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Noahs ark reconstructed to raise awareness of climate change

Greenpeace has climbed one of the world's most famous mountains in Turkey to demonstrate about climate change.Mount Ararat is Turkey's tallest peak and is believed to be the spot where Noah's ark rested after the flood.Next week, a declaration will be read out at the site where Turkish and German craftsmen have built a replica wooden ark. Organisers hope the publicity stunt will draw world leaders' attentions to global warming ahead of the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany next month. The activists have been working on the construction since the beginning of the month and used 40 horses to...

31-05-2007 - read more...

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Turkey promotes film at Cannes

The Turkish ministry of culture and tourism is gearing up to promote the Turkish film industry at the 60th annual Cannes film festival.As part of its promotional drive, the ministry will set up a Turkish pavilion in the village of Cannes and organise a series of events. The ministry will also be displaying 40-minute documentaries promoting Turkey and Istanbul throughout the festival.According to Serpil Varol, cultural counsellor for the Turkish culture and tourism office in Paris, the goal of the promotion is to give something back to the Turkish film industry, which is now recognised on an...

17-05-2007 - read more...

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Turkey to host Live Earth concert

Turkey is set to host one of the Live Earth music concerts being held simultaneously across the world on July 7th to raise awareness about the dangers of global warming and climate change.The concert will be held in Istanbul and will feature both local and international acts, although the line-up has yet to be decided.Other concerts are set to take place in Rio de Janeiro, London, New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hamburg, Johannesburg and Sydney. Kevin Wall, founder of Live Earth and worldwide executive producer of Live 8, said that the concert will see more than 100 of the world's most famous...

16-05-2007 - read more...

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Turkey wishes Sarkozy well

The Turkish are generally in support of newly elected French president Nicholas Sarkozy despite his insistence that Turkey should not be admitted into the European Union (EU).Sarkozy narrowly defeated Segolene Royal with 53 per cent of the vote at the recent general election, as a record 86 per cent of France's 44.5 million voters made the trip to the ballot box.The new French president has already made several anti-Turkish remarks regarding EU membership and insisted that Turkey is part of Asia Minor rather than Europe. He described Turkey's refusal to accept Cyprus as an EU member similar...

15-05-2007 - read more...

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Million Turks vow to maintain division of church and state

At least one million Turks have marched in the coastal city of Izmir with calls to ensure that Turkey remains a secular state.In the fourth major demonstration against the ruling AK Party's plans to nominate foreign minister Abdullah Gul for the presidency, the protestors were against what they saw as his Islamic agenda, something he has denied.However, the government has called for an early election, in July rather than November, to prove that it has the support of the people.As anyone with property in Turkey knows, it has been a stable country in recent years and the protests are seen as...

14-05-2007 - read more...

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Eurovision entry exciting Turkey

Turkey's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest has left Istanbul for Helsinki and is aiming for "ten days marked with success".Kenan Dogulu is to perform in the competition, this year held in Finland, singing Shake it up Shekerim and is confident that he will be brining back the trophy back to his property in Turkey."I believe we will be among the top three. Of course, my first aim is to win first place. And I believe we will win in any case," he gushed.Turkey won the contest for the first and only time in 2003 with Every way That I Can by Sertab Erener and Kenan hopes to...

03-05-2007 - read more...

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Turkish PM calls for early elections

Turkey's prime minister has called for early elections amid marches calling for the country to maintain its secular heritage.Recep Erdogan stated that he wants elections to be held on June 24th or July 1st, building on public demonstrations for changes as Turkey's constitutional court rules that the first round of the presidential elections was not valid as there were not enough MPs to vote on it to make it quorate."At this point, it's enough that we protect the environment of stability, it's enough that we protect the environment of peace," Mr Erdogan said."Enough that we...

02-05-2007 - read more...

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