News archive of May 2015

Shaya

The consulate general of Turkey in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, reports that approximately 20 wedding ceremonies for Turkish couples took place in the metropolis every month. Local officials state that the first months of 2015 show that there are already the number reached last year.

The Social Institute of Aigialias is planning free summer lessons to students about to enter their final year (Class of 2016). The courses are in humanitarian studies, applied sciences, IT and other sectors.

Lessons begin on June 22 and continue for six weeks through to July 31, 2015.

For more info, call Vasilis Papavramopoulos (6986033354) or Efi Stavropoulou (6936952787)

To understand the transformation of Turkish politics, no day in the recent past could be as useful as May 30, which was full of remarkable meanings and symbols.

In its seventh year, the Armenia-Turkey Cinema Platform continues to bring together filmmakers from Turkey, Armenia and the diaspora for joint projects. Recently, they opened a new call for film projects for its 14th workshop in July

They shared mutual interests. Their passion was cooking and in particular, they favored Mediterranean cooking. They were quite obsessed with Moorish culture. They loved Spain, Morocco and the Maghreb. They truly enjoyed the sun-matured tastes of Mediterranean food, which was quite exotic to the British palate in the 1990's.

Nationalist-conservative voters have been disappointed that values vital to them have been eroded by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), according to a candidate from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

As your friendly neighborhood economist, I get many questions on currencies. Where do I see the euro in a week or month? When would be a good time to exit the lira? As much as I believe in the age-old saying ?the customer is king,? I refuse to answer such queries.

Data released one day apart last week has revealed that there is a rapid rise in home sales, as well as a sharp decline in the intention to build new ones. This situation will hopefully ease the concern that constructions riding at full speed regardless of the sales tempo will create a balloon. In other words, the housing industry is in a "recovery" process. 

?Halk, halk!? said the woman who was sitting opposite me. ?Tsipras is for the people, he does not make distinctions between Muslims and Christians. He took away the cars from the politicians!?