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11th Short Course Worlds set to make a splash in İstanbul’s pools next month

Source: Today's Zaman, Nov 24 2012, 4:00pm CST

Often called the Short Course Worlds, the event will be held in İstanbul’s Sinan Erdem Sports Hall. This is the first time Turkey will have the honor of hosting a world championship in swimming. A 25-meter pool with 10 lanes ...

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Hundreds take part in 'standing man' protests in Turkey

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune  |   Jun 18 2013, 9:33pm CDT

ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkish anti-terrorism police detained scores of people in overnight raids, Turkish media reported Tuesday, a day after a minister warned that the government might deploy the army to end nearly three weeks o ...

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Postcard From Turkey

Source: The New York Times  |   Jun 18 2013, 8:06pm CDT

ISTANBUL — Having witnessed the Egyptian uprising in Tahrir Square in Cairo in 2011, I was eager to compare it with the protests by Turkish youths here in Taksim Square in 2013. They are very different. The Egyptians wanted to oust P ...

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"This event will give Turkish swimming momentum and have a great influence on İstanbul’s candidacy to host the 2020 Olympic Games"


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Suddenly America is starting to feel a bit more like Turkey, not the other way around: Phillip Morris

Source: Cleveland.com  |   Jun 18 2013, 8:03pm CDT

Police fire tear gas as riot police spray a water canon at demonstrators who remained defiant after authorities evicted activists from an Istanbul park, making clear they are taking a hardline stand against attempts to rekindle protests that have ...

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Istanbul’s sights: The bazaar, Bosporus and tear gas

Source: The Washington Post  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:44pm CDT

ISTANBUL — A cruise up the Bosporus is one of the prime attractions of any trip to Istanbul, so we took the lovely two-hour ride Sunday. And just as the boat traversed the European and Asian sides of the Turkish city, home to so many c ...

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Records tumble at swimming c´ship

Source: Republica  |   Jun 18 2013, 4:29pm CDT

KATHMANDU, June 18: National records tumbled once again during the 18th National Open Swimming Championship on Tuesday as swimming enthusiasts are getting accustomed to the new trend of record hauls in the recent days. Ag ...

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Behind-The-Scenes of The Turkey Collection With Cuyana

Source: Kenton Magazine   |   Jun 18 2013, 3:29pm CDT

We tend to shed our focus on people that are doing something different in the fashion space. When we met the ladies behind Cuyana, we just had to know more about them! Over the course of a dinner, we instantly fell ...

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From Istanbul to Rio to Philly, this democracy thing is broken

Source: Philly.com  |   Jun 18 2013, 2:53pm CDT

It was just the other day that we were celebrating the 24th anniversary of the unknown hero that the world knows simply as Tank Man. You know exactly what I'm talking about, the solitary protester in Beijing's Tienanmen Square, who re ...

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'Standing Man' Finder: The Spread of Silent Protest in Turkey

Source: Foreign Policy  |   Jun 18 2013, 2:48pm CDT

On Monday night, beginning at 6 p.m., Turkish performance artist Erdem Gunduz walked to the middle of Istanbul's Taksim Square, which was cleared of protesters on Sunday, and, facing Turkish flags and a portrait of the country's f ...

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U.N. human rights official calls for change in Turkish police tactics

Source: United Press International  |   Jun 18 2013, 2:42pm CDT

Protesters battle riot police in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey on June 11, 2013. Calm returned to the square on June 12, 2013 after the protesters were cleared from the area after two weeks of protests against th ...

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