Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge - Naming = Protests!
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Even if the mass protests in Istanbul, Ankara or Izmir are barely audible due to rigid police measures, many smaller individual actions by protest groups in Turkey show that all the measures ordered or decided from "above", sometimes arbitrary, are no longer acceptable, agrees.
Schwäbisch Haller Salzsieder visits Izmir
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On the occasion of the 5-year town twinning between Schwäbisch Hall and the Turkish town of Balikesir, the mayor of Schwäbisch Hall and a delegation of council members, citizens and those interested in the town will hold a meeting from 03.09. until September 9th, 2011 in Turkey.
Ethnic marketing for Turks living in Germany
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Dear readers and interested parties of the alaturka portal. Ms. Ilknur Bicak from the University of Duisburg-Essen asked us for help, which we are happy to do.
10 years ago - Necla Kelek - Turk, Turk above all?
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's speech in Düsseldorf was rightly criticized at the time. What has improved in the meantime? Here is another draft of a speech he should have given:
Anniversary: 50th Tour of Turkey begins in Alanya
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In the past few years, we have occasionally reported on various current venues for the Tour of Turkey. This year the cycle race will be held for the 50th time and can therefore look back on a really long tradition.
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.
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.
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.
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 -
Oscar Tuazon - Alone In An Empty Room
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Wood, metal, stone and concrete are the materials used by Oscar Tuazon. Inspired by the do-it-yourself aesthetics as well as by the history of art and building, his constructions move between sculpture and architecture.
Crowdfunding as a suitable option against Turkish media
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"Journalism should be the voice of the voiceless. We've always tried to do that and our listeners can symbolically support us for half an hour of programming for just under 30 euros.
Freedom of press remain a major problem
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Probably the most prominent member of the International Association of Book Publishers (IPA), the new chairman of the IPA Freedom to Publish Committee (IFTPC) Ola Wallin, has called on Turkey to finally release the journalists, writers and translators who were arrested after the Anti -Arrested under terror laws, still in custody.
11 years ago: Corruption Scandal - the events!
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The case is about dubious gold deals with Iran in connection with circumventing the oil embargo and bribing ministers in the course of construction projects. Effects to this day, including the consequences of the earthquake are part of it.
10 Years: Abuse of violence by police during Gezi protests
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"The attempt to crush the Gezi Park protests led to a whole series of human rights violations. In particular, we document completely inappropriate violence against peaceful demonstrators and abuse by the police," said Selmin Caliskan, Secretary General of Amnesty International in Germany.
19th EMITT Exhibition Launch - congress tourism and sports
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Creating a difference with new countries and big innovations. Listed as 5th biggest tourism exhibition of the world, EMITT shall include congress tourism and outdoor sports in its special halls.
The East Mediterranean International Tourism and Travel Exhibition (EMITT) is getting ready to introduce congress tourism and outdoor sports to its agenda. The 19th edition of EMITT will be held 22 - 25 January 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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.
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.
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".
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,
Fund-Raising Appeal for Pupils from Nepal
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Dear readers and followers of alaturka.info, please read and check the following lines of our dear friend Ann from Kale Emlak in Side for helping pupils in Nepal since they have lost most of their school buildings as well as all their education materials.