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"Taking Refuge under the Crescent and Star"

The racist ideologies that began to take hold in Europe in the pre-World War II period led to the fight of many scientists and artists. Professor Faruk Şen has now searched the memoirs of those intellectuals who sought refuge in Turkey, perused government documents and held interviews with living witnesses of the period and has compiled this research into a book that he calls “Ay – Yıldız Altında Sürgün” (“Taking Refuge under the Crescent and Star”), published by Günizi Publishing.

August 29, 2008
Published in Academicians

The Future of Tourism and Turkey

Muzaffer S. Uysal
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Today, tourism, with its complex social, economic and physical impact, has become an international phenomenon, and is one of the largest and most rapidly growing industries in the international market. Now, tourism is a very competitive business. It is no longer a supply driven sector but a demand driven market.

July 15, 2005
Published in Academicians

An Inventor Seeks An Investor

The classical method used to understand the growth or shrinkage of cancerous tumors in laboratory animals is being turned into history by scientist Cem Girit’s invention. Dr. Girit needs a source of 3 million dollars to mass produce his invention.

July 15, 2005
Published in Academicians

Can You Draw Me a Heart Operation?

He was born the third of five children, in Duden, a small village of the Yesilova Borough of Burdur, a gateway town to the Mediterranean, Aegean and central parts of Turkey. His father was the imam of the village and a traveling drapery seller, his mother the tailor of the village.