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Alternative Entertainment

Yo-Yo Ma's Intriguing Mission To The World

Almost 20 years ago, the great Chinese-American cellist Yo-Yo Ma embarked on a bold new direction in his career, to challenge himself musically and creatively, and question...

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Hollywood

Divergent's Theo James Visits Refugee Camps In Greece

This week actor Theo James travelled to Greece on his first visit with UNHCR ahead of World Refugee Day. Theo has a very personal story that connects him to the refugee sit...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - Honesty Or Racism?

It’s a hot topic right now—millions of refugees from Islamic countries flocking to Europe and tilting the population balance. Already, prophets of doom are pred...

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Festivals

4th Turkish Film Festival Builds Ties With South Africa

A Turkish film festival showcasing everything from comedies to documentaries opened on Friday evening in Cape Town, South Africa. South African moviegoers were invited to t...

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Alternative Entertainment

Istanbul Hosts International Theatre Festival

Some of the finest theatre companies and dance groups from Turkey and around the world are gathered in Istanbul for the International Theatre Festival.One of the highlights...

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Human Rights

Protecting The Most Vulnerable: Supporting People With Mental Disorders During Disasters

When 5,000 leaders converge this month on Istanbul, Turkey, at the first World Humanitarian Summit, their goal will be “to stand up for our common humanity and take a...

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Human Rights

Two Children Drown Every Day On Average Trying To Reach Safety In Europe

In a joint statement, issued in Geneva, UNHCR, UNICEF and the IOM warned that the number of child deaths was on the increase and called for more measures to increase safety...

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Human Rights

World Report 2016: ‘Politics Of Fear’ Threatens Rights

In the 659-page World Report 2016, its 26th edition, Human Rights Watch reviews human rights practices in more than 90 countries. In his introductory essay, Executive Direc...

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Environment

Apathy And Progress Are Killing Turkey's Famous Flamingo Lake

Inside the yard, mountains of the blindingly bright salt are piled three stories high by a conveyer belt being fed by a convoy of trucks. Except for three men sitting aroun...

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Environment

All Of The Reasons Scientists Are Certain We Are Now Living In The Anthropocene

What follows in “The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene,” a new study published in Science, is a laundry list of huma...

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