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Turkey, the country where woman come after the oxen

This is from Naz?m Hikmet's poem, "Our Women": "And women, our women, with their magnificent sacred hands? our mothers, lovers, wives, who die without ever having lived and whose place at our table comes after our ox?" 

Like all his work, this is an incredible poem, full of correct observations, describing the place of women in the mind of Turkish men. It was written in 1922.

Atatürk replaced by Ottomans at iconic Istanbul high school

The new principal of a renowned girls? high school in Istanbul has come under fire from parents who have slammed her for replacing photos of the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, as well as ballerina murals, with pictures of Ottoman sultans.

Saadet Berna Ocakc?o?lu became the principal of the Erenköy Girls? Anatolian High School in December 2014.

Pamukkale, a paradise in Turkey

Pamukkale is a place of natural wonder; so much jumps out at the eye that it is difficult to pinpoint one favorite quality of the area I never wrote about something I observed in Pamukkale in the western province of Mu?la. I assume most of you have seen it, or at least have heard about Pamukkale. If you haven't? Shame on you!

Turkish President Erdo?an: I asked intel chief to stay, but he left

President Erdo?an reiterates his criticism of intel chief Hakan Fidan for resigning to run for office, saying he advised him to stay in the critical post Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said his confidant, National Intelligence Organization (M?T) Chief Hakan Fidan, resigned from his post to run for parliament for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) despite Erdo?an?s

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