Culture/Art
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Cultural Exchange: Turkish film ‘Fetih 1453’ stirs nationalism
in Culture/ArtThe movie has been hugely successful in its home country since its premiere, telling of the Turks’ defeat of the Byzantine capital, but critics say […]
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Celebrating ordinary life
in Culture/ArtNobel laureate Orhan Pamuk realizes a long-held dream. ISTANBUL: Nobel prize-winning Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk realized a long-nurtured dream yesterday with the opening of an […]
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An Introduction to the Cinema of Turkey
in Culture/ArtMetin Erksan’s Revenge of the Snakes (1962) Back in 1987, when I was first hired to be Program Director of the Film Society of Lincoln […]
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Music for the One God
in Culture/ArtThe Multinational Project ”Music for the One God”Harmonious Triad of Religions Under the direction of the Turkish composer and oud player Mehmet Yeşilçay, the multinational […]
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İstanbul to host celebration of world’s oldest love poem
in Culture/ArtThe world’s oldest love poem, written on a 4,000-year-old clay tablet known as “İstanbul #2461,” currently has its home at the İstanbul Archaeological Museums. Penned […]
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Greek and Turkish Debate Over Origins of “Koulouri”/”Simit”
It all started when US President Barack Obama called the “baklava” dessert “Greek” in a ceremony which took place in the White House for the […]