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Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaks during a news conference in Riga, Latvia, on October 23, 2014.

Turks can’t read much of their own history, but the drive to change that isn’t popular with everyone

Culture

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s president, is trying to make the long-lost Ottoman form of Turkish a mandatory part of his country’s schooling. Some Turks are excited to be reconnected to their history, but others say it’s simply part of Erdoğan’s religious political agenda.

Some Turks reconsidering Arabic connection to Turkish language

Global Politics

Turkish TV show Behzat C draws ire of censors, adoration of public

Arts, Culture & Media

To Change or Not to Change Script: Turkish vs Persian

The World in Words

Why Crisis-Weary Greeks Seek Respite in Turkey

Arts, Culture & Media
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Fashion Makeover for Turkish Air Flight Attendants?

Arts, Culture & Media

Photos have leaked onto the Internet that seem to show new designs for the uniforms worn by Turkish Airlines flight attendants. Some feel the outfits don’t represent a modern, secular Turkey.

The World

Why Turkey’s TV Cop Behzat Ã? Makes Censors Uneasy

Conflict & Justice

One of Turkey’s most popular TV shows is a cross between “The Wire” and “Law and Order.” It features a cop, Behzat Ã?, who drinks and curses. The show also touches on current political issues, which makes government censors very uneasy.

Sharing Turkey’s Centuries-Old Coffee Tradition with a Food Truck

Arts, Culture & Media

Members of The American Turkish Association are at the end of a five-city tour in their Mobile Turkish Coffee Truck. The idea is to spread the word about Turkey’s centuries-old coffee tradition.

Levantines Lament at Loss of Community in Turkey

Arts, Culture & Media

The city that we are looking for in the Geo Quiz today has gone through many transformations in its long history and part of what it is today was shaped by the Levantines.

Turkey cracks down on ‘smut’

Global Politics

Turkey’s Islamist-rooted AKP government has recently begun cracking down on what it considers “smut.”

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