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...just dressed really well. She was one of the best dressed people on campus,” remembered Marek W. Troszcynski van Genderen ’04 from Poland, who came to the event to support his roommate, Mehmet Onol, who is from Turkey...
...measure may be a step in the new, pro-Islamic government's long-term campaign to win E.U. membership. Alternatively, it could simply be an effort to buy time and ease political pressure that had been building on the island since massive anti- government protests broke out last year. Mehmet Ali Talat, head of the opposition Republican Turkish Party, which helped organize the protests, takes the latter view. "The government had run out of ideas," he says. "They had to do something." Serdar's tone may be more moderate than his father's, says Talat, but his policies amount...
...engage in combat, but to contain Kurdish militants along the Turkish border and set up refugee camps to prevent an influx of Kurds into Turkey's unstable southeast. The vote brought no joy for most Turks, though, who remain against the war. "Turkey had no real choice," says analyst Mehmet Ali Birand. "It could not have refused this request from the U.S." - By Andrew Purvis and Pelin Turgut/Istanbul...
...prizewinning science staff. They are also an opportunity to tap the expertise of outside writers we admire. In this issue: Dr. Andrew Weil, writing about alternative treatments for anxiety, depression and other disorders; M.I.T. psychology professor Steven Pinker on the intricate relationship between genes and behavior; Dr. Mehmet Oz on how he uses meditation to speed the recovery of heart-transplant patients at New York City's Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. We also had the pleasure of collaborating on this project with our friends at ABC World News Tonight, who will be airing two segments related to our Mind/Body issue...
...suspect him of a fundamentalist agenda. In the short term, party officials are expected this week to appoint a replacement leader who will form a new government. Erdogan may not be in office, but he will be in power. "He won't take a back seat," says political analyst Mehmet Ali Birand. Turkey's problem dates back to Kemal Atat?rk, the army officer who founded the republic almost 80 years ago and who imposed stringent laws to keep fundamentalism at bay. Erdogan, 48, is just the latest politician to run afoul of such laws which - in the hands of zealous...