CULTURES
Back to homepageThe digs aren’t all right: Julianne Moore slams ‘idiotic’ Silvio Berlusconi 0
Post Views: 17 Moore speaks out at Rome film festival as Italian PM responds to philandering claims with swipe at gay people The actor Julianne Moore yesterday labelled a homophobic comment by Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, “unfortunate, archaic and idiotic”
Read MoreThe Language Wound – Bilingualism with Kurdish 0
Post Views: 14 “The Language Wound: The use of the mother tongue in education and experiences of Kurdish students”, a study from the Political and Social Research Institute of Diyarybak?r, suggests bilingual and multi-lingual education models and courses to support
Read MoreWikiLeaks Founder on the Run, Trailed by Notoriety 0
Post Views: 17 By JOHN F. BURNS and RAVI SOMAIYA Andrew Testa for The New York TimesJulian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, faces a variety of challenges after his most brazen disclosure yet: posting 391,832 secret Pentagon documents on
Read MoreRevenues in the Turkish cinema sector approaching half a billion lira 0
Post Views: 3 SERKAN ?AH?N / AR?F BAYRAKTAR ?STANBUL According to Arif Keskiner, one of the secret heads of Ye?ilcam: “The current Turkish cinema is more independent and more at peace with the Turkish state. –> It will of course
Read MoreTurkish culture reaching out to the world as country gains prominence 0
Post Views: 8 RUMEYSA KIGER / HAT?CE AHSEN UTKU?STANBUL It is a fact that Turkish artists have been making their voices heard internationally more than ever in the past decade with international achievements in almost all branches of art, from
Read MoreFreedom of press in Turkey at historic low 0
Post Views: 8 Turkey’s ‘historically low’ ranking can be attributed, according to the group, to ‘the frenzied proliferation of lawsuits, incarcerations and court sentencing targeting journalists’ DAILY NEWS photo, Hasan ALTINI?IKThe latest annual freedom of the press index by
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Europe falls from its pedestal, no respite in the dictatorships
Post Views: 1 “Our latest world press freedom index contains welcome surprises, highlights sombre realities and confirms certain trends,” Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Jean-François Julliard said as his organisation issued its ninth annual index today. “More than ever before, we
Read More‘Free Zone Exhibition’ starts under shadow of violent attacks 0
Post Views: 4 ‘Free Zone Exhibition’ starts under shadow of violent attacksRUMEYSA KIGER ?STANBUL Danish artist Rosan Bosch, co-creator of the “Free Zone Exhibition.” A violent attack in September on art galleries in ?stanbul’s Tophane quarter, carried out by
Read MoreSpending review: day of cuts begins with raid on BBC 0
Post Views: 13 Photograph gaffe reveals 490,000 public sector jobs will be lost while BBC is hit by a 16% budget cut Patrick Wintour, political editor George Osborne pictured in his office at the Treasury. Photograph: Jon Enoch Haggling over
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Video Sharing Site Vimeo.com Banned in Turkey
Post Views: 12 Video Sharing Site Vimeo.com Banned Emir ÇEL?KThree years after the access ban of YouTube, now the video sharing site Vimeo.com has been banned as well. The Telecommunication Communication Presidency blocked access upon a “protection decision” issued by
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