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from The Human Impact:
Al Qaeda “rebranding” itself to remain relevant – counter-terrorism expert
Peter Knoope, director of the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague, was part of a panel discussion on race politics, Islamophobia and extremisms of the far right and left at "Reporting on International Security and Terrorism" in Istanbul.
http://youtu.be/ILzKqk3fduE
Discussions are hosted by international security experts and attended by 25 journalists from around the world.
Sponsors of the seminar include Thomson Reuters Foundation, The Stanley Foundation, Gerda Henkel Stiftung, Stiftung Mercator, Istanbul Policy Center and Sabanci University.
Picture credit: Peter Knoope, director of the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague, in a conference room at the Marmara Pera Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey, on Nov. 14, 2012. ALERTNET/Julie Mollins
from The Human Impact:
Turkey needs multilateral strategy for Syria refugee influx – policy expert
Hugh Pope, a policy expert on Turkey and Cyprus spoke with AlertNet after delivering a presentation at a conference in Istanbul.
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The three-day "Reporting on International Security and Terrorism" seminar examines the role of the news media and how journalists can avoid being exploited by terrorists to help them achieve their goals
from Global Investing:
Melancholia, social class and GDP forecasts in Turkey
An interesting take on GDP stats and those who make the predictions. An analysis of economic growth forecasts for several emerging markets over 2006-2010 has led Renaissance Capital economist Mert Yildiz to conclude that analysts of Turkish origin (and he is one) tend to be:
a) far more pessimistic about their country's economic growth outlook than the foreigners, and
from FaithWorld:
Hillary Clinton seeks to smooth Islamic defamation row with OIC
(U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (L) in Istanbul July 15, 2011/Murad Sezer)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed with a major global Islamic organization on Friday to pursue new ways of resolving debates over religion without resorting to legal steps against defamation. Clinton met Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the head of the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), in Istanbul to help set up new international mechanisms both protect free speech and combat religious discrimination around the world.
from Business Traveller:
My city’s better than yours
“The leading cities of the world – the global cities – are the very nodal hubs that knit the global economy together. Without these global cities, there would be no global economy.”
Dr. Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, global economic advisor, MasterCard
Why MasterCard’s recently released “Worldwide Index of Global Destination Cities” should pique the interest of meeting planners, dealmakers, investors and governments the world over.
from Photographers Blog:
Goodbye to hell
In the second half of the 2010-2011 Turkish football season Galatasaray moved to its new home ground in Istanbul, the Turk Telekom Arena, a 52,000-seat multi-purpose stadium replacing the Ali Sami Yen Stadium.
The fate of the legendary Ali Sami Yen Stadium is now sealed.
The demolition of Ali Sami Yen, one of the most iconic venues in Turkish football and the home to one of the three oldest Istanbul football clubs Galatsaray for 47 years, started last week. For almost half a century, the yellow-and-red lions hosted their rivals in this temple with the slogan "welcome to hell". The stadium played host to victories against European giants FC Barcelona, A.Bilbao, AC Milan, Real Madrid, E.Frankfurt, and a historic victory against Neuchatel Xamax. Most notably it was the scene of Galatasaray’s triumphal UEFA Cup campaign in 2000.
from FaithWorld:
Istanbul celebrates carnival after nearly 70 years
(Istanbul celebrates carnival, 7 March 2011/all photos by Jonathan Lewis)
Istanbul’s tiny Greek community has revived an all-but-extinct tradition by celebrating Bakla Horani, an evening of carousing at the end of carnival ahead of Lent. About 300 masked, painted and costumed revelers paraded on Monday through the streets of Istanbul’s Kurtulus district, known as Tatavla when it was home to Greeks decades ago.
The procession ended at a local hall where musicians performed rembetiko and cranked a laterna, a Greek mechanical piano. Partiers were served raki, the aniseed-flavoured spirit, and meze that featured beans. (Bakla Horani roughly translates as “eating beans,” referring to the austere Lenten diet that looms.)
from FaithWorld:
Masses mourn at funeral of Turkish Islamist leader Erbakan
(Mourners surround the coffin of Turkey's former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan at his funeral in Istanbul March 1, 2011/Osman Orsal )
Turks, including the country's political leaders, paid their respects on Tuesday to former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, the founder of the country's modern Islamist movement, who died on Sunday. Sombre music poured from loudspeakers outside Istanbul's 15th Century Fatih Mosque and street vendors sold scarves emblazoned with the message "Mujahid Erbakan", celebrating the Erbakan as a holy warrior, as mourners chanted "Allahu Akbar", or "God is Great".
from FaithWorld:
Amid row with Israel, Turkish officials attend Istanbul Holocaust Day
Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva and Istanbul Governor Avni Mutlu light a candle at Neve Shalom Synagogue to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day/Murad Sezer
In a rare show of unity with Istanbul’s dwindling Jewish community, government officials attended the country’s first official commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which marks the anniversary of the 1945 liberation of Nazi concentration camps.
from FaithWorld:
Dracula goes dry as Turkey’s new drink rules bite
Guests at the Istanbul premiere of a new vampire film were among the first victims of new curbs on alcohol that have raised secularist fears Islamic strictures may be encroaching on everyday life.
The rules, announced earlier this month by the tobacco and alcohol watchdog, tighten up licence requirements for serving alcohol, impose restrictions on alcohol marketing and limits sales to designated areas in stores.
