Archive for February 2011

Professional Standards of Journalism

Mar 03, 2011 No Comments by Melis Birgen

The Society of Professional Journalists has a Code of Ethics for their sector. These ethics are that journalists should always seek the truth and report it, minimize harm, act independently and be accountable. Wikileaks isn’t against these codes of ethics and that’s why the SPJ doesn’t say anything about Wikileaks. In the above mentioned Code [...]

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Steve Jobs: How to live before you die

Mar 02, 2011 No Comments by admin
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Interview with Kazım Akşar

Mar 02, 2011 No Comments by Rahime Ismetova Mustafova

1. How did your interest in the theater, one of the deepest branches of the art, begin? My interest in theater started in 1969 BC. Seriously, it began with entering in Radio Children time in 1969. At that time, I was at high school, and was taking examinations. Indeed, with another friend, we started it [...]

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Letter to the Readers

Mar 02, 2011 No Comments by admin

Dear The Right Angle readers, Our last letter to you had finished saying ‘’be a part of our internet revolution’’.  Little did we know that ou generation would actually be witnessing revolutions around the world in the coming few weeks.  Whether revolutions can happen without wars, whether what we are witnessing in the Arab world [...]

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Undiscovered Legends

Mar 02, 2011 No Comments by Ulas Saruhan

One day I went to Beyoğlu to check out some musical instruments and what I saw on the way was so fascinating that I wanted to write about it and share it with you. Kırk Hammet, Steve Morse, Zakk Wilde, Steve Vai, these people are legends of guitar and everybody knows them. What about the [...]

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Açı Leaks: February 2011

Mar 02, 2011 No Comments by Logan

-        2 december 2010: Guest speaker Prof. Turgut Tarhanlı gives a conference on ‘’Law Education and areas of work in Turkey, Europe and US’’ -        4 December 2010: Launch of AdLab project, SOS Animal Shelters -        9-12 December 2010: Açı delegates attended TIMUN and represented Belgium successfully, 3 resolutions passed at GA -        24 December [...]

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What’s the Pep in Zeynep?

Mar 01, 2011 No Comments by Z.Selamet Z.Gencer

“You may have all wondered why there are so many Zeyneps on the honors board, including me. You might all ask: What’s the pep in the name Zeynep? Well, apparently, it turns out that during the first half of the 1990s, the name Zeynep was so popular that parents couldn’t stop themselves from giving their [...]

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Interview with Mahsun Kırmızıgül

Feb 28, 2011 No Comments by Gulensu Er

1-Since 2006 you haven’t been doing any music and you have focused your interest onto more of a film directing career . So are you going to continue in this direction or are you planning to return to the music world? Yes, I gave a 5 year break. I dont want two things at a [...]

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Year of Revolution: Reform or Instability ?

Feb 28, 2011 No Comments by K.Ozcelik I.Mertsoy N.Candaner L.Ketterling

Four of our writers at The Right Angle wrote their opinions on the recent political uprisings in the world, and we feel that they should be shared with you. Kaan Özçelik, on the topic of strikes and protests opening doors to a “new world”, says: “To begin with, strikes and protests have made huge impacts [...]

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Mental Floss: February 2011

Feb 21, 2011 No Comments by admin

-        Aydın Ç.  starts a war at MUN General Assembly. -        During KG’s trip to Russia, he was mistaken for KGB. -        ESDC champion Singapore will come to Açı to have a special debate session with Berk. -        The school has put a touch screen tv on the staircase for the purpose of displaying TRA [...]

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Freedom of Wikileaks; Captivity of Media

Feb 21, 2011 No Comments by Rahime Ismetova Mustafova

There is something that shaking the world deeply, and especially in these days that’s cause is Wikileaks. Hearing from everywhere that something was called Wikileaks, but what is it? There is a man, his name is Julianne Assange, and he is the head of the Wikileaks. He can qualify as an internet activist, he announces [...]

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The Wrongs of Downloading

Feb 21, 2011 No Comments by Ulas Saruhan

All people, of all ages, genders, and races love to listen to music. After a while the songs we listen to become boring so we try to find new songs, and after we find it we go to some sites or programs to download it. My point becomes important exactly here. How do we download [...]

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To Protect is to Fear

Feb 21, 2011 No Comments by Melisa Raptopulos

In the past few years, the numbers of hate crimes’ and violent attacks to migrants and minorities have increased, and still they are. Most of this savagery attacks are related to racism, anti-Semitism, antiziganism, Islamophobia, xenophobia and homophobia. Even though people are aware of this hatred, nobody speaks about it; except for the Office for [...]

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New Media Bills Around the World

Feb 21, 2011 No Comments by Nathan Candaner

Several new media bills have recently been approved around the world which intend to restructure the media’s principles. Venezuela, Cuba, Hungary and Turkey are the latest examples of new media bills, though not all in the same direction. Not long ago, the Venezuelan government proposed a new bill in its parliament to regulate the internet [...]

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Games for February 2011

Feb 19, 2011 No Comments by admin
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Some Secrets are Meant to Be Unknown

Feb 18, 2011 No Comments by Murat Deniz

Government is doing stuff without our notice. Should we know it, or it is better without or attention. That is the answer that is shaking the world right now Wikileaks. First of all if you don’t know Wikileaks is a site that is published by a man called Julian Assange which he published 2 videos [...]

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Bin Laden name in Harvard:

Feb 18, 2011 No Comments by Melissa Mcqueen Ozdeniz

Osama Bin Laden’s brother Sheik Bakr Mohammed Bin Laden donated 2 million USD to Harvard University . This money went to the Harvard Law School for research on the history of legal institutions in Islamic states. His donation also helped the Harvard Design School with studies in Islamic architecture. Bakr Bin Laden lives in Boston [...]

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Billionaires Under 40

Feb 18, 2011 No Comments by Melis Birgen

Richest person under 40 in Turkey is İman Çolakoğlu, he is 27 years old. The oldest rich person in Turkey is Necati Akçağlılar. He is 86 years old. He is one of the founders of Tekfen Holding. Olgun Zorlu is a millionaire under 40. He inherited from his family. Olgun Zorlu is the nephew of [...]

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Migration is Difficult

Feb 18, 2011 No Comments by Gulensu Er

As humans, we live our daily lives so easy. Whether travelling to somewhere, whether flying for a holiday or backpacking through Europe. With today’s technology all we need to do is to buy tickets online. By the way, do we ever wonder how animals travel around the world? When it’s time for them to migrate, [...]

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