, because of the latest agreement it made with its international lenders, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
A message from Izmir to Van: You Are Not Alone...
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The students of İzmir Private Çamlaraltı College, sensitively approaching to the social problems, making the necessary planning for the solution in order to make it happen, have started a social aid campaign after the 7.2 earthquake in order to give a message to their friends in Van; "We’re feeling your feelings; You are not alone".
Turkey's Mersin to host 2013 Mediterranean Games
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PARIS (AP) — The Turkish town of Mersin has been chosen to host the 2013 Mediterranean Games after Greece was stripped of the event because of financial problems.
Dramatic scenes next to the harbour of Antalya
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Due to a violent storm and high waves next to the port of Antalya / Kaleici the crew of the Bolivian vessel “Sea Bright” lost the control about the ship which then crashed into the cliffs next to the shore. Because of the storm the crew needed to leave the ship by the help of ropes.
Constitutional court rejects extension of pre-trial detention
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For years, the Council of Europe and the European Court of Justice have been asking Turkey to reform the application of pre-trial detention.
UEFA bans for Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş
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In the truest sense of the word, UEFA has shown the two top Istanbul clubs the red card and banned them from competitive international matches for their fraud pending in court in the 2010/2011 season.