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...million. In what some claim was the first genocide of the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of Armenians were driven from their homes and killed. Tens of thousands emigrated to Russia, the Middle East, France and the U.S. There are currently less than 65,000 Armenians living in Turkey itself. Turks reject the accusation of genocide, stating that Armenians were among the many civilians to die in one of the most violent periods of human history...
...many outside Turkey, the nation's sensitivity to accusations about events that took place more than eighty years ago - well before the declaration of the Republic in 1923 - is a mystery. Turks themselves question the motives of longtime allies in trying to dredge up these controversies. And the Armenians in Turkey itself are caught in the middle. "I do not need another government to tell me what happened to my ancestors," said Hrant Dink, editor of the Istanbul-based "Agos" newspaper, which serves the remaining Armenian community. He fears that the tragedy is still being used as fodder by those...
...prosperous; they go to the best clubs and have their island summer houses ... You'd expect them to take the Turkish side against Europe. So why have they remained silent?" wrote Emin Colasan, right-wing columnist in the mass-circulating "Hürriyet" newspaper, whose logo includes the words "Turkey for the Turks...
...everything from country-specific advice on dress and customs to names of woman-friendly restaurants--all compiled by women who live in the region or travel to it. Leery of wearing a chador? The guide will tell you where you can get away with a long coat. Visiting rural Turkey? Know what time the sun goes down, so you won't get caught on empty streets at night...
...disclosed. But one day, "I realized I was addicted." Last May his parents checked him into the Net Addiction Clinic in Seoul, founded last year by psychiatrist Kim Hyun Soo. While addiction to the Net is treated much like other dependencies, kids don't have to go cold turkey: the clinic lets them log on to its computers for short periods. But they spend most of their time relearning how to cope with people in the real world. There's one core problem: kids who are good at games and other cyberentertainment gain status among their peers, and that pushes...