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March 13, 2020
Turkey’s Berlin embassy moves back into its WWII home

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled for a 2-day visit in Germany, where he will also meet Angela Merkel to discuss the civil war in Syria.

By DPA | Oct.30, 2012 | 10:51 AM | 1

The new Turkish embassy in Berlin – AP – October 29, 2012.

Exterior view of the new Turkish embassy in Berlin, Germany, October 29, 2012. Photo by AP

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was to inaugurate a new Turkish embassy in Berlin on Tuesday, with the grandiose building underlining his nation’s ambition to become a member of the European Union.

The mission, Turkey’s largest abroad, has been erected in the German capital’s upscale Tiergarten embassy district, on the site where a Turkish embassy stood until Allied bombardment late in World War II left much of the city in rubble.

The 30-million-euro (39-million-dollar) building, entered through a 16-metre-high copper-lined archway, is located between the missions of South Africa and Italy.

Erdogan was to wrap up his visit to Berlin on Wednesday, when he meets Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the conflict in Syria. More than 100,000 Syrians have sought refuge in Turkey.

Some 2.5 million people living in Germany have ethnic Turkish roots. The two nations have close trade ties.

The embassy building is divided into two parts: the so-called “palace,” which contains reception areas and the ambassador’s office; and the “city,” which contains office space for 100 staff.

Between them is an atrium named after the Bosporus, the waterway separating the European and Asian parts of Turkey.

Thomas Hillig, one of the three architects, said the modern lines and grandeur of the building were an expression of Turkey’s desire to join the European Union, adding, “Turkey wants to show itself as a modern, open nation.”

Turkish ornamentation on the building includes the national logo and more subtle features such as a traditional Islamic pattern known as girih interlacing, which is engraved on the window glass.

“It’s meant to look Turkish and not be just a faceless block,” Hillig said.

Tiergarten was picked as the city’s embassy neighborhood under the Nazis, when the architect Albert Speer was commissioned to remake the city and the Axis allies Italy and Japan built their embassies there.

via Turkey’s Berlin embassy moves back into its WWII home – Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper.

October 31, 2012
Berlinale Crowns Crystal Bear Winners: Turkey’s “Lal Gece” & New Zealand’s “Meathead”

The Berlinale’s winners of the Crystal Bears from the Generation 14plus (youth) jury are Reis Çelik’s “Lal Gece” from Turkey as Best Feature Film and Special Mention for Ella Lemhagen’s “Kronjuvelerna” from Sweden.

Best Short Film is Sam Holst’s “Meathead” from New Zealand and the Special Mention short film is Isamu Hirabayashi’s “663114” from Japan.

Details on the films and reasons for their selection are below. Awards will be given to winners tonight, along with a screening of “Lal Gece” at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Cinema 1, at 7:30pm CET.

Crystal Bear for the Best Feature Film: “Lal Gece”

by Reis Çelik, Turkey 2011

We were deeply touched by he brilliant actors in this year’s winning film. They let us take part in the feelings of two people who are imprisoned by family traditions which do not leave them any space for their own decision making and needs. We were especially impressed by the film’s setting – a room where the drama unfolds. Just as for the couple, it is impossible for the audience to leave it.

Special Mention Feature Film: “Kronjuvelerna”

by Ella Lemhagen, Sweden 2011

Friendship, love, family, the divide between poor and rich, disabilities and sickness were only a few of the Themes flowing effortlessly into one another in this complex and many-layered Film.

The fairytale style does not in any way detract from the dramatic sequence of events. The great acting brought forth the entire Spectrum of Emotions, from which the Audience had no escape. This film touched us deeply. A real Masterpiece!

Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: “Meathead”

by Sam Holst, New Zealand 2011

The film shows us, just in a few minutes, the radical path from childhood to adulthood. Using authentic images the film portrays the rituals of a closed communities which you cannot escape from. The film exemplifies peer pressure and social pressure which can be found in all societies. For us, it has all the qualities necessary for a great short film.

Special Mention Short Film: “663114”

by Isamu Hirabayashi, Japan 2011

Visuals and Sound melded together flawlessly to create a philosophical and layered masterpiece. The director conveys his message, beyond all conventions. Through a simple metaphor he portrays the survival of a culture, even in the face of catastrophe.

The members of the Youth Jury in the Generation 14plus:

Klara Kruse Rosset

Gülcan Çil

Solveig Lethen

Jarnail Fang Yu Singh Sekhon

Sami Yacob

Nico Palesch

Lino Steinwärder

via Berlinale Crowns Crystal Bear Winners: Turkey’s “Lal Gece” & New Zealand’s “Meathead” | Filmmakers, Film Industry, Film Festivals, Awards & Movie Reviews | Indiewire.

February 18, 2012
First students of German university in İstanbul to start classes next year

11 October 2011, Tuesday / BJÖRN FINKE , İSTANBUL

The new Turkish-German university (TAU) in İstanbul will accept its first students in autumn 2012, Ziya Şanal, university rector, said on Monday evening.

The lectures will take place in provisional buildings, since the university’s premises will not be completed by that time. The foundation of the university, which as many as 5000 students will attend, was laid in Beykoz, a suburb on the Asian side of İstanbul, in October 2010.

The buildings might not be ready to host the students yet, but the institution already has an emblem. The organizers presented it in İstanbul on Monday evening. The logo was created at the end of a contest among mixed teams of design students at Anadolu University in Eskişehir and RheinMain University in Wiesbaden, Germany. The winning logo features the three initial letters of the university’s name, TAU, in the shape of flower petals. According to its designers, the logo symbolizes the connection between technology and nature at TAU. The institution – the biggest German university abroad — will focus on engineering, but at the same time will be committed to having a green campus.

The agreement to establish TAU was signed two-and-a-half years ago between the two countries. At that occasion, the German minister of education and research, Annette Schavan, said that the project could start in autumn 2009. Although this estimate has proven to be overly optimistic, there was a reason for the delay, namely disputes over the prospective curriculum.

Rita Süssmuth, president of the consortium representing the German universities involved in the bilateral project, said, “But now it looks realistic that we can start next autumn.” Rector Şanal added that the biggest challenges now are finishing the construction work on campus and acquiring “very good” faculty members.

Şanal is confident student demand for the university will be high. Both high school graduates from Germany and Turkey can apply. In addition to engineering, economics and law departments, the university will also offer degrees in natural and cultural sciences. The university degrees will be accepted in Germany and Turkey, and the language of education will be mainly German.

TAU is the first Turkish-German university. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan would like to see a second bilateral university open its doors. “If a Turkish-German university is established in İstanbul, why shouldn’t a similar institution start in Germany’s capital Berlin?” he asked in March 2010 when Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Ankara. However, this idea has yet to find followers in Germany.

via First students of German university in İstanbul to start classes next year.

October 12, 2011
Theologians in Kreuzberg

The Kreuzberg neighbourhood of Berlin is often referred to as “little Istanbul “. It’s famous for its Turkish Muslim population.Curiously it’s also where the Holy See’s representative to Germany, Archbishop Jean Claude Périsset has his residence, so pushing it a bit one could call this compound a ” little Vatican” of sorts.

Also because it’s where Benedict XVI stayed on the first night of the first State Visit to his homeland .

So when it came to choosing a venue for the Pope to meet with Muslim representatives on the morning of Friday 23rd of September , the location for this encounter seemed an obvious one.

And so at 9 am sharp the meeting began in this City of Berlin where minarets and domed roofs have hit the city’s sky line . The atmosphere was cordial and there were 15 representatives of the Muslim Community in Germany, the largest numerically in Western Europe after France and Britain. And it was as encounter between theologians, as the Muslim group was led by a Professor of Islamic theology Mouhanad Khorchide.

Speaking to the Pope , the Professor pointed to the fact that here in Germany there’s an ongoing process to establish Islamic Theology as a subject at German Universities. But he also highlighted the Catholic-Muslim Forum, launched in the Vatican in 2008 which he described as a major platform for Muslim-Christian dialogue , stressing the love of God and one’s fellows as the central binding link between Islam and Christianity .

And in his response to Professor Khorchide, Benedict XVI too highlighted some binding elements between the two faiths : “It seems to me, the Holy Father said, that there can be fruitful collaboration between Christians and Muslims. In the process, we help to build a society that differs in many respects from what we brought with us from the past. As believers, setting out from our respective convictions, we can offer an important witness in many key areas of life in society. I am thinking, for example, of the protection of the family based on marriage, respect for life in every phase of its natural course or the promotion of greater social justice.”

This meeting with the representatives of the well established Muslim community, mainly from Turkey, which represents a younger group than the mainstream German and since 9.11, unlike in the 1960’s and 70’s when integration went more smoothly, now causes concern for many who fear fundamentalist groups, marked the last of Benedict XVI’s appointments in Berlin.

A successful beginning to this four day official visit home for this Pope who seems to have charmed the previously aggressive media. The” Frankfurter Allgmeine Zeitung”, even went so far as to describe his keynote address at the Bundestag, the Federal Parliament: the “speech of the century” . Meanwhile on Friday his journey continues south of Berlin , in Erfurt as he flies to the Land of Luther.

via Vatican Radio – Theologians in Kreuzberg.

September 28, 2011
Merkel hosts Turkey’s president for talks in Berlin

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Abdullah Gul met in Berlin on Tuesday for talks aimed at airing issues touching on integration, EU accession and ties with Israel.

A raft of complex issues was on the table Tuesday when German Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks with Turkish President Abdullah Gul in Berlin. Up for discussion was the sharp deterioration in relations between Turkey and Israel, as well as the long-standing conservative unease in Germany over Turkish integration.

According to a message from government spokesman Steffen Seibert sent following the talks over the networking site Twitter, the Turkish president agreed with Merkel that good German language skills were necessary for successful integration in Germany.

Seibert tweeted that both Merkel and Gul acknowledged “that the German language should be learned early and as well as possible,” according to the AP news agency.

Earlier this year, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the some 3 million Turks living in Germany to integrate but not assimilate. He advised Turkish immigrants to teach their children the Turkish language before German.

Gul touched on the subject ahead of his three-day German tour, telling public broadcaster ZDF that German immigration law violated human rights. He said the legislation was unfair because it prohibited Turkish citizens from joining a spouse in Germany unless they could prove knowledge of the German language.

Contentious UN report

German President Christian Wulff, right, and Turkish President Abdullah GulBildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Gul, left, met with Christian Wulff on MondayAlso on the table at the chancellery was the recent flare-up in tensions between Turkey and Israel over a raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last year which ended in the deaths of eight Turkish activists and one Turkish American.

Turkey has expelled the Israeli ambassador to Ankara and suspended military ties with the country in the wake of a United Nations report certifying that the Jewish nation’s deadly raid was legal, despite it being heavy-handed.

The issue is of particular importance to Germany as both Turkey and Israel are key regional partners.

EU accession

The closed-door talks were also thought to have touched on relations between Turkey and the European Union. From the start of the visit, Gul has reiterated Turkey’s desire to join the 27-nation bloc. Merkel opposes Turkish accession and has only offered what she calls a “strategic partnership,” which Turkey rejects.

Complicating matters, Turkey over the weekend threatened to freeze relations with the EU if it went ahead with allowing the divided island of Cyprus to take over the rotating six-month presidency of the bloc next year.

Cyprus joined the EU in 2004 and was due to be handed the presidency in July 2012 after Denmark. But Turkey said it first wants to see a resolution to a standoff between Cyprus’ Turkish north and its Greek south, adding that a Cypriot EU presidency would “cause a major disruption” in relations. Turkey does not recognize Cyprus as a sovereign country.

Following the talks with Merkel, Gul was to travel to the western city of Osnabrück for a second meeting with German President Christian Wulff. There he was scheduled to visit the provincial city’s historic town hall, at which the 1648 Peace of Westphalia was signed, bringing to a close the Thirty Years’ War in Europe.

Author: Darren Mara (dpa, AP)

Editor: Martin Kuebler

September 21, 2011