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US report says Turkey still restricts religious freedom
51The Greek Orthodox Halki Seminary in İstanbul, the only school used by the Greek minority in Turkey to educate its clergymen, was closed in 1971. (Photo: İHA, Hakkı Öz)21 May 2013 /TODAYSZAMAN.COM,...
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Religious freedom problems in Turkey in 2012 and forever
Columnists21 May 2013, Tuesday1Share on facebook0Share on twitter0Share on google02ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZo.cengiz@todayszaman.comIt is always quite interesting to look at your own problems through the eyes...
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‘Satanic Verses,' Fazıl Say and Sevan Nişanyan
Columnists28 May 2013, Tuesday4Share on facebook0Share on twitter0Share on google01ORHAN KEMAL CENGİZo.cengiz@todayszaman.comOn Feb. 14, 1989, when the whole world was celebrating St. Valentine's Day,...
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Sevan Nişanyan and freedom of expression
Columnists26 May 2013, Sunday5Share on facebook0Share on twitter0Share on google01MARKAR ESAYANm.esayan@todayszaman.comFor a while now, what Sevan Nişanyan, a writer and philologist, has published on...
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Bitter memories of exile still alive among Armenians
225Sarkis Seropyan (Photo: Today's Zaman)26 May 2013 /SEVGI AKARÇEŞME, İSTANBULSarkis Seropyan, an Armenian citizen of Turkey who was born in İstanbul in 1935, told Sunday’s Zaman about what he called...
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An exhibition about a family forced to leave their home
35Cast members of “Le Passe” and the film’s Iranian director, Asghar Farhadi (2nd R), pose for photographers as they present their film as part of the official competition at the 66th Cannes Film...
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Yunus Emre Institute to cooperate with CSOs abroad on teaching Turkish
026 May 2013 /ASLIHAN AYDIN, SARAJEVOThe Yunus Emre Institute is to send Turkish language materials to Turkish civil society organizations in those foreign countries where most Turkish expatriates...
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Turkey could make TL 30 million annual profit after clearing land mines
0A recent study by the İstanbul Aydın University Disaster Education, Application and Research Center says that there are 982,777 land mines buried in Turkey. (Photo: Today's Zaman)26 May 2013 /TUĞBA...
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Prosecutor asks Dink's murderer about role of gendarmerie
128 May 2013 /YAKUP ÇETİN, İSTANBULThe prosecutor conducting the investigation into the 2007 killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink once again called convicted hitman Ogün Samast to testify...
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EP deputy says Turkey's European orientation is crucial for its future
02From L to R are European Parliament member Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Friedrich Naumann Foundation's Turkey representative Hans-Georg Fleck and Gökçe Perçinoğlu from TESEV. (Photo: Today's Zaman)28...
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Efforts begin to open Turkey's first Kurdish university
0630 May 2013 /TODAY'S ZAMAN, ANKARAThe General Directorate of Foundations has approved the establishment of the Mesopotamia Foundation (Mezopotamya Vakfı), which plans to open a university to offer...
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Azerbaijan-Georgia military cooperation and Turkey's influence (1)
Columnists29 May 2013, Wednesday1Share on facebook0Share on twitter0Share on google06ZAUR SHIRIYEVz.shiriyev@todayszaman.comOne of the most interesting and fastest-growing areas of cooperation between...
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Azerbaijan-Georgia military cooperation and Turkey's influence (2)
Columnists30 May 2013, Thursday1Share on facebook0Share on twitter0Share on google01ZAUR SHIRIYEVz.shiriyev@todayszaman.comAs discussed in my previous column, the political-military realities of the...
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A century of mistakes followed by a decade of change
Columnists31 May 2013, Friday4Share on facebook0Share on twitter0Share on google02MARKAR ESAYANm.esayan@todayszaman.comTurkey has been changing radically in recent years. The dynamic for this change...
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Islamophobes hide behind freedom of expression
Columnists31 May 2013, Friday15Share on facebook0Share on twitter0Share on google06ABDULLAH BOZKURTa.bozkurt@todayszaman.comMany assume the appalling manifestation of Islamophobic attacks -- verbal or...
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In a Turkish town that had 10,000 Armenians, now there is only one
George Aghjayan - Asiya is what some people call a hidden Armenian, thought to be the last surviving Armenian in Chunkush, a small village in southwestern Turkey.0Share to FacebookShare on TwitterAdd...
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Turkish Parliament Speaker meets with religious leaders
ISTANBULSend to friend »Share on linkedinParliament Speaker Çemil Çiçek met with Turkey’s religious leaders during the 22th Parliamentary Assembly of Organization for Security and Co-operation in...
View ArticleRussia Announces Upgrades To CSTO Military Presence In Armenia
July 4, 2013 - 7:31am, by Joshua Kucera The Bug Pit Armenia CSTO RussiaRussia has promised to upgrade its military base in Armenia, while also helping to bolster Armenia's own air forces, as...
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Charles Aznavour arrives in Armenia
JULY 4, 20:33YEREVAN. – Charles Aznavour and his family arrived in Armenia minutes ago. Famous singer was welcomed by Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and French Ambassador Henri...
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Direct Beirut-Yerevan flight to start
inShare4 July 2013, 16:05 (GMT+05:00)See Also:Think-tank: Azerbaijan’s occupied territories used for training of terrorists (PHOTO)Armenian parliament hears statement that Khojaly genocide was...
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