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Istanbul, 12 Sept. (AKI) – Eighteen students have been arrested in the Turkish city of Istanbul for protesting against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.

News agency, Dogan, said on Friday that members of the Turkish Communist Party and an Istanbul Technical University student club were protesting against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

The protest coincided with a visit by Erdogan who attended a ceremony to mark the university’s new school year.

The agency said protesters chanted slogans against the AKP and the ITU’s newly elected rector.

Eighteen student club members, who continued to chant slogans, were taken into custody by police.

Gul reportedly appointed a pro-AKP candidate as rector who had come third in the voting among academic staff instead of the candidate who won the majority of votes.

Source : Adnkronos

TEHRAN, Sept. 12 (MNA) — “Art of Islamic World: From Turkey to Indonesia” exhibition is currently underway at the Istanbul’s Asian Art Museum that will run through March 1.

Ranging from the tenth to the twenty-first century, the sixty works of art include paintings, manuscripts, ceramics, textiles, metal wares, historic photographs, and puppets.

The artworks are from Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China, Indonesia, and the Philippines and many are on display for the first time.

One of the ceramic pieces on display is a large blue-and-white dish from Iran dated 1650-1670, which might be thought at first glance to be Chinese. During the Safavid empire (1501-1722), Persia and China had admired each other’s artwork and luxury goods for many centuries, and both had at various times adopted forms and motifs from each other’s creations.

The early 1600s—the last decades of the Ming dynasty—Chinese production was disrupted by natural disasters and social disorder. Persian ceramic factories seized the opportunity and geared up production to satisfy the enormous demand for large, splendid blue-and-white dishes. Persian artisans did not have the materials or China’s technical secrets for making true porcelain, but they managed to make credible imitations.

The exhibition also is timed to coincide with the publication of the museum catalog, “Persian Ceramics: From the Collections of the Asian Art Museum”, scheduled for release in mid-September.

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Source : mehr news agency

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), the European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem) and Turkish research and business organisations will hold an ‘Applied biotechnology info day and networking event’ on 26 September in Istanbul, Turkey.

The aim of this event is to bring together key players in the biotechnology sector in Europe and introduce the research and development (R&D) potential of Turkey. It is intended as an opportunity for participants to meet potential local partners and foster R&D collaboration under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology Call 2009.

In the morning session, representatives of European Commission and SusChem will inform the attendees about funding opportunities under FP7 and biotechnology networks in Europe.

The information day and networking event are open to universities, public bodies and industry representatives, regional networks and the other stakeholders of this field.

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The International Conference on Automotive Technologies (ICAT 2008) will be held on 13 and 14 November in Istanbul, Turkey.

The aim of ICAT 2008 is to bring people of different disciplines in the automotive industry together to present and share new developments and results of recent studies. The two-day conference will focus on the latest advances in and economics of:

– hybrid vehicle technology;

– alternative powertrains and powertrain control;

– alternative fuels and hydrogen technologies;

– advanced materials, fluids and lubricants in automotive applications;

– intelligent vehicles and integrated safety.

Authorities, industry and research and development (R&D) actors will join their strengths and visions for future transportation in order to meet today’s global market requirements and tomorrow’s emission restrictions.

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Staring into a TV camera, I say, “Istanbul is one of the world’s great cities, period. For thousands of years, this point, where East meets West, has been the crossroads of civilizations. Few places on earth have seen more history than this sprawling metropolis on the Bosphorus.”

It’s the last day of a week devoted to producing a TV show on Istanbul and we need a grand spot for the show’s opening. We had a reasonable vista from the Galata Bridge, but it showed just charming old fishermen and tour boats. I want to somehow capture both the historic crossroads and the contemporary might of this city.

So far, the site selection has just led to frustrations. Mentally scanning all possible angles, it hits me: We need what filmmakers call a “high-wide,” a wide-angle, almost aerial shot. I want to show the freighter-filled Bosphorus and its Golden Horn inlet, the teeming Galata Bridge with lumbering commuter ferries churning up the port, and a huge mosque in the foreground.

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