I found this to be slightly amusing:
Recently, a Greek citizen had uploaded a video that insulted the revered Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (Turkey’s liberator and national hero) onto the video-sharing network Youtube. The Internet provider in Turkey, called Turk Telecom, in retaliation prohibited all Turkish users access to YouTube in hope that the video would go unseen. The Turkish courts ruled that the restrictions placed by Turk Telecom would be invalidated once the disrespectful video was removed from You tube.
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As a step toward mending historical wrongdoing, the Turkish government has aimed to pay for the restorations costs of the Armenian Akdamar church. This church is considered by many historical experts as a denotation of medievel Armenian architecture. Along with Turkey's decision to pay for these costs, an opening ceremony of the church will proceed the restoration. Unsurprisingly there is tension, suspicion, and worry surounding Turkey's altruistic and social gestures. Some believe these gestures to be part of an elaborate act to gain publicity and propaganda. Continue to read more at the following site, if you so desire:
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Elif Shafak, a well-known Turkish writer, has been under fire for her audacious support of the unavailing French bill. France's National Assembly had recently been in the process of enacting a bill that penalized anyone who refused to acknowledge the Armenian genocide of 1915 committed under Ottoman rule.
Continue reading " Elif Shafak's outlook"
There is the multiracial and mulitcultural setting of New York, a city in which I was born and raised. This past summer, I relocated to the West Coast in order to attend Willamette University. This is my first year here and currently, I am the novice at the Language Learning Center. Natalia graciously offered me a position here and I delightedly accepted. This has been a slightly disjointing and stream-of-consciousness style of writing. Nonetheless, I hope you’ve enjoyed reading it.
-Beyza
