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Orhan Pamuk Abandons Turkey and Moves to New York following Threats to his Life – A Sad Story – Recently Reported by the Media, February 2007. Below is a commentary… Read more »

 Exhibition on the 150th Anniversary of the Criemian Warat Sadberk Hanim Muzesi and Crimea January 29, 2007 150th Anniversary of Crimean war Exhibition at Sadberk Hanim Muzesi An exhibition opened… Read more »

Turkey’s Role in the New Emerging World Mr. Stephen Kinzer, the former New York Times Bureau chief in Istanbul, now a lecturer at the Northwestern University in Illinois, was a… Read more »

THE BLUE BOOK, THE BLACK BOOK The Real Problem is The ORANGE BOOK There has been a great deal of discussions and presentations in the Turkish media and TV channels… Read more »

Dear Mrs. Nancy Pelosi, Your inauguration as the new Speaker of the US House of Representatives with many children around you, some sitting in your chair, was a historical event… Read more »

 A Conference by Prof. Dr. Mehmet Celik, Celal Bayar University, 3 February 2007 Organized by Turkish World Research Foundation at Suleymaniye Cultural Center, Istanbul An excellent presentation was made by… Read more »

 with MEMORIES OF NEW YORK, ISTANBUL, TALAS, TARSUS and SAMSUN May 18 – 21, 2006 May is when many people start making visits to the Princess Islands to get away… Read more »

 Su Cilgin Turkler staged as an Opera at Caddebostan Cultural Center January 30, 2007 An important event took place in Kadikoy on Tuesday evening, January 30. The premiere of ‘’Su… Read more »

80th Anniversary of SPEECH by MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK, delivered in 1927 This year marks the 80th anniversary of the publication of the ‘’A Speech delivered by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in… Read more »

Bilgi University in Istanbul hosts two International Conferences in September, 2005 One on Libraries, the Other on the Armenian Issue On Sept 19 – 21, Bilgi University held an International… Read more »