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Friday, November 13, 2015

Turkey Zaman

Business
Turkey looks to ease burden of $9.2 bln minimum wage hike

Turkey looks to ease burden of $9.2 bln minimum wage hike

Turkey is looking to help smaller companies shoulder a planned 30 percent increase »»
World
Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Sinjar in push to oust ISIL fighters

Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Sinjar in push to oust ISIL fighters

Iraqi Kurdish militias battling to take back Sinjar from Islamic State in Iraq and »»
Arts & Culture
Globetrotting players deliver ‘Hamlet’ lite: 144th stop, İstanbul

Globetrotting players deliver ‘Hamlet’ lite: 144th stop, İstanbul

London's Globe Theatre has taken the Bard at his word when he said, “All the world's »»
Expat Zone
George in the wall

George in the wall

In the late 1990s before my first visit to Turkey, I was warned by multiple guidebooks »»
Sports
Stephen Curry scores 46 as Warriors remain unbeaten

Stephen Curry scores 46 as Warriors remain unbeaten

Sam Mitchell just shrugged his shoulders watching guard Stephen Curry make shot after »»
todayszaman oped

From June 7 to Nov. 1: Turkey under scrutiny 
by ROBERTO FRIFRINI* 

November 12, 2015, Thursday/ 14:42:14 
Just over four months ago, my fellows OSCE parliamentarians and I were in Turkey for elections that were vibrant, but tainted by restrictions to media freedom and other issues of concern. This time, we hope to observe a pluralistic and hard-fought campaign once again, along with improvements in the areas we highlighted.” With these words, Ignacio Sanchez Amor, the special coordinator for the short-term Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE

The end of Palestine 
by ROBERT OLSON* 

November 12, 2015, Thursday/ 14:45:25 
It seems that the latest outburst of violence in Israel, Jerusalem and the West Bank in many ways marks the end of Palestine -- at least as it has been represented historically as part of the Zionist-Israel, Arab-Palestinian-Israel conflict. It is clear from the current unrest that the conflict between Palestinians and Israel no longer represents viable demands for national rights but for communal, human and civil rights and equal treatment of Palestinians with
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