Tag: Turkey

There is plenty of focus on the downside risks to the US economy - the European crisis and recession, the slowdown in China, the US fiscal cliff and more - ...

Democracy can be associated with such noble principles and notions as freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, freedom to discuss everything, pluralism, transparency and accountability.   However, some would like ...

‘Çanakkale Çocukları’ (The Children of Çanakkale)   Turkey, 1915: The country is fighting on several fronts during the early years of World War I and Gallipoli, near Çanakkale, is one ...

A British anti-arms trade campaign and promoters of peace, human rights and the environment from Turkey, United States and Afghanistan have been named as winners of this year’s Right Livelihood ...

“Ateşin Düştüğü Yer” (Where the Fire Burns), a road movie centered on so-called “honor killings,” has been selected to represent Turkey in the race for the Best Foreign Language Film ...

Cultural authorities in Skopje have announced plans to convert the Macedonian capital’s Ottoman-era fortress into a museum displaying pieces and artifacts stemming from the imperial age. The project started earlier ...

Harry’s still finished, but don’t rule out any return to the Potter world. Although J.K. Rowling’s first novel tailored for adults is being released this week, she says her next ...

A Turkish Long-Range Air- and Missile-System (T-Loramids) could be at the building stage within a few months, but many defense analysts have voiced concern given the system’s huge installment expenses ...

An Egyptian-American man behind an anti-Islam film that has stoked violent protests across the Muslim world was arrested on Thursday in California for allegedly violating his probation, and a federal ...

Up to 700,000 Syrian refugees may flee abroad by the end of the year, the UN refugee agency says, almost four times its previous forecast for the exodus from the ...