Cataloguing Turkey’s history between 1950 and 2000 and paralleling a recent book by Turkey’s Nobel laureate, Istanbul’s Masumiyet Müzesi (Museum of Innocence) is set to open at the end of the month.
Oh look, it’s my favourite author doing cool stuff.
Turkey’s Justice Ministry has begun providing translated decisions from the European Court of Human Rights on its official website in parallel with new decisions about the promotions of judges and prosecutors, broadcaster NTV reported on its website.
This is excellent. Just another example of the benefits of localization.
The new Turkish Lira sign was revealed at a press conference today, CNN Türk reported.
I’m a little disappointed. I mean, I can see what they’re trying to do there. It does incorporate aspects of the letters YTL. But at first glance it looks like a し (shi) with some lines through it.
I mean they could have used just a regular L or something. Maybe a stylized L that doesn’t look like a Japanese character.
German youth are now frequently using common Turkish slang words, according to a study conducted by Potsdamm University in Germany, daily Milliyet reported.
Words used include ‘valla’ (honestly), ‘lan’ (mate, man), and ‘çok güzel’ (very nice, awesome). I wish I knew enough German to hear this in action and understand what I was listening to.
Turkey and China will soon start talks for building the third nuclear power plant in the northwestern region of the country, said Turkey’s vice deputy prime minister in Istanbul yesterday at a meeting with the vice president of China, noting that Turkey’s doors were wide open for Chinese banks.
“We will start the talks with Chinese authorities and officials regarding nuclear energy,” said Ali Babacan responding to the questions of journalists after the Turkish-Chinese Business Forum attended by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping.
Noting that Turkey has a target of having a total of three nuclear power plants by 2023, “The talks would focus on building the country’s third plant” in İğneada, a small town in the northern province of Kırklareli, said the minister.
“Whether talks with Chinese authorities would be for the third or the second power plant depends on the developments of our talks with Japan,” said Babacan, adding the country had recently restarted negotiations with South Korea as well.
“Our doors are wide open for Chinese banks as long as the Chinese banks would fully comply with the criteria of the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency [BRSA],” said Babacan in response to a Hürriyet Daily News question, noting that authorities in both countries were working on licensing the applications.
The Bank of China had already opened an Istanbul office, Babacan said. “It would be beneficial to open a Turkish bank in China, [state-owned] Ziraat Bank or any other bank to operate in China.”BRSA officials will start talks with Chinese authorities regarding the issue, he added.
Yok, Türkiye, canım, bunu yapma. Fukushima’yı unuttun mu?
