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Traveling the Turkish Islands by Sea (PHOTOS)

Jamal Hammadi | Posted 04.30.2013 | Travel
Read More: Turkey, Mediterranean, Greece, Bodrum, Mykonos, Mediterranean Sea, Anatolia Sea, Patmos, Tomb of Mausolus, Mediterranean Cruise, Turkish Islands, Turkish, Maca-Kizi, Kayak, Meditation, Water Skiing, Travel News
Jamal Hammadi

The most memorable moments were spent kayaking in the morning, taking a swim around the boat or stopping off on small beautiful islands as we made our way down to Bodrum.

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Baby Names for Foreign Parents

Hulya Aksu | Posted 11.27.2012 | Parents
Read More: Turkey, Immigrants, Turkish, Parenting, Baby Names, Teasing, Names, Character, Bullying, Naming Your Child, Motivation, Building Character, Imigration, Parents News
Hulya Aksu

My son is competitive, and he is certainly touchier than my daughter when it comes to criticism. He's identical to me. I wonder if the fight for his name is the source of his ambition. It certainly had something to do with mine.

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April 24th: Remembering the Armenian Dead

Christopher Atamian | Posted 06.24.2012 | World
Read More: Taxes, Turkey, Ahmet Davotuglu, Turkish, Syrian Desert, Armenian Genocide, Armenian, 1915, Pontic Greek, Young Turks, Armenia, Talaat Pasha, Wealth, Genocide, Assyrian, Concentration Camps, Wealth Taxes, Reconciliation, Ayash, Komitas, Djemal, Pontic, Chankiri, Enver, World News
Christopher Atamian

Turkey can delay, it can hem and haw and try to dissimulate, but the reality is that Armenians -- and their Greek and Assyrian counterparts -- have truth on their side; and as we have seen before in the course of human history, truth has a strange way of winning out, eventually.

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Who Grows Our Food: Theresa Podoll, Prairie Road Organic Farm

Ellen Kanner | Posted 04.21.2012 | Green
Read More: Department of Agriculture, Genetic Modification, Usda, Organic Farming Research Foundation, Family Farmer Seed Cooperative, Turkish, Green Revolution, Theresa Podoll, Millet, Prairie Road Organic Seed, Green News
Ellen Kanner

Seeds are where it all begins. They promise the start of things. They're "the very basis of our food and agriculture," says Theresa Podoll of Prairie Road Organic Farm.

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Yüksel Arslan's 'Artures' (VIDEO)

VernissageTV | Posted 04.04.2012 | Arts
Read More: Literature, Paris, Art, Yüksel Arslan, Drawing, Contemporary Art, Insider's Tip, Artists, Turkish, Painting, Art Exhibitions, Artures, Video, Arts News
VernissageTV

The Kunsthalle Zurich is now presenting for the first time a selection of over 200 works since 1959 outside of Turkey. The exhibition has its focus on Arslan's Artures, works on paper using a unique technique with special paints.

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Europeans and Americans Should Freely Urge Turkey to Respect Free Speech

Marietje Schaake | Posted 06.06.2011 | World
Read More: Mohammed Cartoon, Turkey, Terrorism, Imam's Army, European Union, Erdogan, Ergenekon, Turkish, Coup, Censorship, Journalism, Dissidents, Freedom of Press, World News
Marietje Schaake

The debate on fundamental freedoms in Turkey intensified after the recent arrests of journalists following a court order that criminalizes the possession of a yet unpublished book.

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Cyprus: Tales of Aphrodite

Bob Schulman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: Richard the Lionheart, Travel to Cypus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Larnaka, Limassol, Greece, Greek, Turkish, Cyprus, Travel News
Bob Schulman

Legends say this is the spot where the Greek goddess came to freshen up after running around with her many boyfriends. The waters are believed to have magical properties.

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Rhodes Beckons Sun/Sea Lovers, History Buffs, Nature Fans

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: Mikis Theodorakis, Europe, Souvlaki, Acropolis, Gyro, Giants, Tzaziki, Romans, Lebanon, Ouzou, Euro, Asia, Mosque, Feta, Greece, Turkey, Africa, Mount Olympus, Turkish, U.S. Dollar, Persians, Medieval, Zeus, Christian, Zorba the Greek, Asia Minor, Italian, Kamiros, Ialysos, Saracens, Rhodes, Helios, Lindos, Carian, Slidepollajax, Dodecanese, Poseidon, Phoenicians, Byzantines, Telchines, Crusaders, Travel News
Magda Abu-Fadil

*SEE PHOTOS BELOW* It's hard not to enjoy a trip to Rhodes with its plentiful sun, historical sites, diverse cultural offerings, natural beauty, fun ...

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The Other Face of Hamburg (PHOTOS)

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: Europe, Germany, Central Europe, Beer, Historische Hurentour, Turkish, U.S. Dollar, Euro, a380, Hamburger Abendblatt, Airbus Deutschland, The Beatles, Buckingham Palace, North Sea, Hamburg, St. Michaelis Church, Elbe River, Axel Springer Newspaper Division, St. Pauli, Rathaus, Hanseatic, Slidepollajax, Travel News
Magda Abu-Fadil

*SEE PHOTOS BELOW* What comes to mind when someone mentions Hamburg? A port city in the cold northern reaches of Germany with ubiquitous sex shops a...

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Soul Kitchen: Fatih Akin

Kristin McCracken | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Edge of Heaven, Tribeca Film Festival, Tribeca Film, Filmmakers, Fatih Akin, Food Movies, Head-On, Hamburg, Turkish, Soul Kitchen, Entertainment News
Kristin McCracken

Director Fatih Akin follows up Head-On and The Edge of Heaven with Soul Kitchen, a comedy about food, family, and gentrification in Hamburg. It's a delightful dish.

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Foreign Arabic-Language TV: An Exercise in Futility?

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Al Hayat, Trt, Russian, French, An-Nahar, Al Arabiya, BBC Arabic TV, Al Jazeera, Atlantic, Berlin, Al Hurra, Turkish, American, Euronews, Arab World, Cctv, Chinese, Voice of America, France, North Africa, Radio Sawa, Middle East, Deutsche Welle, Moscow, Saudi Arabia, Asharq Al-Awsat, Uncle Sam, British, Russia Today, Al Manar, Arabian Gulf, France 24, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

They're tripping over each other. American, British, French, Russian, Chinese and Turkish satellite TV channels want a piece of the Arab viewers' p...

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Turkish Plane Crashes In Amsterdam, 9 Die

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Turkish Plane, Turkish Airlines, Amsterdam, Turkish Plane Amsterdam, Amsterdam Plane Crash, Turkey, Hasan Tahsin, Turkish Plane Crash, Amsterdam Turkish, Plane Amsterdam, Turkish Crash, Turkish, Turkish Airline Crash, Planecrash, Crash Plane Amsterdam, Crash Airplane Turkisch, World News

HAARLEMMERLIEDE, Netherlands — A Turkish Airlines jetliner plummeted out of the mist and plowed into a muddy field Wednesday near Amsterdam's ma...

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