Page 2 - Haluk Levent News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The International Volunteer Forum will be held at the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation in Astana on June 20 and 21.

<strong>The long read</strong>: Despite vows to tighten the rules after the 1999 quake, cronyism and complacency have undermined Turkey’s governance – at the cost of many thousands of lives

One way of reading the AKP’s progress is as a two-step process of privatization. In its first two terms, the AKP government privatized a large portion of Turkey’s state assets; since then, it has moved to make the state itself the private property of one man and his friends. The first phase — standard neoliberalism — won the AKP applause from the Western establishment, which is now aghast at the second phase, which looks more like Putin than Thatcher. 

The print sale will raise funds for two non-profit organizations working locally: Ahbap in Turkey and The White Helmets in Syria

Christina Marie Gleixner of Turkish-language band Yeni Nostalji on Friday’s earthquake relief benefit at Gallery5.