For a traditional mind, America is a land of untold peculiarities; one of its features is the “hyphenated citizen” status. America is an immigrant country; the ancestors of the entire U.S. population who call themselves today “American” had come to this land from other countries during the past four...
OPEN LETTER TO: President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Date: April 22, 2011 (Updated: April 23, 2011) On the "Armenian Resolutions", "Discriminations" and the on going "Threats" to the Turkish-Americans... Dear Mr. President: I am writing this letter for below three requests using my first individual and defense rights that secured...
The Light Millennium and the College of Arts and Letters at the Stevens Institute of Technology jointly presented an international conference on the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations and their relation to ideals advanced by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938), founder and the first president of Republic of Turkey. The two-day conference was...
The security policies of United States of America (USA) during George Walker Bush presidency and Barack Hussein Obama era have some different aspects that effect the perceptions all around the world. After September 11 terrorist attack, George W. Bush and his Neocon administration implemented its security policy which has...
In a previous paper entitled “Revealing the secret make up of the Latinized terms “PROKARYOTIC” and “EUKARYOTIC” – and more”,http://www.polatkaya.net/Prokaryotic_and_Eukaryotic.htm, where I had pointed out the linguistic make up of the scientific terms “PROKARYOTIC” and “EUKARYOTIC” that described single cell organisms, In this exercise, I dwell on the linguistic make...
These two words are used in describing what is called Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells in scientific biological studies.  The link at http://www.cod.edu/people/faculty/fancher/prokeuk.htm gives the following definitions about these words and the cells that these terms represent. “Part of our definition/description of what it means to be a living thing on Earth includes the assertion that...
According to the Islamic Tradition, in this lunar month of Zulhijja, the Muslim world performs the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. The Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam. At the end of the Hajj, the devout ritually sacrifice an animal, usually a sheep or ram which...
It is fair to admit that one component of Jihad is, in fact, “divinely sanctioned” holly war, but only as a last resort. Muslims are enjoined to search for peaceful solutions to resolve their disputes and conflicts. Understanding, compromise and empathy should precede the confrontation as they are more...
 LMTV-2012: A BRIEF HOPSCOTCH SCROLL IN THE OTTOMAN HISTORY AND ECONOMY BY SUKRU SERVER AYA - Part 1/3 from The Light Millennium TV - LMTV on Vimeo. LMTV-2012: A BRIEF HOPSCOTHC IN THE OTTOMAN HISTORY AND ECONOMY BY SUKRU SERVER AYA 2/3 from The Light Millennium TV - LMTV on...
The following is a citing from an article entitled “Mysteries of Ancient Greece” by Coen Vonk at here --> LINK He writes: Cyclopean Walls and Pyramids “Cyclopean walls are one of the most impressive remains from archaic civilizations. They are found in many places in Greece, but have been found all over...