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x0x Turkish News for the week ending 13 April 2024
[This is a transcript of the news broadcast on 13 April 2024]
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NEWS
Some of the ancient sites that visitors were in record numbers.
★ Turkey was in holiday mode most of this week, celebrating the end of Ramadan. Most people started their holiday time off on Monday, April 8, and will report back to work on the 15th.
Taking advantage of the nine-day holiday, the daily Duvar reported that domestic tourists flocked to historic and scenic locations. In Istanbul, the İstiklal Avenue and Prince Islands were popular destinations.
The ancient sites of Göbeklitepe and Zeugma in southeastern Turkey hosted record visitors.
Taking advantage of the nine-day holiday, the daily Duvar reported that domestic tourists flocked to historic and scenic locations. In Istanbul, the İstiklal Avenue and Prince Islands were popular destinations.
The ancient sites of Göbeklitepe and Zeugma in southeastern Turkey hosted record visitors.
★ Writing in the American Conservative, Gökhan Çınkara, a professor at Turkey's Necmettin Erbakan University, said: "The 2024 local elections in Turkey have emerged as a watershed moment for the nation's conservative and nationalist factions, indicating a tectonic shift in the political landscape that may have profound implications for the country's future."
The right-wing coalition between the Justice and Development and Nationalist Action parties suffered defeat.
The New Welfare Party aside, other right-wing parties faced the same fate.
Dr. Çınkara adds that the prevailing theory suggests that the electorate aimed to send a stern message to the ruling elite due to the country's economic downturn.
He suggested that Turkish conservatives foster ties with their American counterparts to rejuvenate Turkey's conservative movement.
Read Dr. Çınkara's full article >> here <<
The right-wing coalition between the Justice and Development and Nationalist Action parties suffered defeat.
The New Welfare Party aside, other right-wing parties faced the same fate.
Dr. Çınkara adds that the prevailing theory suggests that the electorate aimed to send a stern message to the ruling elite due to the country's economic downturn.
He suggested that Turkish conservatives foster ties with their American counterparts to rejuvenate Turkey's conservative movement.
Read Dr. Çınkara's full article >> here <<
★ According to the British daily The Guardian, a support pylon collapsed in a cable car system between Antalya city and a mountain, killing one person, injuring seven, and stranding one eighty-four in mid-air.
Emergency crews with 110 people arrived at the scene to rescue the wounded and stranded.
Ten opposition parliamentarians went to Antalya to investigate the accident. Muhittin Böcek, Antalya Metropolitan Mayor, addressed the claims that lack of maintenance may have been the problem. He said the company running the cable car is supposed to conduct annual major and weekly maintenance. He says there will be an investigation.
Emergency crews with 110 people arrived at the scene to rescue the wounded and stranded.
Ten opposition parliamentarians went to Antalya to investigate the accident. Muhittin Böcek, Antalya Metropolitan Mayor, addressed the claims that lack of maintenance may have been the problem. He said the company running the cable car is supposed to conduct annual major and weekly maintenance. He says there will be an investigation.
★ Deutsche Welle says allies started increasing the pressure on Israel. It added that Turkey also joined.
On Tuesday, Turkish officials banned the export of 54 categories of products to Israel. The ban came after many months of protests by the public of the ruling Justice and Development Party, especially by the religious.
Turkey's Trade Ministry said it had stopped earlier sending any goods to Israel that it could use for military purposes.
A Voice of America article said that tensions between Israel and Turkey over the war in Gaza may escalate into an all-out trade war, threatening a bilateral economic relationship that the two sides have long nurtured even as the countries bickered over political issues.
Israeli Foreign Minister Katz said he asked "Israel's friends in the U. S. Congress to examine Turkish violation of boycott laws against Israel and impose sanctions accordingly."
Eugene Kontorovich, a law professor at George Mason University's Scalia Law School, said he thought Turkey's action "most probably violates the World Trade Organization's agreements," but not U. S. federal laws.
Read the full VOA article >> here <<
Read the full Deutsche Welle article >> here <<
On Tuesday, Turkish officials banned the export of 54 categories of products to Israel. The ban came after many months of protests by the public of the ruling Justice and Development Party, especially by the religious.
Turkey's Trade Ministry said it had stopped earlier sending any goods to Israel that it could use for military purposes.
A Voice of America article said that tensions between Israel and Turkey over the war in Gaza may escalate into an all-out trade war, threatening a bilateral economic relationship that the two sides have long nurtured even as the countries bickered over political issues.
Israeli Foreign Minister Katz said he asked "Israel's friends in the U. S. Congress to examine Turkish violation of boycott laws against Israel and impose sanctions accordingly."
Eugene Kontorovich, a law professor at George Mason University's Scalia Law School, said he thought Turkey's action "most probably violates the World Trade Organization's agreements," but not U. S. federal laws.
Read the full VOA article >> here <<
Read the full Deutsche Welle article >> here <<
★ According to Turkish news site Bianet, in 2019, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Osman Kavala's detention violated his rights, ordering his immediate release.
Bianet defines Mr. Osman Kavala as a Turkish businessman and a human rights defender. The Turkish government accused him of many things and finally decided to prosecute him with the trumped-up charges of orchestrating the 2016 failed coup.
After Turkey refused to comply with the ruling, the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers initiated an infringement process against Turkey in 2022.
In its annual report this week, the Council warned that Turkey's non-compliance with the European Court of Human Rights for the immediate release of Osman Kavala presents a significant challenge to the European human rights system.
Bianet defines Mr. Osman Kavala as a Turkish businessman and a human rights defender. The Turkish government accused him of many things and finally decided to prosecute him with the trumped-up charges of orchestrating the 2016 failed coup.
After Turkey refused to comply with the ruling, the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers initiated an infringement process against Turkey in 2022.
In its annual report this week, the Council warned that Turkey's non-compliance with the European Court of Human Rights for the immediate release of Osman Kavala presents a significant challenge to the European human rights system.
ARTS AND CULTURE
★ Forbes' Kaitlyn McInnis had an article titled "Five Romantic Date Spots In Istanbul To Visit This Spring."
She wrote: "Destinations like Paris and Rome tend to get all the credit when it comes to romance - but Istanbul should not be overlooked as a love-fueled city. The historical charm and confluence of cultures give Istanbul a mysterious allure that lends itself incredibly well to date night."
Here are the five places she listed:
She wrote: "Destinations like Paris and Rome tend to get all the credit when it comes to romance - but Istanbul should not be overlooked as a love-fueled city. The historical charm and confluence of cultures give Istanbul a mysterious allure that lends itself incredibly well to date night."
Here are the five places she listed:
- Nardis Jazz Club
- Viktor Levi Wine House
- Tuğra Restaurant in Çırağan Palace Kempinski
- Galata Tower
- Navitas Spa Cistern
★ Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party has lost Istanbul's Beyoğlu District Municipality for the first time after 20 years. Taksim shopkeepers, who will organize a festival on April 13, talked about the neighborhood's transformation, interventions in the culture of life, and their demands from the new Republican People's Party administration.
The Beyoğlu district has historic buildings, a culture of life, and 24-hour venues. The shopkeepers on and near Beyoğlu's İstiklal Street and Taksim Square supported İnan Güney, the opposition Republican People's Party mayoral candidate, in the March 31 local elections since the religiously conservative Justice and Development Party administrations made life very difficult for them, especially for bars, taverns, and restaurants that served alcohol.
The shopkeepers, restaurateurs, and entertainment venue owners prepared a brochure for the election titled "Why do we support İnan Güney?"
The brochure said that Mr. Güney promised to stop intimidating the shopkeepers with astronomical fees for occupation, and administrative fines, and support the re-establishment of cultural centers such as theaters, movie theaters, and libraries, which historically constituted the dynamics of the neighborhood, and identified with Taksim.
Mr. Güney received 49.22% of the votes and his ruling party opponent 40.74%.
Taksim Shopkeepers Initiative will organize a festival on April 13 between 8.30 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. with the slogan "Beyoğlu Again" after the candidate it supported won. They invited Mayor İnan Güney also to the festival.
The Beyoğlu district has historic buildings, a culture of life, and 24-hour venues. The shopkeepers on and near Beyoğlu's İstiklal Street and Taksim Square supported İnan Güney, the opposition Republican People's Party mayoral candidate, in the March 31 local elections since the religiously conservative Justice and Development Party administrations made life very difficult for them, especially for bars, taverns, and restaurants that served alcohol.
The shopkeepers, restaurateurs, and entertainment venue owners prepared a brochure for the election titled "Why do we support İnan Güney?"
The brochure said that Mr. Güney promised to stop intimidating the shopkeepers with astronomical fees for occupation, and administrative fines, and support the re-establishment of cultural centers such as theaters, movie theaters, and libraries, which historically constituted the dynamics of the neighborhood, and identified with Taksim.
Mr. Güney received 49.22% of the votes and his ruling party opponent 40.74%.
Taksim Shopkeepers Initiative will organize a festival on April 13 between 8.30 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. with the slogan "Beyoğlu Again" after the candidate it supported won. They invited Mayor İnan Güney also to the festival.
★ According to the magazine ArtDog Istanbul, the countdown for Sonar Istanbul 2024 started.
The eighth edition of the Electronic Music Festival will take place in Istanbul between April 26 and 28th.
Many artists from around the globe will participate, including:
The eighth edition of the Electronic Music Festival will take place in Istanbul between April 26 and 28th.
Many artists from around the globe will participate, including:
- Adam Beyer,
- Jan Blomqvist,
- Henrik Schwarz,
- Sevdaliza,
- Marcel Dettman,
- Overmono,
- 2ManyDJs b2b Tiga,
- Ryoji Ikeda,
- Joy Orbison,
- Ellen Allien b2b Nene H,
- Gaia Ekho, and
- Samet Günal b2b NON.
Read the details >> here <<
★ When you do excavations, you come across lots of human bones. Turkish archaeologists have created a collection site at the Mehmet Akif Ersoy University's Anthropology Department in Turkey's Denizli Province.
The collection has over 6000 human skeletons from nearly 38 excavations. Dr. Alper Yener Yavuz, a professor at the University, is the curator, and he uses them in his anthropology courses.
"We can speculate about the lives of these individuals, their professions, the diseases they suffered from, and even the cause of death," he added.
The collection has over 6000 human skeletons from nearly 38 excavations. Dr. Alper Yener Yavuz, a professor at the University, is the curator, and he uses them in his anthropology courses.
"We can speculate about the lives of these individuals, their professions, the diseases they suffered from, and even the cause of death," he added.
★ The first activity of the Road of Culture Turkey started on April 13 in Turkey's Mediterranean city of Adana. 40 thousand artists will participate in 18 venues. There will be over 30 concerts, exhibitions, and panel discussions for nine days.
Refik Anadol, a Turkish American new media artist and designer, will display his recent work titled "Machine Hallucinations: Coral Dreams at the Memorial Museum of Adana.
Refik Anadol, a Turkish American new media artist and designer, will display his recent work titled "Machine Hallucinations: Coral Dreams at the Memorial Museum of Adana.
★ The 52nd Istanbul Music Festival will host many classical music stars with 25 concerts.
Among the 60 artists and orchestras that will participate are:
Among the 60 artists and orchestras that will participate are:
- Budapest Festival Orchestra
- Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
- Festival Strings Lucerne
- Tekfen Philharmonic Orchestra
- Pianist Maria João Pires
- Pianist Khatia Buniatishvili
- Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra with cellist István Várdai
- Turkish piano virtuoso Gülsin Onay
- Francesco Piemontesi
- Cellist Edgard Moreau
★ There is a tulip Museum in Istanbul. The museum will have the Tulipomania featuring 200 works by 55 artists and designers.
In the 1600s, a tulip craze started in Europe after the Dutch got the flowers from the Ottoman Empire and introduced them to Europe. The price of one bulb of tulip went as high as the cost of a home.
Ali Bakova, the exhibition curator, said that the tulip has a special and important place in both the East and the West.
Austrian diplomat Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq admired the tulip after visiting the garden of Suleiman the Magnificent.
Bakova added: "The world's first stock exchange came to being on tulips in the Netherlands."
In the 1600s, a tulip craze started in Europe after the Dutch got the flowers from the Ottoman Empire and introduced them to Europe. The price of one bulb of tulip went as high as the cost of a home.
Ali Bakova, the exhibition curator, said that the tulip has a special and important place in both the East and the West.
Austrian diplomat Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq admired the tulip after visiting the garden of Suleiman the Magnificent.
Bakova added: "The world's first stock exchange came to being on tulips in the Netherlands."
★ This year, Alaçatı Herb Festival will be between April 18 and 21.
The 13th edition of the festival will be a venue for visitors to discover the natural and cultural heritage of the Aegean region of Turkey, says Mayor Lal Denizli of Çeşme district where Alaçatı is.
The 13th edition of the festival will be a venue for visitors to discover the natural and cultural heritage of the Aegean region of Turkey, says Mayor Lal Denizli of Çeşme district where Alaçatı is.
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE for the U.S. dollar in Turkish Liras: 32.35
WEATHER
High and Low Temperatures in Degrees F, Weather Ankara, in central Turkey : 70/46 Mostly Cloudy Antalya, on the Mediterranean : 82/64 Partly Cloudy Erzurum, in Eastern Turkey : 55/37 Showers Istanbul, in northwestern Turkey : 72/52 Partly Cloudy Izmir, on the Aegean : 82/59 Partly Cloudy Trabzon, on the Black Sea : 59/54 Showers
SPORTS
Premier League
* Results for week: 31
Istanbul - Rize 0 - 4 Antalya - Ankaragücü 1 - 1 G. Antep - Alanya 0 - 3 G. Saray - Hatay 1 - 0 Kayseri - Kasımpaşa 0 - 2 Konya - Trabzon 1 - 3 Fenerbahçe - Adana 4 - 2 Sivas - K.gümrük 1 - 0 Başakşehir - Beşiktaş 1 - 1 Samsun - Pendik 0 - 0* In games played so far this weekend:
Trabzon - Sivas 0 - 1 Kasımpaşa - Konya 0 - 2 Beşiktaş - Samsun 1 - 1 Adana - Kayseri 0 - 0 Ankaragücü - G. Antep 3 - 1* Standing in the league as of week ending 31
1 - G. Saray 84 2 - Fenerbahçe 82 3 - Trabzon 52 4 - Beşiktaş 47 5 - Kasımpaşa 46 6 - Rize 45 7 - Başakşehir 43 8 - Antalya 42 9 - Alanya 42 10 - Sivas 41 11 - Adana 39 12 - Samsun 37 13 - Kayseri 36 14 - Ankaragücü 34 15 - Hatay 33 16 - Konya 33 17 - G. Antep 31 18 - K.gümrük 30 19 - Pendik 30 19 - Istanbul 13
★ According to Reuters, Fenerbahce's players walked off the pitch after one minute of Sunday's Turkish Super Cup match against Galatasaray, forcing the game to be abandoned and conceding the trophy.
Media reported the club had requested the game be postponed ahead of their Europa Conference League quarter-final, first leg at Olympiakos Piraeus on Thursday but were turned down.
Media reported the club had requested the game be postponed ahead of their Europa Conference League quarter-final, first leg at Olympiakos Piraeus on Thursday but were turned down.
★ Founded as Turkey's first and the world's fourth Bitcoin trading platform and transformed into a financial technology company with its investments, BtcTurk will hold an event in Istanbul on April 21, referring to the 21 million supply of Bitcoin during the Bitcoin halving period.
The BtcTurk Bull Run organized for the first time and will be every four years from now on, will see professionals and the public run along the Üsküdar coast in Istanbul.
The runs hosted by BtcTurk will consist of three stages: a 21-kilometer half marathon, a 10-kilometer public run, and a 100-meter bull costume run.
All of the runs will be free of charge. All details about the run are on the website http://btcturkbullrun.com/
BtcTurk, founded in 2013, is Turkey's largest cryptocurrency trading platform.
The BtcTurk Bull Run organized for the first time and will be every four years from now on, will see professionals and the public run along the Üsküdar coast in Istanbul.
The runs hosted by BtcTurk will consist of three stages: a 21-kilometer half marathon, a 10-kilometer public run, and a 100-meter bull costume run.
All of the runs will be free of charge. All details about the run are on the website http://btcturkbullrun.com/
BtcTurk, founded in 2013, is Turkey's largest cryptocurrency trading platform.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
[Saat 14:30 and 15:30 'da iki kez okuyun]
★ The April 23 National Sovereignty and Children's Day:
The local Turkish American Association will celebrate the day with an event on April 20 in the Palo Alto community center.The celebration will feature:
- The Bay Area Turkish children's chorus,
- Steve the Magic Guy,
- All-Star Kung Fu,
- Dancers from Azerbaijan,
- a Kyrgyz dance, and
- A Taiko show by the Mountain View Buddhist temple kids.
*** Turkish American Association of California
is a non-profit
charitable organization established to promote better
understanding between Americans and Turks.
if you have any questions about Turks and Turkey,
e-mail them at taac@taaca.org
*** Azerbaijan Cultural Society of Northern California
Organizes many events throughout the year. Follow their activities through
their web pages, or subscribe to their e-mail list by sending an email to:
secretary@acsnc.org
acsnc.org/
Location:
secretary@acsnc.org
acsnc.org/
Location:
Azerbaijan Cultural Society of Northern California
16400 Lark Ave., Suite 260
Los Gatos, CA 95032
16400 Lark Ave., Suite 260
Los Gatos, CA 95032
*** Turkish schools in the Bay Area are starting:
There are currently three schools:
Los Altos, San Ramon and Berkeley
For more information on these schools, drop an email to trh@turkradio.us.
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HELLO THERE!
Our online school is starting in September. There are some innovations in our new term program, which we will start in September 2022.
We have prepared more enjoyable posts with your happy feedbacks from you.
> By the principles of language learning; listening, speaking, reading, writing activities
> Kitchen Workshop
> Anatolian Civilizations
> Interactive Games
> Periodic Projects
> Skill Workshops
> Our Holidays
> Bodily Activities
> Traditional Music
> About This Day
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