Translation from English

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Turkey- Zaman

Business
Lira hits record low amid media crackdown, Russia concerns

Lira hits record low amid media crackdown, Russia concerns

  The lira weakened to a record low of 2.4140 against the dollar on Tuesday after »» »»
World
126 Pakistanis, mostly children, killed in Taliban high school attack

126 Pakistanis, mostly children, killed in Taliban high school attack

 Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city »» »»
Arts & Culture
Peter Jackson leaves Middle Earth with ‘The Hobbit’

Peter Jackson leaves Middle Earth with ‘The Hobbit’

After a long and eventful journey, “The Hobbit” trilogy has reached its bloody climax. »» »»
Expat Zone
Words from Mevlana

Words from Mevlana

“Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving, it doesn't »» »»
Sports
Sefa helps Trabzon return to winning ways in Super League

Sefa helps Trabzon return to winning ways in Super League

Sefa Yılmaz scored twice to help Trabzonspor rediscover its winning ways with a 3-2 »» »»

Stringing out a coup 
by MURAT AKSOY* 

December 15, 2014, Monday/ 18:32:38 
During deliberations in Parliament over budgetary matters, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu declared the Republican People's Party (CHP) a coup plotter. Is the CHP a pro-coup party? Or is it someone else? There is only one reason for Turkey's failure to institutionalize a multi-party system since 1945: coups. The direct coups in 1960, 1971 and 1980 as well as indirect coup on Feb. 28, 1997 have destroyed the political sphere. Coups have always taken place

A New Direction for Global Health 
by TOM BOLLYKY* 

December 16, 2014, Tuesday/ 12:23:23 
It is easy to be discouraged about the state of international cooperation today, but global health remains an area in which the world has come together to do significant good. Over the last dozen years, international initiatives have delivered HIV/AIDS treatment to millions, expanded childhood immunization, and spurred a dramatic increase in global support for addressing other health challenges, from malaria to maternal health. International support for global healt
More >>
More >>

Syrian refugees and Turkey’s challenges: Going beyond hospitality

June 02, 2014, Monday/ 17:35:08/ KEMAL KİRİŞÇİ
The first Syrian refugees began to cross into Turkey in April 2011. This was at a time when Turkey's relations with the Syrian government had not yet been ruptured. The Turkish side was deeply engaged in efforts to persuade Bashar al-Assad to avoid harsh measures against protests that began in March 2011. However, when the Syrian government, instead, chose to use increasing repression and violence against civilians, relations between the two countries deteriorate>>

İhsanoğlu: The man who changed the OIC

April 30, 2014, Wednesday/ 16:23:36 
The first president of what would become the Organization of Islamic Cooperation(OIC), the world's second largest intergovernmental organization was a colourful figure. Abdul Rahman Tunku, was already well known as a Malaysian independence leader when became the first leader of the OIC when the organization was founded in 1969. In photo Truk's thick rimmed classes and tight lipped is equally memorable. Yet, Pan-Islamic sentiment and anti-colonialis>>
More >>
More >>
© Feza Gazetecilik A.Ş. 2007, Ahmet Taner Kışlalı Cad. No: 6, Bahçelievler - İstanbul 34194 Turkey, +90 (212) 454 1454, +90 (212) 454 1497(fax)
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Please leave a comment-- or suggestions, particularly of topics and places you'd like to see covered

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)