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Armenia - jazz - music - Turkey
'The high priest of free jazz'
In this edition, American jazz musician Archie Shepp is our guest. He is 'the high priest of free jazz'. Then, we are going to Turkey for a musical play called 'Armenian Concert or Turkish Proverb' mentioning the Genocide.
Armenia - Turkey - US cinema
The Imagination of Terry Gilliam!
In this edition, Rebecca Leffler talks about fantasy with 'the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' directed by Terry Gilliam. Finally, an originally French production called 'Armenian Concert or Turkish Proverb' starts in Turkey.
fashion - globalisation - health - Turkey
When fashion kills
Textile workers in Istanbul have been making stonewashed jeans in hazardous conditions for years, and many have contracted an incurable disease called silicosis. FRANCE 24 went to meet the victims and uncovered a scandal that no one wanted revealed.
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Ankara unveils controversial Kurdish peace plan
The Turkish government laid out plans to expand the rights of its Kurdish population during a heated parliamentary session on Friday. However analysts don't believe the measures will appease Kurdish activists and rebels.
TURKEY
Ahmadinejad, Karzai star at Islamic summit
Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for "radical change" in the world economic order at a summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Istanbul. Afghan leader Hamid Karzai is also present, but Sudan's Omar al-Bashir has opted out.
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Indicted Sudan leader to skip Islamic summit, say Turkish officials
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will not attend an Islamic summit in Istanbul next week following EU objections, Turkish officials say. Bashir is the subject of an international arrest warrant for war crimes.
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feminism - literature - Turkey
Elif Shafak, Turkish writer
Bestselling feminist writer Elif Shafak has published her sixth novel. “The Bastard of Istanbul” is the story of two families divided between two cities, Tucson and Istanbul; and between two national identities, Turkish and Armenian.
Islam - literature - Turkey
Nedim Gürsel, writer
French-Turkish writer Nedim Gürsel talks about his latest book, “Les Filles d'Allah” (Allah’s daughters), which earned him a court summons in Istanbul for allegedly slandering Islam.
banking - Catholic Church - China - International Press Review - PKK - Turkey
Catholic Church extends hand to Anglicans unhappy with liberal policies
Some are accusing the Vatican of ‘poaching’ Anglicans as Pope Benedict paves the way for thousands of unhappy Protestants to join the Catholic Church.
Armenia - Turkey
Turkey : Friend or Foe ? / Part 2
The World Cup football qualifying match represents the latest phase of the rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia, after generations of ill feeling. But there are still other nations and other issues on which Turkey is at odds with.
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