News archive of March 2023

Longtime Starbucks leader Howard Schultz defended the coffee chain's confrontational approach to unionization on March 29, while insisting it had not violated U.S. labor law in countering the campaign.

The hearing, which got contentious at some points, was convened by progressive Senator Bernie Sanders, focusing on what the independent from Vermont called "illegal union busting."

Vernon Hollingsworth grew up in Florida among his family's orange trees, recently ravaged by a double whammy of disease and a hurricane that have sent juice prices spiraling and left farmers blinking in disbelief.

Opening today, Anna Laudel Istanbul gallery presents Bilal Hakan Karakaya's solo exhibition "Invisible Cities."

Named after the well-known novel Italo Calvino, Karakaya focuses on the rising mega structures in metropolitan life and emphasizes how desolate and unrecognizable the modern cities have become through the art of sculpture.

As part of its "Help for Ukraine" tour, the famous Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy will take the stage at Maximum UNIQ Open Air in Istanbul on June 11, with revenues from the concert to be used for helping children affected by the war, health institutions and the defenders of Ukraine.

A regional court in Istanbul has given the verdict to demolish the building of the Hiranur Foundation, which came to the fore with the allegation of the abuse of a 6-year-old child, on the ground that it is against the zoning legislation.

Girls are more likely to experience exam stress and pressure at school since they perceive education as an "escape route," the Turkish Statistical Institute's (TÜİK) Survey on Children for 2022 revealed.

Within the scope of the research, TUİK compiled data on 14,705 children in the 0-17 age group.

Following the reopening of schools in many districts in the quake zone, a decision has been taken to also conduct university entrance exams in the southern quake-hit provinces of Hatay, Malatya, Kahramanmaraş and Adıyaman, Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) President Bayram Ali Ersoy has announced.

Despite the effects of external shocks, Türkiye is experiencing a gradual disinflation process step by step, Central Bank Gov. Şahap Kavcıoğlu has said.

"With the support of the policies we have implemented, the disinflation process has begun," Kavcıoğlu said at a meeting of the Ankara Chamber of Industry.

One of the largest black holes ever recorded has been discovered using a new technique that could spot thousands more of the insatiable celestial monsters in the coming years, according to astronomers.

The ultramassive black hole, one of just four ever observed, is more than 30 billion times the mass of the Sun, a new study said.

World-renowned author Paulo Coelho on March 28 shared a photo of a Turkish shepherd, who posed holding his novel "The Alchemist," on his social media account. Coelho added the note, "A Turkish shepherd is reading about an Andalusian shepherd."