There is a sense of tragedy that has changed in centuries but some of the general aspects of it remained the same. Based on these general similarities, “Faust”, “Hamlet” and “Oedipus Rex” are defined as tragedies. As time goes by the modernizing sense of tragedies has changed certain ideas of Aristotle’s earliest definition. Even though [...]
The word ‘beauty’ is hard to define and complex to assign. However, nowadays people are trying to achieve the word beauty by aesthetic surgery. Because of the developments in aesthetic surgery, Turkish men and women have started to think that beauty of the body and face is important. Also, the increasing demand in aesthetic surgery, [...]
“Things Fall Apart,” written by Chinua Achebe, and V. S. Naipaul’s “A Bend in the River” are seen as sequels by many people. Both novels contain introspective reflection on the practices of western modernity as well as the meaning of life. Furthermore, both authors differ from many post-colonial writers because they display a more painful [...]
Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” and V. S. Naipaul’s “A Bend in The River” both have characters which represent an inner cultural struggle between African/traditional culture and the newly introduced European culture. Two characters who are clearly dealing with this struggle of cultural identity are Nwoye (the main character Okonkwo’s son in “Things Fall Apart”) [...]
There is certainly a different mentality in China, especially opposed to the West when it comes to issues of what is considered private versus public. Tim Clissold notes that the Chinese don’t have a word for “privacy”. When China’s vice president, Xi Jinping, visited the White House on February 21, President Obama renewed calls for [...]
We went to a play called: “Nereye Gidiyoruz?”. There was only a single actor on stage and that was Genco Erkal. He transcribed some of the Aziz Nesin books and poems while he was reciting his monologue. “Nereye Gidiyoruz?” is a criticism of the goverment and the human actions in a very funny, satirical way. [...]
Brazil: Bruno Beltramini Interviewer Güvenç Kutlusoy 1) What is your average weekday and weekend like? – How many hours do you go to school? I spend nearly 38 hours in school during a whole week (approx. 7.5 hours/day) – How many hours of homework do u have weekdays & weekends? It depends on the week, [...]
United Kingdom: Jemil Payet Interviewer: Gülensu Er 1)What is your average weekday and weekend like? How many hours per day do you go to school? 6 hours and 50 minutes How many hours of homework do you have on weekdays & weekends? Weekdays are usually around 30 to 40 minutes a day and weekends it [...]
Lithuania: Justas Kidykas Interviewer Erman Ermihan 1)What is your average weekday and weekend like? How many hours do you go to school? From 8:30 to 16:00 every weekday. How many hours of homework do u have weekdays& weekends? At weekdays usually about 2 hours, at weekends sometime it takes a whole day, because I have [...]
Slovenia: Tinkara Lazar Interviewer Gülensu Er 1) What is your average weekday and weekend like? – How many hours do you go to school? Usually we have 8 hours of school every day. Each class lasts 45 minutes and after each lesson we have a 5 minutes break, and one longer break of 30 minutes [...]
Cyprus 1. On Cyprus-Throughout history different countries have conquered Cyprus. We see that the land was once owned by the Ancient Greeks, then by the Italians, Ottomans, the British, Turks and currently by Cypriot Greeks and Cypriot Turks. Therefore, which one determines who should own a territory: the people who were chronologically there first (especially [...]
The One Way Out – The lyrics to our second studio recording written by Aykan Esen and Jeanne-Peri Foucault One Change makes it all the way The rest doesn’t matter, its just not there Once or twice I missed the chance but now I’m in the moment You’re the change, [...]
I grew up in a house where coffee beans were freshly grinded before coffee was made. As a family we have always tried to eat healthy food and refrain from refined food. Therefore, because of a couple of reasons, we never had instant coffee in our house. First of all, my parents like to drink [...]
When I hear the word ‘youth’, the first thing that comes to my mind is inexperienced. Without the essential material of life, without the experience of decades, youth is always left in darkness without a guide. Is that not the reason we hold on to our creators, our mothers and our fathers to protect us [...]
Turkish Football history is currently living its worst and most turbulent days. Incidents on the field are not any better. Surely, the ones who are most affected of these situations are the fans. When a team gets a penalty, the usual and accustomed punishment is to play a match without supporters. However, in the September [...]
Immigration has been a major source of population growth throughout the history of the United States. It is known that through the ages a lot of people have migrated in USA. Today, American administration plans on changing the law to help reduce the time illegal immigrant spouses and children are separated from citizen relatives while [...]
Foreign Policy looked at “Do graves of dictators become shrines?”[1] and answered “in short, yes” with evidence of burials from Qaddafi to Hitler. The present condition of the graves were analyzed, but it did not talk about why these graves turn in to shrines and what would happen if the governments decided not to burry [...]
The business world has experienced very important events and changes in the last month. Apple’s current CEO, Tim Cook has announced that Apple is interested in moving one of its mac lines back to US. In addition, HSBC was fined 1.92 billion dollars due to illegal money laundering to a drug smuggling group. Lastly, countries [...]
A Contemporary Ethical Dilemma in Journalism In 2005, the conservative Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 editorial cartoons of which most depicted Islam’s prophet Muhammad. In the explanatory text of the 12 cartoons, Jyllands-Posten’s culture editor, Flemming Rose, wrote, “The modern, secular society is rejected by some Muslims. They demand a special position, insisting on special [...]
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