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The Week That Was: 14-20 November 2011. Energy Symposiums, Business Conferences and the World Turkish Entrepreneurs Convention in İstanbul.
The week started with the Eurasia Waste Technologies Symposium at the Haliç Coference Center on 14 November Monday and lasted for 3 days. The main topic was the management of… Read more
”America’s Amateur Ambassadors”
A commentary on ”America’s Amateur Ambassadors” dated June 19, 2006, sent to Internatıonal Herald Tribune, June 19, 2006 Dear Editor, Thomas J. Raleigh’s “Diplomacy” arcticle, “America’s Amateur Ambassadors” (June 16,… Read more
Baksı Museum and Library at Bayraktar Village, Bayburt
Baksı Museum and Library at Bayraktar Village, Bayburt Coruh river which originates in Mescit Mountain near Bayburt, first flows west, than north and finally eastwards and empties into the Black… Read more
ANATOLIAN FIRE, The Greatest Show on Earth
ANATOLIAN FIRE, The Greatest Show on Earth The Fire of Anatolia, Anadolu Atesi, is a Turkish dance group consisting of 120 dances, several choreographers and technicians, who first came to… Read more
Hiroshima Anniversary Commemoration at Toy Museum, Istanbul
Augus 6, 2010 Hiroshima Anniversary Commemoration at Toy Museum, Istanbul The beautiful Toy Muesum in Goztepe, Istanbul, was the host of a commemoration of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima that… Read more
Book Review – The Next 100 Years
Review of a strange book,” The Next 100 Years” By George Friedman, Chief intelligence officer and founder of Strategic Forecasting, Inc. (STRATFORD), Published by Doubleday, 2009. The colorful cover of… Read more
Book Review – BASTARD OF ISTANBUL (Baba ve Pic)
Book Review BASTARD OF ISTANBUL A novel by Elif Safak, Metis Publications, March 2006, Published in Turkish as ‘’Baba ve Pic’’ It probably seems odd that the review of a… Read more
Book Review – The Hittite by Ben Bova
Book Review – The Hittite by Ben Bova A Forge Book, 317 Pages, April 2010 Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC 175 5th Avenue, NY, NY 10010 The Hittites were… Read more
21 People Who Made the World a Better Place for Most Everyone
21 People Who Made the World a Better Place for Most Everyone European Parliament recently held an exhibition on 20 people who left a mark in the World. There was… Read more
Bir kitap yorumu – ‘Bir Baskadir Benim Meslegim”
Bir Baskadir Benim Meslegim, Mete Akyol Agustos 2008, Istanbul, Bilgi Yayinevi, 400 sayfa Sayin gazeteci ve yazar Mete Akyol’un bu yeni kitabı, senelerce uzakdan takip ettigim Turkiye’yi, bilhassa 1957-1975 arasi… Read more
