Oklahoma City centre Enes Kanter announced on Monday that he constantly get death threats due to picking holes in the Turkish government‚ and he is attempting to earn U.S. citizenship sooner than ever. Kanter was kept at an airport in Romania during the weekend; however‚ border police justified the practice as Turkish authorities rendered his passport invalid. Finally‚ Kanter was permitted to head to London and then New York to leave; officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and others
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Summary Kurds are the largest stateless people in the world. The Kurdish ethnos was historically devided into four groups-Turkish‚ Iranian‚ Iraqi and Syrian. These groups lived within the territories of the respective four states. This situation makes the Kurdish case more complex. The usage Kurdish Question emerged as a concept to denote a problematic related to the Kurdish position on the new Middle East geopolitical arrangement after the First World War. The fall of the Ottoman Empire followed
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United Nations Peacekeeping Operation in Cyprus (1974 – present) 1. What is peacekeeping? 2. Cyprus – historical background of conflict 3. UN intervention 4. UN peacekeeping operation history in Cyprus 5. The future of UN presence in Cyprus 6. Conclusion 1. United Nations Peacekeeping Operations The United Nations‚ founded after World War II in 1945‚ with the objective to stop wars between countries and provide a platform for dialogue‚ is the most representative inter-governmental organization
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in their pride and identity as Armenians. Armenia also became the first nation to name Christianity as its state religion‚ and experienced an era of peace and prosperity. But the Armenian lifestyle changed when the Turkish attacked Armenia in the eleventh century and began the Turkish rule. By the sixteenth century‚ Armenia had become one of the many nations absorbed into the growing Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans established a large empire that spanned from Eastern Europe to Western Asia and North
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also concerns that the Turkish accession will not be able to be managed in a way similar to other enlargements. Critics of Turkish accession also contend that "Turkey is too big‚ too poor‚ with too dangerous borders and insufficiently European ’ to join the Union" (Hughes 1). An analysis of the historical context‚ along with the arguments for and against Turkish membership in the EU‚ is essential to identifying the possible political and economic implications of Turkish accession to the EU for
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century‚ Turkey was striving for adoption of the European model of development in all spheres of social life. All of this could be considered as essential criteria for Turkey’s accession to the European Union. Nevertheless‚ different processes in Turkish community illustrate lack of transparency and fair attitude towards traditional‚ religious‚ and ethical minorities. Relying on these facts ‚ I believe that Turkey is not ready for EU membership. The main argument about Turkey’s admission to the
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The influence of Islam on the Turkish people is an undeniable fact. The Turkish people have faced with Islam during the war between China and Arabs in 751. In 920‚ the first Turkish government accepted to be Muslim was the Karahan’s. With the acceptance of Islam‚ believes of the Turkish people have changed drastically. The impact of Islam on the Turkish civilization resulted in a change of their state of life from being a nomad to a settled life. After the Turkish people adopted a settled life‚
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References: Dissertations and Thesis: Kaptan‚Y.(2010)‚ “Selling “Turkisness”: Nationalism and globalization in Turkish advertising Türkel‚ G. (2009). “Advertising industry foresees double-digit growth”. Izmir University of Economics‚ Faculty of Fine arts and design‚ Department of visual communication design‚ Spring 2009‚ GD494 Web: Sanayi ve Ticaret Bakanlığı‚ Tüketicinin
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Rasha‚ a 16-year-old Syrian refugee living in Turkey‚ is pessimistic about his future: “Now that I can’t go to school‚ it’s a tough situation…I work occasionally‚ filling in for my sisters at the factory. When I picture my future‚ I see nothing‚” he says (qtd. in “When I Picture My Future”). Rasha’s lack of hope is reflected by the severe humanitarian crisis Syrian refugees face: amidst acute poverty and without sufficient income‚ many are forced to withdraw their children from school and put them
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and Kurds are still discriminated against. Insulting the Turkish nation was until recently forbidden by law. There are still reports of human rights violations and torture. In a report by Human Rights Watch is for example‚ that there are many cases of torture in Turkish prisons. Freedom of expression is regularly in danger and the rights of women‚ religious minorities and unions are not always respected. Also important is that the Turkish genocide of Armenians‚ which took place early this century
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