December 2011
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Hürriyet, PARIS First Europe, then Turkey, says Sarkozy [December/13/2011]
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France’s stance toward Ankara’s prospective EU membership has not changed despite the contrasting economic fortunes of the crisis-hit union and a dynamic Turkey, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said.
“You know, my reservations have not changed. Even if we raised these reservations, in the situation of...
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Hürriyet Daily News Turkey gets F grade in English [December/22/2011]
A study by the research foundation TEPAV, which warns about poor foreign language skills in Turkish society, claims a better English education would support economic growth
A group of young people are seen during a class at an English school in Istanbul. The level of English is important in terms of attracting investments,...
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SADIE NICHOLAS Binge drinking, rapes, squalid deaths: a former Club 18-30 insider reveals the horrific truth about Britons abroad 13th August 2008
My heart sank as I read the e-mail report in my inbox: a young man holidaying with friends in the notorious resort of Magaluf in Majorca had jumped, drunk, from his fourth-floor hotel balcony, aiming for the pool below.
Only he had missed and hit...
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Emile Durkheim (1914) ‘Pragmatism & the Question of Truth,’ lectures 13-20, in Pragmatism and Sociology (1983) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
The General Spirit of Pragmatism
It has been said that pragmatism is above all an attempt to liberate the will. If the world is to solicit our activity, we must be able to change it; and for that to occur, it must be malleable....
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BİA News Center 20 NOVEMBER UNIVERSAL CHILDERN’S DAY: About the Difficulty of being a Child in Turkey [21 November 2011, Monday]
The first report on the situation of children that compares all 30 member states of the OECD revealed that Turkey ranks in the bottom row regarding health, environment, education and the financial situation of children in Turkey.
The Universal Children’s...
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Işıl CİNMEN EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS: Landmark Ruling on “Conscientious Objection” [23 November 2011, Wednesday]
For the first time, the European Court of Human Rights sentenced Turkey for a breach of Article 9 on freedom of thought, conscience and religion. Applicant Erçep’s lawyer Alsancak said the verdict manifested the right to conscientious objection in Turkey.
On...