Saturday, November 21 2009 , Your time is



CULTURE - MOVIES

Torture at Diyarbakır prison as narrated by witnesses

Çayan Demirel has turned events that occurred at Diyarbakır Prison No.5 into a documentary based on eye-witness accounts.

Comment  2009-11-20

TURKEY

Rediscovering the world’s ‘State of Affairs’

Up a cobble-stoned street near where Portuguese mariners set off to explore the world, a challenge to the narratives of global media was launched Thursday night.

Comment  2009-11-20

'Bu Kalp Seni Unutur mu?' (Can This Heart Forget You?) is a new TV series that aims to recount the post-1980 period by depicting torture at Diyarbakır Prison No.5.
'Bu Kalp Seni Unutur mu?' (Can This Heart Forget You?) is a new TV series that aims to recount the post-1980 period by depicting torture at Diyarbakır Prison No.5.
Turkey is hopeful that progress toward a solution on Nagorno-Karabakh will facilitate normalization of Ankara-Yerevan relations.
Turkey is hopeful that progress toward a solution on Nagorno-Karabakh will facilitate normalization of Ankara-Yerevan relations.
Armenian President Serge Sarkisian (R) shakes hands with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev during their meeting in October. AFP photo
Turkey’s EU accession process has made the country’s political culture in recent years more liberal than ever before, says a Greek academic of Turkish politics.
Turkey’s EU accession process has made the country’s political culture in recent years more liberal than ever before, says a Greek academic of Turkish politics.
Ioannis N. Grigoriadis, assistant professor of political science at Ankara’s Bilkent University.
Zuhal Gözüküçük is a entrepreneur from Kayseri who has come from a hard way to reach where she is at today.
Zuhal Gözüküçük is a entrepreneur from Kayseri who has come from a hard way to reach where she is at today.
A fallen middle class, the growth of new identities in big cities and the breakdown of masculinity with a new world order are all on display in the new film 'Bornova, Bornova.'
A fallen middle class, the growth of new identities in big cities and the breakdown of masculinity with a new world order are all on display in the new film 'Bornova, Bornova.'

Assault on the press



TURKEY - DIPLOMACY

Ankara ambivalent toward new EU president

Although new EU President Herman van Rompuy does not support Turkey's EU accession, he has vowed to approach the matter in accordance with the deals already signed.

2 Comments  2009-11-20


SPORTS

29 Turkish football games manipulated, German officials say

Police across Europe carry out raids and arrests, with prosecutors suspecting that players, coaches and referees have been offered bribes to throw games.

Comment  2009-11-20


TURKEY - NATIONAL
Turkish military officer sentenced for Elazığ grenade deaths

A Turkish lieutenant was sentenced to nine years and two months in prison for causing the deaths of four soldiers when he made one hold a live hand grenade

6 hours ago Comment  2009-11-20

TURKEY - NATIONAL
Turkish soldiers convicted for beating conscientious objector

Three Turkish soldiers have been convicted by an Istanbul court for 'intentionally wounding' a conscientious objector.

6 hours ago 1 Comment  2009-11-20

TURKEY
Turkey scraps nuclear power plant tender

Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build and operate the country's first nuclear power plant.

6 hours ago 1 Comment  2009-11-20

TURKEY - POLITICS
Recipe for Turkey to escape culture of excessive security

Dr. Peter Volten, director of a security think tank in Netherlands, says one of the criterion for alignment with European practice on civil-military relations is the Chief of Staff's non-interference in politics

7 hours ago Comment  2009-11-20

TURKEY - POLITICS
PM lashes out at opposition parties

7 hours ago Comment  2009-11-20

TURKEY - DIPLOMACY
Privileged partnership offer vanishes, say wise men
TURKEY - NATIONAL
Change in mentality needed, says minister
TURKEY - DIPLOMACY
Top US senator backs 'genocide' resolution

CULTURE
‘Turkey will enter EU, there is no other way’

32 min. ago Comment  2009-11-20

CULTURE
Traditional Christmas Bazaar on its way

An Istanbul women's group is preparing its annual Christmas Bazaar, one of the city's most beloved holiday events for Turks and expatriates alike.

9 hours ago Comment  2009-11-20

CULTURE - ARTS
Venice and Istanbul during Ottoman times

1 day ago 3 Comments  2009-11-19

CULTURE - MUSIC
Manga aims to promote Turkey as world star
CULTURE - MUSIC
Tuluyhan Uğurlu to play for his father
CULTURE - ARTS
A challenging theater performance by transsexuals
CULTURE - MOVIES
Ideas, not ideology captured in Iranian cinema

SPORTS
Troubled Beşiktaş hosts Fenerbahçe

Defending champion Beşiktaş hosts league leader Fenerbahçe at İnönü Stadium on Saturday.

32 min. ago Comment  2009-11-20

SPORTS
France-Ireland replay 'fairest solution,' says Henry

8 hours ago Comment  2009-11-20

SPORTS
'Suspension-gate' claims its first victim

12 hours ago Comment  2009-11-20

SPORTS
FIFA: No replay for France-Ireland World Cup qualifier
SPORTS
LIVE ON TV
SPORTS
Galatasaray risks demotion after suspension fraud
SPORTS
Semenya case results to be kept confidential
TURKEY - DIPLOMACY

Turkish FM meets Iran leader over nuclear row

The Turkish foreign minister meets the Iranian president following Tehran's dismissal of a nuclear fuel deal, officials and media reports say.

Comment  2009-11-20

REGIONSCAPE - VOLGA

Russia, Ukraine reach gas compromise

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko have announced a compromise deal on the thorny issue of gas supply.

Comment  2009-11-20



ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Volatility in inflation rates expected

The inflation rate in Turkey will be volatile until the end of the first quarter next year, says Central Bank Governor Durmuş Yılmaz.

6 hours ago Comment  2009-11-20

ECONOMIC REVIEW - INTERNATIONAL
From poker table to the Wall Street

An increasing number of hedge funds and brokerages are scrutinizing professional poker to find talent and analytical tools, according to financial recruiters including Options Group, a New York-based executive-search company. Pennsylvania-based Susquehanna International Group, an options and equity trading company, has been using poker to teach its new traders since it was founded in 1987

32 min. ago Comment  2009-11-20

ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
OECD foresees recovery in motion

1 day ago Comment  2009-11-19

ECONOMIC REVIEW - INTERNATIONAL
US housing recovery set back

32 min. ago Comment  2009-11-20

ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Applications for sugar-factory bids filed
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Turkey already begun exiting crisis
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
Real estate portal ranks at top
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
CarrefourSA believes in Turkey's potential

REGIONSCAPE - EUPHRATES
Dozens hurt in clashes near Algerian embassy in Cairo

Protesters hurl stones and firebombs at police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo wounding 11 officers as anger mounted over attacks on Egyptians after the countries' World Cup qualifier.

8 hours ago Comment  2009-11-20

REGIONSCAPE - EUPHRATES
Outlook for tough Iran sanctions is dim

The Obama administration is shifting the focus of its Iran policy from talk to sanctions, but the prospect of winning early international support for toughened new penalties appears dim.

12 hours ago Comment  2009-11-20

REGIONSCAPE - AMU DERYA
Suicide bomber kills 13 in western Afghanistan

11 hours ago Comment  2009-11-20

REGIONSCAPE - EUPHRATES
Egyptians clash with police at Algeria's Cairo embassy
REGIONSCAPE - EUPHRATES
Lebanese diva accused of singing racist song
REGIONSCAPE - DANUBE
Evacuations underway as floods hit towns
REGIONSCAPE - KURA - ARAS
Putin derides tie-chewing Georgian leader Saakashvili

INTERNATIONAL
Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban

Muslim countries prepare for a tough war on protecting religious symbols and beliefs from mockery by bringing a ban proposal on blasphemy to a vote in the UN General Assembly. The move comes four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world

8 hours ago 6 Comments  2009-11-20

INTERNATIONAL
Obama says US, allies discussing Iran sanctions

Showing impatience with Iranian foot-dragging, President Barack Obama says that the US and its allies are discussing possible new penalties against Iran for defying international attempts to halt its contested nuclear program

1 day ago Comment  2009-11-19

INTERNATIONAL
Iranian court refuses to release Azerbaijani scientist

1 day ago Comment  2009-11-19

INTERNATIONAL
Turkish frigate returns home from anti-piracy mission
INTERNATIONAL
Iran rejects UN-drafted nuclear fuel deal
INTERNATIONAL
Obama wraps up China trip with PM talks, Great Wall
INTERNATIONAL
UN food summit ends with 'crumbs' in hunger fight






thinking cap




CB Currency Rates as of 15:30

Buying Selling
1 USD 1.4831 TL 1.4903 TL
1 EURO 2.2046 TL 2.2152 TL

Currency Converter



Converted to





REGIONSCAPE


Home | To Top | User Agreement and Privacy Policy | Rights and Permissions | Contact Us | Company | About News Room| RSS RSS Feed