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Turkey by numbers (II)
The story in our newspaper recently stated that a recent survey about the lifestyle and attitudes of Turkish people had revealed "intriguing results." The poll was conducted by the Ipsos KMG Research and Consultancy Company based on interviews with almost 16,000 people across Turkey, titled ?Guide to Understanding Turkey.?
Here are some of the ?intriguing? results:
Watchdog fines Turkish broadcasters for reading out newspaper articles on graft inquiry
Turkey's TV watchdog has fined six private broadcasters for breaching a gag order on the parliamentary graft inquiry commission's process by "reading out newspaper articles."
The Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTÜK) had announced that it would monitor TV broadcasters after the ban on the graft commission's inquiry was issued.
'Big Eyes' to open !f Film Festival
The 14th !f Istanbul Independent Films Festival will run between Feb. 12 and 22 in Istanbul and between Feb. 26 and March 1 in Ankara and ?zmir. The opening film of the festival will be master director Tim Burton?s latest film ?Big Eyes,? which will make its premier in Turkey.
Republic era's first pianos under restoration
Joel Jobe.
The world's leading piano restorer has arrived in Turkey to restore the Turkish Republic's first pianos, which are valued at hundreds of thousands of Turkish Liras.
Saudi Arabia refuses visa for Turkey's ?rock singer imam'
A Turkish imam who sings in a rock band and attracted considerable media attention after releasing an album last year, has announced that Saudi Arabia refused to grant his request for a visa ahead of a scheduled concert in the Gulf country.
Turkey?s first film archive and cinema museum on the way
The Turkish Film Archive and Cinema Museum, which has been under construction for two years in Ankara, is aiming to become a cultural center of attraction and a new life space.
Nationalist party accuses ruling AKP of stealing election song
Elections songs are not only popular gimmicks used by political parties during campaigns, but those parties are also apparently very possessive about their tunes.
With the general elections approaching, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has kicked off a debate by accusing the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of stealing a song they used back in 1999.
AKP's new election song praises Davutoğlu as 'grandson of Ottomans'
The new election campaign song of Turkey's ruling party praises Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄlu to the skies, saluting him a "wise, brave man" who is also a "true grandson of the Ottomans."
Turkey’s parallel universes
If you live in Turkey these days and happen to have a TV screen with a remote control, you can witness a fascinating reality of parallel universes. In other words, you can see how completely opposite political narratives co-exist with very little connection to each other.
Jinnis scare Turkish audiences most
Turkish horror cinema has been on the rise in recent years. Horror movies using jinnis draw the most attention from viewers because of their presence in Turkish people's minds from childhood, according to psychologists Films such as "Dabbe: Zehr-i Cin," "Siccin" and "Azazil: Düğüm" have emerged as 2014's horror blockbusters in Turkish cinema.
My position on the journalist-terrorist debate
The debate is the investigations of Hidayet Karaca and Ekrem Dumanlı on charges of being a member of and managing a terrorist organization; while one of them is arrested, the other has been released with a travel ban.
Bob Geldof unable to understand lack of government support for arts in Turkey
World famous singer, songwriter and activist Bob Geldof has said he finds it difficult to understand why the Turkish government did not support the film "Winter Sleep," which won the Palm d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival this year.
Turkish journalist Hasan Cemal wins Harvard award
Nieman Fellows in the class of 2015 at Harvard University have selected prominent Turkish journalist and writer Hasan Cemal as this year's recipient of the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism.
Use of state performers in Erdoğan’s palace show for Putin stirs debate
A debate has been stirred in Turkey after Russian President Vladimir Putin was treated to a closed door performance by costumed state actors during his visit to the new presidential palace in Ankara on Dec. 1, fueling the already heated discussions over the future of state-run theaters.
Orhan Pamuk in rare book signing event for new novel
Turkey's Nobel laureate writer Orhan Pamuk attended a book-signing event, his first in 15 years, in Istanbul on Dec. 13, for the release of his latest novel, "Kafamda Bir Tuhaflık" (A Strangeness in my Mind).