The book, first introduced during the October 2009 Book Fair in Istanbul, is new on the Armenian issue by a Turkish researcher and writer, assisted by his daughter Tomris. I started reading the book during the first leg of a month-long Train tour of Turkey that started on December...
CBS Sixty Minutes                                                                     December 20, 2009 524 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 Att: Bob Simon   Dear Mr Simon,   I am a Turkish-American living in New Jersey. Today, I watched with interest your interview with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Head of the Greek Orthodox Church, worldwide.   I was appalled when I heard him...
An Opera Concert Staged at the Ishak Pasha Palace, Dogubeyazit, Agri, Anatolia, July 4, 1999, based on a Book by Yasar Kemal, Opera by Cetin Isikozlu When I saw the newspaper advertisement for an opera at the famous Ishak Pasha Palace in Dogubeyazit, I made reservations to fly to Agri...
July 7 Friday was a beautiful day in Istanbul and the Dolmabahce Palace was readied to welcome over 1000 guests for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of its opening in 1856. The event, sponsored by Ericson and Sabah newspaper, was hosted by the Speaker of the Grand National...
In 1897, 8 years old girl named Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the Editorial writer Francis P. Church of the New York Sun, asking him if there was really a Santa Claus. Church’s reply, “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” became a classic. He went on to...
Name of "EUROPE" in Chinese is known as "OUZHOU", that is, "OGUZÖY" in Turkish meaning "HOME OF OGUZ" by Polat Kaya The name in Chinese for Europe is given as "OUZHOU". Source: "Oxford Beginner's Chinese Dictionary". .  Also, search in online Chinese-English Dictionary: http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html This knowledge is extremely significant because "OUZHOU" is from the Turkish expression...
I borrowed the title from Turkish Forum President Kaya Buyukataman's recent message to the ATAA yahoo group on the Greek landing in Izmir for the review of a wonderful new book by Turgut Ozakman, "Cumhuriyet - Republic - the Turkish Miracle", actually written for the Turkish youth. We all know that...
The “In Our Pages” section of the International Herald Tribune (2/10/2009), published a re-print of a news article dated 1909 from Constantinople, “1909 Turkish Exodus” which states: The non-Mussulmans, who must now serve in the Turkish army, will be enrolled next week. This project has already caused a considerable number...
This month the Turkish nation commemorates the 71st anniversary of Ataturk’s passing. On this occasion, rather than lamenting his loss let us take stock of where we stand and how we have fared in following his steps.   Ataturk’s emergence was not accidental created by the circumstances of a one-time event...
Recently, on occasion of the “Turkish Cultural Season” celebrations in France, the daily “Le Monde” published a series of interviews with the Armenians, all of which viciously attacking Turkey. An intense campaign in France against the Turkish history and heritage is underway. Unscrupulously, Le Monde has not made any...