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Penn Museum Makes Deal With Turkey For ‘Troy Gold’ İn Exchange For Exhibit Of Midas Artifacts PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia archaeology museum will indefinitely loan ancient jewelry known as “Troy gold” to Turkey in exchange for a future exhibit of artifacts related to King Midas, officials announced Tuesday. The deal …

Global culture continues to be shaped by world cities – now is the time for them to link up, reports Yasmin Khan What makes a world city? According to British Museum director Neil MacGregor, it’s not cultural integration in London’s case, but a determined fostering of diversity. His comments came …

By Erisa Dautaj Şenerdem for SES Türkiye in Istanbul The Turkish economy’s rapid growth over the past decade has not been matched by women’s labour force participation. Nagihan Mutlu, 37, is one of millions of women in Turkey who are not employed or looking for work. “I have two children …

Minimum wage and wage calculation parameters will change after the date of 01.07.2012. Parameter values ​​indicated in the table will be valid between 01.07.2012-31.12.2012.

A New Yorker Festival on the Bosphorus? Turkey’s Hippest Colloquy Serves up an Unpredictable Mosaic of CulturePublished: June 1, 2012IST. Festival Co-Founders Demet Muftuoglu Eseli and Alphan Eseli / © BFA ISTANBUL — The lovably goofy Istancool is no more. In its third year, the swanky Turkish arts-and-culture get-together returned …

Recruitment companies expect to benefit from rising unemployment across Europe as crisis-hit governments introduce long-awaited labour reforms to create jobs. They hope to gain from moves to liberalise labour markets to tackle the growing jobs problem, said Denis Pennel, managing director of Ciett, the global recruitment industry’s biggest trade confederation. …

June 1, 2012 Turkey has increased its billionaires by 50% in the same time it has taken Warren Buffett to raise a similar amount in corporate welfare from US taxpayers.  Despite the last several years of global financial angst, Istanbul is currently home to 38 billionaires (ranked seventh worldwide), none …

Can a foreigner buy property in Turkey? This is a question we keep hearing in Singapore. Our friends, colleagues and neighbours in Singapore are eager to learn about the real estate market in Turkey. Why are Singaporean investors interested in the Turkish real estate market? We should break this question …

ISTANBUL – Anatolia News Agency In a survey carried out with 316 employees in 12 provinces, ‘mobbing,’ which is defined as psychological game of the powerful against the weak in the workplace, is accepted by employees for fear of losing their job.The survey says mobbing is a ‘psychological game,’ weakens …

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. …