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Abdi İpekçi Arena


Abdi İpekçi Arena, formerly known as Abdi İpekçi Sports Complex, was a multi-purpose indoor arena located in the Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul, Turkey, situated just outside the ancient city walls, in Yedikule. Designed in 1979, and opened on 3 June 1989, after several years of interrupted construction, it is named after the renowned Turkish journalist Abdi İpekçi. It was the primary basketball venue in Istanbul for two decades and hosted many (mostly the international) games of Istanbul's four top basketball clubs Anandolu Efes, Fenerbahçe
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Abdi İpekçi Street


prestigious neighborhood developed into a place hosting luxury retail shopping venues. With a monthly lease price of about $3500 m², it is currently the most expensive street for retail stores in Turkey. A variety of exclusive and expensive shops offering Turkish and international designer labels, restaurants of international cuisine and cafés are lined up on both sides of the street. The street was renamed after Abdi İpekçi, the renowned journalist and the editor-in-chief of the major Turkish newspaper "Milliyet". İpekçi was murdered on February 1,
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of the Turkish chief of staff. He knew that the counter-guerrilla were subordinate to the CIA, whose station chief at the time was Paul Henze. İpekçi thus asked Henze to stop the CIA's illegal activities. Other sources also name Henze as the instigator. Abdi İpekçi was interred at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Sibel, daughter Nükhet and son Sedat. The street on which he lived and was murdered was renamed Abdi İpekçi Avenue. On 1 February 2000, a statue erected by the Municipality
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Abdi İpekçi Street


Abdi İpekçi Street or Abdi İpekçi Avenue () is one of the premier shopping streets of İstanbul, Turkey, located in the Şişli district. It runs along the Maçka and Teşvikiye neighborhoods, extending from Bayıldım Caddesi/Maçka Caddesi to Vali Konağı Caddesi in the Nişantaşı quarter, crossing Mim Kemal Öke Caddesi, Bronz Sokak, Atiye Sokak, Teşvikiye Bostanı Sokak, Eytam Caddesi, Altın Sokak and Profesör Doktor Feyzi Feyzioğlu Sokak on its length of around 700 m in generally northern direction. During the last decade, the street in the
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, Galatasaray and Besiktas, as well as many other sports events and concerts. However, its significance declined after the opening of Sinan Erdem Dome in 2010, which surpassed Abdi İpekçi Arena as the biggest and most state of the art arena in Istanbul. After the 2016/2017 season, the arena was closed. It got demolished in early 2018. In its place, a basketball training and performance center is to be built. Basketball teams Anadolu Efes and Galatasaray are now playing their games at Sinan Erdem Dome beginning with the 2017/18 season
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Abdi İpekçi


Abdi İpekçi (9 August 1929 – 1 February 1979) was a Turkish journalist, intellectual and an activist for human rights. He was murdered while editor-in-chief of the one of the main Turkish daily newspapers "Milliyet" which then had a centre-left political stance. İpekçi was born in Istanbul, Turkey to a prominent family. After finishing high school at Galatasaray High School in 1948, he attended law school at Istanbul University for a while. He started his professional career as a sports reporter for the
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Cemil İpekçi


Remzi Cemil İpekçi (born 5 August 1948) is a Turkish fashion designer. İpekçi was born on 5 August 1948 in Istanbul. His paternal family are from Thessaloniki. Through his father, he's a distant relative of Sabbatai Zevi, and a cousin of İsmail Cem and Abdi İpekçi. From his mother's side, he is a relative of soprano Leyla Gencer. Cemil İpekçi, who comes from İpekçizadeler family, has been living in Istanbul since the age of 5 years. In an interview with Fatih Altaylı, he described
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Leyla İpekçi


Leyla İpekçi (born 13 October 1966) is a Turkish journalist, scriptwriter, and writer. Leyla İpekçi, the niece of Abdi İpekçi, graduated from Saint Michel French High School and completed her studies in Sociology at Boğaziçi University. In June 1999, she married director Semih Kaplanoğlu. She worked as an author for "Yeni Yüzyıl" in 1995 and "Hürriyet" in 1996. She has also published articles in Gazetepazar, where she was in charge of the edition management. She wrote for "Radikal" newspaper until the
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People's Party. Known internationally as a political moderate, he continuously criticized the political extremism that fueled the violent polarization at the time of the 1971 Turkish military memorandum. On 1 February 1979, two members of the ultra-nationalist Grey Wolves, Oral Çelik and Mehmet Ali Ağca (who later shot Pope John Paul II), murdered Abdi İpekçi in his car on the way back home from his office in front of his apartment building in Istanbul. Ağca was caught due to an informant and was sentenced to life in prison
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of Şişli near the place where he was murdered was unveiled in his commemoration. It was designed by the architect Erhan İşözen, and the 3.5 m high bronze sculpture created by Gürdal Duyar stands on a 0.70 m high granite base. The memorial depicts İpekçi's bust held by one male and one female student with a dove atop symbolizing peace. Turkey's second largest multi-purpose indoor sports arena, located in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul, is also named after him. The "Ipekci Peace and Friendship Prize" was established in 1981
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Semih Kaplanoğlu


Kaplanoğlu's critics attributed the generous public funding his production company received in 2019 to his good relationship with the government. Kaplanoğlu is married to journalist, author and screenwriter Leyla İpekçi, who is a niece of the assassinated notable journalist Abdi İpekçi. Between 2006 and 2013, Leyla İpekçi wrote for "Zaman" and "Taraf", daily newspapers affiliated with the Gülen movement. At the time, Taraf and Zaman facilitated the movement's outreach to a broader public as they gained power in Turkey in illegal and extralegal ways. The
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failed assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981. According to Reuters, Ağca had "escaped with suspected help from sympathizers in the security services". Writer Çetin Altan said a journalist colleague who was a former admiral intelligence officer of the chiefs of staff, Sezai Orkunt, had informed him that the clandestine Counter-Guerrilla murdered İpekçi at the behest of the CIA's station chief in Turkey. İpekçi had learned that the counter-guerrilla were inducting civilians into a clandestine anti-communist organization without the knowledge
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Abdi İpekçi


newspaper "Yeni Sabah", and transferred later to "Yeni İstanbul". In 1954, he joined the newspaper "Milliyet" as its publishing manager, and was promoted to editor-in-chief in 1959. A respected journalist, he was a proponent of the separation of religion and state, and an advocate of dialogue and conciliation with Greece, as well as of human rights for various minorities in Turkey. İpekçi favored left-leaning causes and groups outside of the main secularist, center-leftist and Kemalist Republican
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Milliyet


Milliyet (Turkish for ""nationality"") is a major pro-government Turkish daily newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey. "Milliyet" came to publishing life at the Nuri Akça press in Babıali, Istanbul as a daily private newspaper on 3 May 1950. Its owner was Ali Naci Karacan. After his death in 1955 the paper was published by his son, Encüment Karacan. For a number of years the person who made his mark on the paper as the editor in chief was Abdi İpekçi. İpekçi managed to
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İsmail Cem


Programs at Piedmont High School, Piedmont California for one year during his high school years. A member of one of the most prominent families in Turkey, Cem was the cousin of murdered liberal-leftist journalist, intellectual and human rights activist Abdi İpekçi, the editor in chief for then centre-leftist Milliyet newspaper. Cem was the son of İhsan İpekçi (1901-1966), who was one of the pioneers of the Turkish cinema industry, as the founder and partner of İpek Film, and several popular Istanbul movie theaters
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Eurovision Song Contest 2004


The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the 49th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, following Sertab Erener's win at the 2003 contest in Riga, Latvia with the song "Everyway That I Can" – marking the country's first victory in the contest. The national broadcaster Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), staged the event at the Abdi İpekçi Arena on 12 and 15 May 2004. Ukrainian singer Ruslana won the contest with "Wild Dances". It is notable that
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KK Partizan


, Željko Rebrača, Mlađan Šilobad, Slaviša Koprivica, Nikola Lončar and Dragiša Šarić were better in three games and for the second time won the place in the Final Four. Partizan won the title of European champion, achieved on the Final Four in Istanbul in April 1992. The average age of the team was 21.7, and out of 17 games all but one (the quarter-final game against Knorr Bologna in Belgrade) were played on foreign grounds. At the Final Four held in Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul Partizan defeated
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Olympiacos B.C.


Final Four and winning the European championship. In addition to domestic competitions Olympiacos had become regime and the goal was winning the double. The aim of the Greek Cup extinguished from the beginning after the defeat by Panathinaikos with the strangeness 40–42 in the knock-out match that held in the Sporting Indoor Hall because Olympiacos was punished for the events that take place in the fifth final of the last season play-offs against PAOK. In Europe the team launched their obligations with a resounding victory (77–42) at Abdi İpekçi Arena against
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Kazlıçeşme, Zeytinburnu


multi-purpose indoor venue Abdi İpekçi Arena is situated here. Kazlıçeşme is also the place, where historic buildings of the Greek and Armenian communities, such as the Balıklı Greek Hospital and Yedikule Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital, are found. The railway station of Kazlıçeşme, which served the Sirkeci-Halkalı commuter rail line was taken out of service on March 1, 2013 in the frame of improvement works for the Marmaray project. With the opening of Marmaray's first stage on October 29, 2013, Kazlıçeşme railway station became the provisory
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ABU TV Song Festival 2015


ABU). Istanbul previously played hosts to the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, when the contest took place in the Abdi İpekçi Arena. For the 4th edition of ABU TV Song Festival, Istanbul Congress Center was selected to be the venue of the event. Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) was the host broadcaster for the festival on 28 October 2015. The ABU TV Song Festival celebrates the popular music culture by showcasing high-profile musical acts from each of the participating ABU broadcasting members, in a non-competitive manner
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2016 Eurocup Finals


Finals appearance ever of Strasbourg and Galatasaray Odeabank, after Strasbourg never reached a stage further than the quarterfinals in history and Galatasaray Odeabank never reached a stage further than the semifinals in history. The Rhénus Sport was the first leg venue as Strasbourg venue. In 1981, the arena was the venue of the European Champions Cup Final, in which Maccabi Elite defeated Sinudyne Bologna 80-79. In February 2006, the Davis Cup match between France and Sweden took place in this arena. The Abdi İpekçi Arena was the second leg venue
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I Admit (Sanda song)


Song Contest 2004, preceded by two semi-finals on 28 February and 6 March 2004, respectively. "I Admit" progressed first from the first semi-final and was subsequently chosen to represent Romania in the contest after the votes of an expert jury panel (12 points) and televoting results (12 points) were combined, resulting in 24 points. Sanda's win was widely contested by several observers including fellow "Selecția Națională" participant . The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 took place at the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul
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Sinan Erdem Dome


as well as Galatasaray play their games at Sinan Erdem Dome, following the closure of Abdi İpekçi Arena. The senior men's Turkish national basketball team has also used the arena, since the year 2010. Sinan Erdem Dome hosted the basketball 2010 FIBA World Championship's knockout stage and final. During the 2010 FIBA World Championship, most of the arena's 16,000 seats were placed on temporary stands, which were built on top of the arena's permanent stands. Sinan Erdem Dome has also hosted the following major sporting events: the
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Asiye Özlem Sahin


She chose to represent Germany at amateur level and joined national team in 2006. She won Germany International Amateur Boxing Championships twice in 2005 and 2006. Her amateur record is consisting of 11 wins and 1 loss. Sahin turned professional in 2007. She started to train along with former Universum Box-Promotion coach Conny Mittermeier. Her encounter against Ukrainian Oksana Romanova taken place at Abdi İpekçi Arena on 5 June 2010 was the first ever women's professional boxing bout in Turkey. On 21 June 2014, beating Thai Buangern Onesongchaigym at Austrian
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Çetin Altan


a reporter in the newspaper "Ulus". After writing columns in "Hürses", Altan continued as a columnist in various newspapers including "Halkçı", "Tan", "Akşam", "Milliyet", "Yeni Ortam", "Hürriyet", "Güneş" and the magazine "Çarşaf". In 1959, Altan accepted the offer of Abdi İpekçi (1929–1979) to write columns for the daily "Milliyet" replacing Peyami Safa (1899-1961). He was very much dismayed over the death
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Mama (Spice Girls song)


wouldn't get your mum to sit with you on the till". The song was performed many times on television, including "An Audience with...", "Live & Kicking", "Top of the Pops", the 1997 Prince's Trust Gala, and the 1997 Comic Relief. In October 1997, the group performed it as the thirteenth song of their first live concert at the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The performance was broadcast on Showtime in a pay-per-view event titled "
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2 Become 1


song was performed many times on television, including the "Bravo Supershow", "GMTV", "Live & Kicking", "Noel's House Party", and "Top of the Pops". In October 1997, the group performed "2 Become 1" as the eighth song of their first live concert at the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The performance was broadcast on Showtime in a pay-per-view event titled "Spice Girls In Concert Wild!", and was later included in
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R.C. Mechelen in international competitions


Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. Overall, Maes Pils achieved in present competition a record of 8 wins against 10 defeats, in three successive rounds. More detailed: |} |} |} |} |} |} |} |} |} |} |} |} |} |} |} |} The 1992–93 FIBA European League was the 36th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague), running from September 10, 1992 to
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Wannabe


and entered the stage in auto rickshaws. In October 1997 the group performed "Wannabe" as the last song of their first live concert at the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The performance was broadcast on Showtime in a pay-per-view event titled "Spice Girls in Concert Wild!", and was later included in the VHS and DVD release "Girl Power! Live in Istanbul". The Spice Girls have performed the song on their four tours, the Spiceworld Tour, the Christmas in Spiceworld Tour
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Fahir Ersin


journalist Abdi Ipekçi. He also served under the government of Suleyman Demirel as speaker of the government in the 1960s. In the 1970s, during the government of Bülent Ecevit, Ersin was offered various diplomatic functions in Iraq, Lebanon, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium. During the 1980s, Ersin was chief editor of the European edition of the Turkish newspaper "Tercuman", based in Frankfurt a.M., Germany. A highly respected journalist and member of honor of the Turkish Press Association, he was a proponent of the rights
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Spice Up Your Life


Awards. In October 1997, the group performed "Spice Up Your Life" as the eleventh song of their first live concert at the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The performance was broadcast on Showtime in a pay-per-view concert special titled "Spice Girls in Concert: Wild!", and was later included in the VHS and DVD release "Girl Power! Live in Istanbul". The song was also used during the climax of their 1997 film, "Spice World". In the scene
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Dimitri Kitsikis


) and Akritas (Ἀκρίτας). In 1991, he was honored with the first Greek-Turkish prize for poetry Abdi İpekçi, a Turkish journalist who had been shot dead by terrorists. Some of his poetry books, namely "Omphalos" (1977), "l'Orocc dans l'âge de Kali" (1985) and "le Paradis perdu sur les barricades" (1989–1993), became part of an anthology of 32 Canadian poets in the book by H. Bouraoui and J. Flamand. His poetic work was included in the "
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Nişantaşı


Nişantaşı is a quarter of the Şişli district on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. It comprises neighbourhoods like Teşvikiye, Maçka, Osmanbey and Pangaltı. A popular shopping and residential district, it is one of Istanbul's most exclusive neighbourhoods. The area includes fashion shops, department stores, cafés, pubs, restaurants and night clubs. Abdi İpekçi Street, Turkey's most expensive shopping street in terms of lease prices, stretches from the neighbourhoods of Maçka and Teşvikiye to the center of Nişantaşı. Nişantaşı was settled by Ottoman Sultan
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Too Much (Spice Girls song)


the film "Spice World", the Spice Girls perform "Too Much" on "Top of the Pops", surrounded by media and photographers from various television programmes and magazines. Also present are hundreds of fans. When the performance is complete, the audience applauds and cheers the girls, and the film progresses into the first official scene. In October 1997, the group performed it as the tenth song of their first live concert at the Abdi Ipekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The performance was broadcast on Showtime on
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Stop (Spice Girls song)


1960-style car. The group performed "Stop" without Halliwell at the annually hosted Pavarotti and Friends charity concert in Modena, Italy, in June 1998. In October 1997, the group performed it as the ninth song of their first live concert at the Abdi Ipekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The performance was broadcast on Showtime in a pay-per-view concert special titled "Spice Girls in Concert: Wild!". However, the VHS and DVD release of the concert, "Girl Power! Live in Istanbul
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Spiceworld (album)


Lottery. In October 1997 the Spice Girls held a two-date concert on Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, performing four songs of "Spiceworld"; "Spice Up Your Life, "Too Much, "Saturday Night Divas and "Stop". The performance was broadcast on Showtime in a pay-per-view event titled "Spice Girls in Concert Wild!". In early 1998, the Spice Girls embarked on their first world tour that Fuller had set up for them covering Europe and North America for
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Metin Yurdanur


1978, he was appointed as teacher for sculpture in his alma mater. During his time in Ankara, he created upon request of the city administration in 1979 mockups, which later were realized in Ankara as sculptures like ""Eller"" (The Hands) in Abdi İpekçi Park,""Nasreddin Hoca Riding the Hittite Lion Backwards"" at Railroad Station Square, ""Dayanışma"" (Solidarity) in Batıkent and ""Balerinler"" (The Ballet Dancers) in Kavaklıdere. In 1981, he left his teacher's profession
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Sakis Rouvas


Karvelas) on her 1997 album "Travma" ("Trauma"). On 19 May 1997, Rouvas performed with Turkish singer Burak Kut at a bi-national reconciliation concert on the Green Line in Cyprus before an audience of over 4,000. The concert received international coverage and support, earning Rouvas an International Abdi Ipekçi Prize for global understanding and co-operation; however, the concert was controversial to Greek and Turkish protesters and the singer was thrown stones, eggs and tomatoes at in all his next concerts. Opposition to
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Refik Erduran


Khan") brought him fame. After an invitation of Abdi İpekçi, he began a career as a columnist in 1965, which continued until 1985 in various newspapers like "Milliyet", "Güneş", "" and "Sabah". He published eight books. In 1995, he went to Bosnia and joined the special forces Black Swans in order to show his symbolic opposition to the Serbian attacks. He published the events he eyewitnessed in serials at the daily "Milliyet". The serials were later collected into a
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Eurovision Song Contest 2004


to the Abdi İpekçi Arena as the contest approached due to its bigger capacity. Korhan Abay and Meltem Cumbul were presenters of the show. In the semi-final and the final, Meltem Cumbul warmed up the audience with a sing-a-long of Eurovision classic "Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)", originally by Domenico Modugno. Sertab Erener returned to the stage in the final to perform "Everyway That I Can", the 2003 winning song, and one of her new songs called "Leave"
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Nikos Dimou


the ERA state radio. He has won two journalist awards (Abdi İpekçi Award and Botsis Award). In 1997, he became an honorary citizen of Ermoupoli, his mother's hometown. Dimou was awarded the Dimitris Mitropoulos award in 2000. Dimou has published over 60 books, mostly light non-fiction, including "On the Unhappiness of being Greek" ("Η δυστυχία του να είσαι Έλληνας"), "The New Greeks" ("Οι Νέοι Έλληνες"), "The Lost Social Class" ("
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Gürdal Duyar


Karaköy Square was considered indecent by the politicians of the time and caused some debate. It was moved to the Yıldız Park. In 1976 he made Turkish War of Independence depicting Atatürk Monument for Kayseri square however it was straying from the classical style and was not erected. In the garden of the M.T.A. institute (Ankara) a sculpture named "Atatürk ve Madencilik" by Duyar responds to classic sculpture ideals. Among Duyars other works are the Atatürk monuments of Uşak, Burhaniye and İskenderun, The Abdi İpekçi Peace Monument in İstanbul,
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Nikos Economopoulos


be sad even in wedding parties. Economopoulos's photography of Turkey won him the 2001 Abdi İpekçi Award for promoting friendship between Turkey and Greece. Painfully aware of the bitterness often encouraged in both Greece and Turkey toward the other, he has written appreciatively of the personal welcome given to him by the Turks that he meets. There are no real differences [between Greeks and Turks]. I love Turkey and I can live there. I can't live in Paris or in London. But Istanbul — I can live there.
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Hatice Kumbaracı Gürsöz


received her first award in the field of drawing. After she graduated, she taught Painting and Art History for six years in Istanbul, Adana and Ankara. She lived for significant periods in the countries of Australia, Pakistan, Germany, Greece, Turkmenistan and especially in Italy, France, Switzerland, Syria and Jordan, which she studied the painting arts of. In Germany, she earned membership of the Federal Union of Artists (BBK). In 1997, she was awarded the Abdi İpekçi Friendship and Peace Prize for her
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Abdi İpekçi


. After serving six months in a military prison in Istanbul, Ağca escaped with the help of military officers and the Grey Wolves, fleeing first to Iran and then to Bulgaria, which was then a base of operation for the Turkish mafia. According to reporter Lucy Komisar, Mehmet Ali Ağca had worked with Abdullah Çatlı in this 1979 murder, who "then reportedly helped organize Ağca's escape from the prison, and some have suggested Çatlı was even involved in the Pope's assassination attempt". Ağca later became famous for his
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Architecture of Turkey


in Istanbul. As a result of economic and social turbulence, architecture in Turkey suffered also in the 1970s. There were no significant breakthroughs during this period. Some important designs from the 1970s are the Turkish Language Association Building (1972), Atatürk Library (1973) and Abdi İpekçi Arena (1979). In January 1980, the government of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel began implementing a far-reaching reform program designed by then Undersecretary of the Prime Ministry Turgut Özal to shift Turkey's economy toward export-led growth. These
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Nedim Şener


are "Altın", "İstanbul Altın Borsası ve Dünyadaki Örnekleri", "Tepeden Tırnağa Yolsuzluk", and "Naylon Holding". Other awards he has won include Pen Awards of Netherlands, and Abdi İpekçi Award. In June 2010, Şener was named one of the Vienna-based International Press Institute's World Press Freedom Heroes, along with Lydia Cacho Ribeiro, May Chidiac, Akbar Ganji, Yoani Sánchez, Pap Saine, and Lasantha Wickrematunge. In January 2009 Şener published a book on the 2007 murder of Hrant Dink
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2010 FIBA World Championship Group B


Group B of the 2010 FIBA World Championship commenced on August 28 and ended on September 2. The group played all of its games at Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The group was composed of Brazil, Croatia, Iran, Slovenia, Tunisia and the United States. Their average FIBA World Ranking at the start of the tournament was 19; excluding Tunisia, the lowest in the rankings, it was 14.4. Tunisia, which finished third at the FIBA Africa Championship 2009, and the Asian champion Iran, both made
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Şehrazat


Çağla, a famous composer of Turkish music and Prof. Dr. Hamit Kemali Söylemezoğlu, the architect of Anıtkabir and Taşkışla. Besides, journalist Mithat Perin (preceptor of Abdi İpekçi), diplomat Özer F. Tevs, politician Selim Sarper, and diplomat Yüksel Söylemez are also her close relatives. Some of the grandsons and granddaughters of His Imperial Majesty Mehmet V Reshad, the Emperor of the Ottomans and the Caliph of the Faithful such as HH Prince Cengiz Osmanoğlu, HH Prince Ömer Fevzi Osmanoğlu, HH Mihrimah Sultana are Şehrazat's cousins. Thus
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2016 Eurocup Finals


The 2016 Eurocup Finals were the concluding two games of the 2015–16 Eurocup season, the 14th season of Europe's secondary club basketball tournament organised by Euroleague Basketball, and the eighth season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the Eurocup. The first leg was played at the Rhénus Sport in Strasbourg, France, on 22 April 2016 and the second leg was played at the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, on 27 April 2016, between French side Strasbourg and Turkish side Galatasaray Odeabank. It was the first ever
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2016 Eurocup Finals


as Galatasaray Odeabank venue. The arena hosts national and international sports events such as basketball, volleyball, wrestling and weightlifting, concerts and congresses among others. The facility contains a multi-faced visual scoreboard, six online-system counters, four locker rooms, two internet rooms, a press room, two multi-purpose offices, VIP rooms, etc. Its parking lot has a capacity of 1,500 cars. It is named after the renowned Turkish journalist Abdi İpekçi. "Note: In the table, the score of the
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Istanbul


of "Europe's best" and "World's best" shopping mall by the International Council of Shopping Centers in 1995 and 1996; Istanbul Cevahir has been one of the continent's largest since opening in 2005; Kanyon won the Cityscape Architectural Review Award in the Commercial Built category in 2006. İstinye Park in İstinye and Zorlu Center near Levent are among the newest malls which include the stores of the world's top fashion brands. Abdi İpekçi Street in Nişantaşı and Bağdat Avenue on the Anatolian side of the city have evolved into
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Theleis I Den Theleis


Abdi Ipekçi Prize" for his co-operation and effort, fighting broke out into the audience leaving many youth wounded. Opposing critics believed that this would be the end of Rouvas' career and the phenomenon of his fans. Rouvas and manager Elias Psinakis left Greece for the United States for many months at a time, meanwhile in Greece he was slowly disappearing from the front-pages, as the withdrawal helped the criticisms fade. Rouvas returned to Greece, ready to re-launch his career, and started to look for
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Ankara


Turkey. The 2012-built THF Sport Hall hosts the Handball Super League and Women's Handball Super League matches scheduled in Ankara. Ankara has many parks and open spaces mainly established in the early years of the Republic and well maintained and expanded thereafter. The most important of these parks are: Gençlik Parkı (houses an amusement park with a large pond for rowing), the Botanical garden, Seğmenler Park, Anayasa Park, Kuğulu Park (famous for the swans received as a gift from the Chinese government), Abdi İpekçi Park,
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Girl Power! Live in Istanbul


Girl Power! Live in Istanbul was a two-night concert by British girl group the Spice Girls. The concerts, which were organized by Pepsi as part of the group's sponsorship deal, were performed at the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey on 12 and 13 October 1997. Prior to the concerts, the Spice Girls held a press conference in Istanbul on 31 May 1997 to promote their first live show, in association with Pepsi as its official sponsor. The show was split up into 5 parts with a costume
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Mehmet Ali Ağca


, he murdered Abdi İpekçi, editor of the major Turkish newspaper "Milliyet". After being denounced by an informant, he was caught and sentenced to life in prison. After serving six months, he escaped with the help of Abdullah Çatlı, second-in-command of the Grey Wolves, and fled to Bulgaria, which was a base of operation for the Turkish mafia. According to investigative journalist Lucy Komisar, Mehmet Ali Ağca had worked with Abdullah Çatlı in the 1979 assassination, who "then reportedly helped organize Ağca
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Mehmet Ali Ağca


prison where Ağca was being held. The Pope was also in touch with Ağca's family over the years, meeting his mother in 1987 and his brother a decade later. After serving almost 20 years of a life sentence in prison in Italy, at the request of Pope John Paul II, Ağca was pardoned by the then Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi in June 2000 and deported to Turkey. Following his extradition to Turkey, he was imprisoned for the 1979 murder of Abdi İpekçi and for two bank raids carried out in the
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Abdi İpekçi Arena


. Galatasaray also plans to move into a newly built own arena in the coming years. Fenerbahçe already moved into their own Ülker Sports Arena in 2012. The arena has an audience seating capacity of 12,270. It hosts national and international sports events, such as basketball, volleyball, wrestling, and weightlifting, as well as concerts and congresses, among other events. The facility contains a multi-faced visual scoreboard, six online-system counters, four locker rooms, two internet rooms, a press room, two multi-
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Ülker G.S.K.


Ülker Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Ülker or Ülkerspor, was a Turkish professional basketball club that was based in Istanbul, Turkey. The club competed in the Turkish Basketball League. They played their home games at the Abdi İpekçi Arena. Ülkerspor was founded in 1975, but its basketball department was created in 1993, by buying a Turkish Super League spot from Nasaş. The club have won four Turkish League titles in 1995, 1998, 2001, and 2006, with greats including Harun Erdenay, İbrahim Kutluay, Michael
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Say You'll Be There


their previous performances have all been either lip-synched or sung to a recorded backing track. The group performed the song at the 1996 Smash Hits! Awards, the 1997 Prince's Trust Gala, the 1997 San Remo Festival, and the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. In October 1997, the group performed it as the fifth song of their first live concert at the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The performance was broadcast on Showtime in a pay-per-view event titled "Spice Girls in Concert Wild
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Istanbul bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics


Beijing. The Turkish city's most recent bid was for the 2012 Games but it failed to become a candidate. London was awarded the 2012 Games. Istanbul lost to Tokyo for 2020. Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Games. Istanbul hosted the knockout stage of the 2010 Basketball World Championship as well as the final. Istanbul was chosen as European Capital of Sports for 2012. The 2011 WTA Tour Championships and 2012 Euroleague Final Four will be hosted in Istanbul. The Abdi İpekçi Arena hosted the Final of EuroBasket 2001, and was
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Ergin Ataman


Odebank defeated Strasbourg in Abdi İpekçi Arena and won the EuroCup title. With this win he reached his 3rd European-wide championship as a head coach. In the summer of 2017, Ataman signed a contract with Anadolu Efes. In 2018–19 season, Ataman led Anadolu Efes to the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four, where they lost in the final game to the CSKA Moscow. On May 23, Ataman signed a two-year contract extension with the Anadolu Efes. Ataman studied at Italian High School in Istanbul. Then he was accepted
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2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships


The 2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships was held in Istanbul, Turkey, from Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 December 2009. A temporary swimming pool was built within the Abdi İpekçi Arena. The event was held over four days with: heats, semifinals and a final for the 50 m and 100 m events and heats and a final for all other events with the exception of the women's 800 m and men's 1500 m freestyle which were heat declared winners. Heats were held in the morning, with semifinals, finals and
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Milliyet


paper, later also sold his stake to Doğan. In October 1998 the paper was briefly sold to Korkmaz Yiğit, being bought back within weeks when Yiğit's business empire collapsed in the face of unrelated fraud allegations. The paper was purchased by a joint venture of the Demirören Group and Karacan Group in May 2011, but after legal and financial issues Karacan sold its stake to Demirören in February 2012. Since 1994, "Milliyet" has abandoned its stable, "upmarket" journalism established by Abdi İpekçi for a middle-market
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1991–92 FIBA European League


The 1991–92 FIBA European League, also shortened to 1991–92 FIBA EuroLeague, was the 35th installment of the European top-tier level professional club competition for basketball clubs (now called EuroLeague). The competition's Final Four was held at the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. It was won by Partizan, who defeated Montigalà Joventut, by a result of 71–70. This season of the competition also marked an end to the era of European national domestic league champions only participation, as it featured an expanded competition, that included
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Istanbul


BJK İnönü Stadium as the home turf of Beşiktaş, which won the Süper Lig in the same season. All four stadiums are elite Category 4 (formerly five-star) UEFA stadiums. The Sinan Erdem Dome, among the largest indoor arenas in Europe, hosted the final of the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, as well as the 2011–12 Euroleague and 2016-17 EuroLeague Final Fours. Prior to the completion of the Sinan Erdem Dome in 2010, Abdi İpekçi Arena was Istanbul's primary indoor
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Abdullah Çatlı


is also said to have helped Mehmet Ali Ağca murder the left-wing newspaper editor Abdi İpekçi on 1 January 1979, in Istanbul, and helped Ağca escape from an Istanbul military prison, in 1979. According to investigative journalist Lucy Komisar, Abdullah Çatlı "reportedly helped organize Ağca's escape from an Istanbul military prison, and some have suggested Çatlı was even involved in the 1981 Pope's assassination attempt". In 1998 the magazine "Monde diplomatique" alleged that Abdullah Çatlı had organized the assassination attempt "in exchange for the
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Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi


a plan to secure his release from prison. He claimed that the girls were whisked away to a royal palace in Liechtenstein. Ağca was temporarily released from an Istanbul prison after serving 25 years in Italy and Turkey for the murder of Abdi İpekçi, a prominent Turkish journalist. However, he was quickly imprisoned again, the release seemingly a "mistake". Ağca was permanently released from a Turkish prison in January 2010. On 9 November 2010, Ağca was interviewed by state television in Turkey-TRT's "Kozmik Oda Program
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Beren Saat


women's healthy childbirth in Afghanistan. In September 2014, Saat vocalized in "Baba Beni Okula Gönder" (Daddy Send Me to School) campaign's advertising film directed by Ozan Açıktan. In the "Breast Cancer Awareness Month" in October 2014, she appeared in Abdi İpekçi Arena and performed a symbolic jump ball with a pink ball during EuroLeague basketball competition. In the same month, Saat along with many other celebrities participated in "Gençliğe Hitabe" program for addressing young people with hearing disabilities using sign language. She was
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Who Do You Think You Are (Spice Girls song)


new version appeared slightly longer and the flag was made out of rhinestones and Swarovski crystals. Thirteen years later, at the 2010 BRIT Awards, the group's "Who Do You Think You Are" performance won the Most Memorable Performance award of the BRITS last thirty years. In October 1997, the group performed it as the second song of their first live concert at the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The performance was broadcast on Showtime in a pay-per-view event titled "Spice Girls in Concert Wild
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Culture of Istanbul


outside the historic peninsula.Akmerkez was awarded the title of Europe's best shopping mall by the International Council of Shopping Centers, while Istanbul Cevahir has been among the continent's largest since opening in 2005. Abdi İpekçi Street in Nişantaşı and Bağdat Avenue on the Anatolian side of the city have evolved into high-end shopping districts, while İstiklal Avenue forms the backbone of Beyoğlu. Aside from typical Turkish cuisine like kebab, Istanbul is also famous for its historic seafood restaurants. Many of the city's most popular and upscale seafood
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Culture of Istanbul


in 2011 to replace Ali Sami Yen Stadium as Galatasaray's home turf; the arena, alongside Atatürk Olympic Stadium, served as the centerpiece of Turkey's unsuccessful bid for UEFA Euro 2016. The Sinan Erdem Dome, among the largest indoor arenas in Europe, hosted the final of the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and the 2011–12 Euroleague Final Four. Prior to the completion of the Sinan Erdem Dome in 2010, Abdi İpekçi Arena(completed in 1986) was Istanbul's primary indoor arena; it hosted
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TGC Press Media Museum


-1980), Sedat Simavi (1896–1953) and Ahmet Emin Yalman (1888-1972). Over 60 portraits in oil painting depicting people, who contributed to the journalism in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, are found in the museum, such as of Abdi İpekçi, Agah Efendi (1832–1885), Agop Arad, Ahmet Ağaoğlu (1869–1939), Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (1822–1895), Ahmet Emin Yalman, Ahmet İhsan Tokgöz, Ahmet Mithat Efendi (1844—1913), Ahmet Rasim, Ahmet Samim, Ali Naci Karacan (1896–1955
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Turkish Bank


of the Group was reorganized under a new separate entity when Turkish Bank A.Ş. was formed as an incorporated company at the end of 1991. In January 2008, paid-up capital has finally reached 80 million TRY. In 2004 Levent; in 2005 Abdi İpekçi Private Banking; in 2006 Bayrampaşa, Adapazarı branches; in 2007 Pangaltı, Antalya, Ostim and Eskişehir; in 2008 Pendik and İstanbul Corporate branches were opened. Currently, Turkish Bank service in 19 different locations within Turkey. Turkish Bank is known in Turkey as being one
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Edward Strutt Abdy


League. Abdy paid a visit in New York to Peter Williams, Jr., the black Episcopal minister. In his "Journal of a Residence and Tour" Abdy recounts, under a chapter subheading "Africo-American craniology", a conversation he had on skulls, with the sexton of Williams's church, who worked in what had become the burial ground for all black New Yorkers. The sexton, on Abdy's account, told an anecdote against "Dr. Paschalis" (i.e. Félix Pascalis-Ouvière M.D. (1762–1833)
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2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship


2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship was held from September 3 to September 13, 2009 in İzmir and Istanbul, Turkey. Poland claimed their first Men's European Volleyball Championship title with an undefeated run. The final was concluded with a 3-1 victory against France. Bulgaria captured the bronze medal after defeating Russia 3-0. Poland's Piotr Gruszka was named the tournament's most valuable player. The İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall in İzmir hosted Pools A, C, and E. Istanbul's Abdi İpekçi Arena hosted Pools B,
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FIBA EuroStars


FIBA EuroStars was the replacement All-European Team selection and all-star game of the original FIBA Festival (1964–1995). Arena: Abdi İpekçi Date: December 30, 1996 Season: 1996–97 Score: East 117 – West 114 EAST: WEST: Game MVP: David Rivers 3 Point Contest winner: Delaney Rudd (defeated Vasily Karasev in the final) Top scorers: Zoran Savić (30 points), Nikos Oikonomou (25 points) Arena: Yad Eliyahu Date: December 30, 1997 Season: 1997–98 Score: East
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Anadolu Efes S.K.


, Efes won its first BSL championship since 2009. In Game 7 of the Finals against Fenerbahçe, Efes won 89–74 after Shane Larkin scored 38 points. Larkin was later named BSL Finals MVP. For many years, Efes has used the Abdi İpekçi Arena, with a seating capacity of 12,270, to host its home games. Currently, Efes uses the 16,000 seat Sinan Erdem Dome, to host its home games. In 2006, Efes Pilsen became the first Turkish basketball club to be invited to play with NBA teams. They
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List of awards and nominations received by Sakis Rouvas


received awards at a national level. As a performer, he has won 15 "Pop Corn" Music Awards, six Arion Music Awards, four "Status" Men of the Year Awards —the most of any musician— and 17 MAD Video Music Awards — more than any other male artist and second overall. He has also received international awards such as a Balkan Music Award, an MTV Europe Music Award, a Tashir Armenian Music Award, and a World Music Award, as well as an Abdi Ipekçi Prize for his
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List of awards and nominations received by Sakis Rouvas


Rouvas with the "International Abdi Ipekçi Prize" after his concert with Burak Kut on neutral territory on the Green Line in Cyprus that caused political turmoil and became a leading international news story. Greek politicians Konstantinos Mitsotakis and George Papandreou also received the same honor that year. The "World Music Awards" are an annual international awards ceremony since 1989 that honors recording artists from all over the world based on sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The awards show is conducted under the patronage of
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Pope John Paul II assassination attempt


for the 1979 murder of left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi and two bank raids carried out in the 1970s. Despite a plea for early release in November 2004, a Turkish court announced that he would not be eligible for release until 2010. Nonetheless he was released on parole on 12 January 2006. However, on 20 January 2006, the Turkish Supreme Court ruled that his time served in Italy could not be deducted from his Turkish sentence and he was returned to jail. Ağca was released from prison on 18 January 2010,
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Mehmet Ali Ağca


Mehmet Ali Ağca (; born 9 January 1958) is a Turkish assassin and Grey Wolves member who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on 1 February 1979, and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on 13 May 1981, after escaping from a Turkish prison. After serving 19 years of imprisonment in Italy where he was visited by the Pope, he was deported to Turkey, where he served a ten-year sentence. In 2007, he converted to Roman Catholicism and was released from jail on 18 January 2010.
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Gün Sazak


MHP. During the formation of the 41st government (the so-called Second Nationalist Front coalition cabinet) of Süleyman Demirel, Sazak was appointed Minister of Customs and Monopolies despite not being member of the parliament. He served as government minister 21 July 1977 until 5 January 1978. During his term he successfully fought corruption, smuggling and customs fraud. Sazak reduced arms trafficking conducted by organized crime and terrorism and imported cigarette smuggling. Customs corruption was said to be restored after he left the post. Abdi İpekçi (1929–1979),
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TGC Press Media Museum


type casting machine from 1892, German-made offset printing machine and paper guillotine, old typewriters, telex machines and early examples of telephoto machines, further a 19th-century screw press. Diverse printing equipment used by the Anadolu Agency, the country's first official news agency are also on display. The museum exhibits personal belongings of notable Turkish journalists, including Abdi İpekçi (1929–1979), Çetin Emeç (1935-1990), Cihad Baban (1911-1984), Sabiha Sertel (1895–1968), Zekeriya Sertel (1890
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TGC Press Media Museum


(1890–1953), Nezih Demirkent, Reşat Nuri Güntekin (1889–1956), Sabiha Sertel, Sait Kesler, Sedat Simavi, Şemsettin Sami (1850–1904), Teodor Kasap, Velid Ebuzziya, Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu (1879–1945), Zekeriya Sertel. A special section contains photographs of assassinated journalists from Hasan Fehmi in 1909 to Abdi Ipekçi in 1979 and Hrant Dink in 2007. The third floor of the museum consists of a rich library, archive and documentation center, which were reorganized in 1998. The library contains beside collections of newspapers and
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2011–14 terrorist attacks in Kenya


regrets, and indicated that he would not appeal his sentence. On 20 September 2012, Abdimajid Yasin Mohamed, alias Hussein, was sentenced to 59 years in prison. He was charged alongside Abdi Adan alias Salman Abdi, who denies the allegations and whose case is still pending. Yasin was ordered to undergo psychiatric examination after he pleaded guilty upon arrest on 14 Sep, doctors found him fit to stand trial. The two suspects arrested in Eastleigh with bombs, grenades and a cache of weapons that included six suicide bombs, 12
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The Adventures of Abdi


the boy to be thrown in the dungeon. Eli comes to know about what happened to Abdi, and hurries along reaching the palace a week later. Because of his faith and honesty, he is able to convince the king that after placing the snake around the queen's neck, it would turn into a diamond necklace. As the queen places the snake around her neck, it slowly converts into a precious encrusted necklace. The king is impressed and releases Abdi, rewarding him and Eli. News about Abdi and Eli's
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Handan İpekçi


Handan İpekçi (born 1956 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish screenwriter and film director. Handan İpekçi studied Radio and Television Studies at Gazi University, Faculty of Communication in Ankara. The controversial feature "Hejar" which she wrote, produced and directed was Turkey's official submission for the 74th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. İpekçi received local and international awards. "Dad is in the Army" brought her most promising director and screenwriter awards among others at Turkish film festivals, "Hejar" won nine awards including
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Paraguay national rugby union team


- 13 Paraguay 19 AGO 1991 Chile 25 - 18 Paraguay 07 SEP 1991 Brasil 6 - 33 Paraguay 28 SEP 1991 Paraguay 10 - 37 Argentina 4th place Sudamericano 1993 5 Naciones 28 SEP 1993 Chile 24 - 25 Paraguay 02 OCT 1993 Paraguay 3 - 67 Uruguay 10 OCT 1993 Paraguay 49 - 21 Brasil 16 OCT 1993 Argentina 51 - 3 Paraguay 3rd place Sudamericano 1995 4 Naciones 22 SEP 1995 Paraguay 14 - 24 Chile 24 SEP 1995 Paraguay 9 - 103 Argentina 30 SEP 1995 Uruguay 48 - 12 Paraguay 4th place Sudamericano 1997 4
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September 1941 lunar eclipse


A partial lunar eclipse took place on Friday, September 5, 1941. It was a shallow partial lunar eclipse, with less than 10% of the Moon covered in Earth's shadow. Aug 31, 1941 = Sunday Sep 1, 1941 = Monday Sep 2, 1941 = Tuesday Sep 3, 1941 = Wednesday Sep 4, 1941 = Thursday Sep 5, 1941 = Friday Sep 6, 1941 = Saturday Sep 7, 1941 = Sunday Sep 8, 1941 = Monday Sep 9, 1941 = Tuesday Sep 10, 1941
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Robert Abdy (cricketer)


Robert Burlton Abdy (19 May 1860 – 21 May 1899) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer. Abdy was born at Hornsey in May 1860 to Marion Hollway and her husband, John Thomas Abdy. He entered into Britannia Royal Naval College in July 1873. He entered service with the Royal Navy in 1875, with the rank of Midshipman, becoming a Sub Lieutenant in August 1882. He played two first-class cricket matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1882. Abdy was placed
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Leyla İpekçi


beginning of 2006, and wrote columns for "Zaman" newspaper for 2.5 years. Later, in June 2008, she transferred to "Taraf" newspaper. İpekçi, who wrote the column "Saatler" for "Taraf" for three years, started publishing her articles in "Zaman" newspaper in July 2011 where she worked until 2013. Leyla İpekçi wrote for both "Zaman" and "Taraf", the two major newspapers affiliated with the Gülen movement. These periodicals facilitated the movement's outreach to a broader public as
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Paraguay national rugby union team


22 - 3 Paraguay 5th Place Sudamericano 1975 Asunción, Paraguay 21 SEP 1975 Paraguay 6 - 19 Brasil 23 SEP 1975 Paraguay 3 - 44 Chile 25 SEP 1975 Argentina 93 - 0 Paraguay 28 SEP 1975 Paraguay 18 - 38 Uruguay 5th Place Sudamericano 1977 Tucumán, Argentina 23 OCT 1977 Chile 22 - 3 Paraguay 24 OCT 1977 Uruguay 16 - 7 Paraguay 27 OCT 1977 Paraguay 25 - 13 Brasil 29 OCT 1977 Argentina 77 - 3 Paraguay 4th Place Sudamericano 1979 Santiago,Viña del Mar, Chile 04 OCT 1979 Chile 27 - 13
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Paraguay national rugby union team


- 12 Paraguay 19 SEP 1985 Paraguay 9 - 9 Uruguay 21 SEP 1985 Argentina 102 - 3 Paraguay 4th Place Sudamericano 1987 Santiago, Chile 27 SEP 1987 Chile 28 - 16 Paraguay 30 SEP 1987 Argentina 62 - 4 Paraguay 03 OCT 1987 Paraguay 12 - 20 Uruguay 4th place Sudamericano 1989 Montevideo, Uruguay 07 OCT 1989 Chile 12 - 9 Paraguay 08 OCT 1989 Uruguay 32 - 7 Paraguay 12 OCT 1989 Brasil 40 - 11 Paraguay 14 OCT 1989 Argentina 75 - 7 Paraguay 5th place Sudamericano 1991 5 Naciones 17 AGO 1991 Uruguay 29
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William James Müller


his work was in great demand; leading to the production of a considerable number of fakes. A biography by Nathaniel Neal Solly was published in 1875. Muller is buried in the Unitarian burial ground, Brunswick Cemetery, off Brunswick Square, Bristol. His grave is marked by a simple polished black stone slab inscribed "Sacred to the memory of William James Muller who died Sep 8th 1845 Aged 35 years". His age, as given in the inscription is contrary to the burial records which record it as 33. The current
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Abdi-Heba


, both Canaanite warlords and bands of Apiru: As a result, conspiracy charges are made against Abdi Heba, who defended himself strenuously in his correspondence with Pharaoh. In later years Abdi-Heba appears to have reconciled with the Apiru, or at least certain bands of them, and hired mercenaries from among their ranks. Indeed, though he earlier complained about the depredations of Labaya, Shuwardata, king of the Canaanite town of Keilah as well as other places in the Judean highlands, refers to him as a "new Labaya
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Better Angels (FlashForward)


he blames Simon for what happened since the tower was based on his designs. Right before he pulls the trigger, Vogel shoots Abdi from behind, fatally wounding him and saving Simon's life, but also preventing his flashforward from happening. That night, Abdi's people thank them for killing Abdi since he was a hard man to work for, and to show their gratitude to them, give them some food and a place to stay for the night. Vogel and Simon share their flashforwards with each other, and Vogel's
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Akasha (2018 film)


in time to find Adnan and Abdi snatch the gun, and accuses them of theft. A village elder holds an informal trial, and the gun is determined to be Lina’s property. Adnan can't return to the military without his gun, so Abdi leads Adnan to his hiding spot, where a witch doctor prepares a hallucinogenic flower for them. Adnan hallucinates and relives the moment when he shot down the drone. From their hiding place, Abdi spots a large group of enemy tanks approaching their village and decides to warn
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Lake Seppings


built along the western side of the lake. A car park for access to the path is located along Golf Links Road. Lake Seppings is approximately in length (from north to south) and the north end is approximately in width. The lake narrows toward the southern end and the path crosses the lake approximately before the southern tip. The lake is situated in the Lake Seppings nature reserve that has a total area of . Lake Seppings is regarded as an excellent place for bird watching, particularly for water-birds. Over
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SEP-IRA


. The deadline for establishing the plan and making contributions is the filing deadline for the employer's tax return, including extensions. The strictest conditions employers may place on employee eligibility are as follows. The employee must be included if they: Employers may use less restrictive criteria. SEP-IRA funds are taxed at ordinary income tax rates when qualified withdrawals are taken after age (as for traditional IRAs). Contributions to a SEP plan are deductible, lowering a taxpayer's income tax liability in the contribution year. SEP-IRA
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