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Pamuk’s newest book, “The Museum of Innocence”—available to an English-speaking audience a year after its publication in Turkey??distills the sepia tones of his oeuvre into their purest and most poignant form yet. Readers looking for a follow-up to 2002’s “Snow,” a politically charged exploration of Islamic extremism, won’t find it here. Pamuk’s name took on a controversial coloring in the wake of that novel?...
...Beydulla went to Turkey??s Ankara University to study Uyghur history because China did not offer an extensive enough program on the subject and his request for a visa to study in the United States was denied...
...take shorter showers, buy organic food, and boycott bottled water, nearly 4,000 members of the Harvard community have signed the 2008 Sustainability Pledge within five days of its kickoff. The pledge has come a long way since its inception in 2002 as a “Go Cold Turkey?? campaign in which roughly 1,000 students promised to reduce their carbon footprint during Thanksgiving Break. In a campus-wide e-mail last Wednesday, Director of Sustainability Heather A. Henriksen said the importance of the pledge is two-fold: “It commits individuals to specific actions...
...resemble a higher-stakes version of our own party politics. What makes this case pertinent is that those prosecuting the group have been accused of representing the pro-Islam government, the ruling AK Party, in revenge for a failed court attempt to ban the party this summer for undermining Turkey??s secular government system. For years, secular Turks have battled more Islamic Turks over the direction of their country. The result of this case and any cases that follow could very well dictate the long-term direction of the Turkish state. With a large military and ambition...
...delve deeper into the heart of the campus, gradually approaching the turkey??s territory. To our surprise and disappointment, the turkey isn’t there. We go around the campus again—maybe the rain had forced it to hide. Around and around we walk until the last rays of light slowly vanish. We call it quits—for now—and return the following...