Istanbul’s cultural circles have been abuzz in recent days after Turkey’s most famous novelist, Orhan Pamuk, unveiled his latest cultural contribution: a peculiar little museum touted as being the first of its kind. The Museum of Innocence is the world’s first museum based on a novel; in this case, Mr. …

I am a firm believer in the saying ‘one language one person.’ I believe that people should learn foreign languages in order to understand the world. Learning a language means more than being able to communicate with a foreigner, it lets you enter a new world of tradition, culture, history, …

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Have you ever felt alone in the middle of the crowd? We all do from time to time but in this age of technology this feeling becomes more dominant in our daily life. We replace our friends with our computer and mobile phone, social venues with Facebook and Twitter. We …

22 March 2012 By Jack Grove Female academic leaders tend to get stuck in bureaucratic middle management roles rather than reaching top university posts, a study has found.

Melis Alphan ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News A group of designers from Amsterdam have come to Istanbul for a workshop uniting artists, designers, craftsmen and the creative industry with producers SALON/ is an initiative that creates a crossover experience to inspire and provoke discussion and dialogue between art, design and …

In order to be entitled for severance pay, the employee should have completed 15 years of work period and 3600 days of social insurance contributions. In that case, he can demand a certificate from the Social Security Agency stating that he is entitled to severance pay and obtain the right …

The resolution of the Council of Ministers no. 28094 and dated 24.10.2011 regarding the redetermination of the duration mentioned under paragraph 1 of article 3 of Law No. 5683 on Stay of Foreigners in Turkey for Residence and Travelling Purposes is published in the Official Gazette. This application will be …

Amendments have been made to the resolutions governing the duration of stay of foreigners in Turkeyfor residence and travelling purposes. According to theamendment, duration of stay is 90 days between periods of 180 days as of the date of exit of the foreignerfrom Turkeyprovided that the duration of visa exemption …

Capital’s “The Most Popular Companies in Turkey” survey shows who are the winners this year in the competition to secure prestige. The main factors which bring prestige are service quality, customer satisfaction and reliability. The top five remained unchanged this year, but there was noticeable movement in the list as …