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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. …

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 …

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 …

“If the earth was a single state, Istanbul would be its capital”, said Napoleon Bonaparte. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) ranked Istanbul as the top city for new acquisitions and development for the second year in a row in 2011. However, the ancient capital holds as many …

by Sharlyn Lauby on February 16, 2012 Plan more parties. That’s what the company said when I asked them the biggest challenge facing human resources. Years ago, I was interviewing for a director-level position. During the conversation, I asked what the biggest challenge was facing the company’s HR department.  Everyone …

ISLAMABAD – Agence France-Presse This file photo shows a group of people inside a vocational training school in the eastern province of Gaziantep.Turkey’s unemployment rate fell to 9.1 percent in the three months to November, from 11.2 percent in the same period in 2010, official data showed on Monday. The number …

Cihangir, IstanbulWhat’s going for it? I bet guide books blathered on about “where east meets west” when Istanbul was Constantinople. But at least it’s finally coming true again. On account of Turkey’s wooing of both the EU and East Asia, the past decade has seen the city turn from lovely-if-decrepit …

CHARLOTTE MCPHERSONc.mcpherson@todayszaman.com Surviving and thriving in the Turkish work culture (3) In the previous two articles we have been exploring the challenges expats face when living in a different culture and having to speak another language. I imagine if I were to ask Today’s Zaman readers which one they’d prefer …