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Zaman Gazetesi Fotoğraf Almanağı 2010
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We have left behind another eventful year as tim
e has flowed sw
iftly past us. With
each event, we experienced som
etimes hope and som
etimes despair for the future
of Turkey and the world.
Of course, it is very exciting to live in a country w
here you can see waves of
global change and the local dynamics of that change follow
ing one after the other.But it w
as equally stressful. As you know
, we continued to undergo a revolutionary
process of transformation tow
ard a more dem
ocratic, free, pluralistic, civilian andself-confident nation in 2010, just as w
e did in 2009.Taking 195 m
ilitary officers, including many retired and active-duty generals
and comm
anders, to court on Dec. 16 for plotting to overthrow
the government in
the Balyoz (Sledgehamm
er) case was one of the m
ost significant developments to
make its m
ark on 2010. A picture show
ing so many generations taking the defen-
dants' seats in the Silivri courtroom w
as a considerable and promising indicator of
the progress Turkey's democracy and legal system
has made. Like this trial, the 58
percent “yes” votes cast in the referendum on the constitutional am
endment pack-
age held on Sept. 12, the 30th anniversary of the military coup of Sept. 12, 1980,
served as the biggest blow to m
ilitary tutelage.C
ourt regulations prevented photos of the Sledgehamm
er trial from being
taken. Thus, we felt great regret as photojournalists w
ere unable to capture thathistoric picture w
itnessed in the courtroom. Though regrettable, this w
as yet anoth-er opportunity for us to see that photography is an integral part of journalism
. I amcertain that if a single photo from
that room w
ere published in papers or aired onTV
, we w
ould see that Turkey's current change and transformation, w
hich would
require several volumes of books to properly depict, could actually be squeezed into
a single photo frame. O
f course, we w
ould also recognize the magnitude of pho-
tography's expressive capacity.The year 2010 w
as also an important w
atershed in the ongoing historic processof change. W
e journalists monitored this process closely and tried to provide accu-
rate and reliable information, not only for today's readers and political analysts but
also for the historians of the future. As these articles and new
s stories made their
mark in history every day, w
e always depended on photos as the m
ost reliable doc-um
entation of these events. Every good or bad incident that occurred in this coun-try and the w
orld during 2010 was translated into an everlasting and precious doc-
ument each tim
e a photojournalist pressed the shutter release. We published these
invaluable visual documents in new
spapers for our readers throughout the year.N
ow, w
e also want to present these photo-docum
ents of significant historical valueto you in the form
of an album.
I would like to express m
y deepest thanks to the photojournalists, editors anddesigners w
ho generously helped in preparing the Today's Zam
an Photo Chronicle
2010 for us and I hope that they live the rest of their professional lives in a world
where they can take photos of happiness and beauty.
Please enjoy.
BÜ
LE
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ŞE
DIT
OR
-IN-C
HIE
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Eyes of the w
orld
A photojournalist is a visual chronicler. H
e records everything. He looks at
streets, neighborhoods and cities with curiosity. H
e looks for the extraordinary inthe ordinary events in his country and around the w
orld. H
e does not refrain from seeing w
hat should be, but he is mostly in pursuit
of what shouldn't be. H
e goes to a political gathering or a football field or a rallyin order to find new
and different things. He takes part in events but never as
fanatically. He is never a m
ere watcher. H
e reacts to anything that goes wrong
and records it. He cannot ignore it.
His shots are not his m
emoirs, but exceptional m
oments. If he is in the right
spot at the right time and if he presses the shutter at the right m
oment, then he
fulfills his job. A photojournalist is the one w
ho persistently and patiently calls toattention w
hat is attempted to be forgotten. H
e brings to light what w
as leftuntouched or kept hidden in dark room
s. O
ur annual almanac "Photos Taking N
ote of Time" holds a m
irror up to theyear 2010, offering you snapshots from
the whole year.
Thus, the almanac bears traces of the steps taken for stability in the M
iddleEast and the Balkans. W
ith sadness, its pages reflect the human tragedies and the
humanitarian and relief w
ork after the flood in Pakistan. The photos of the holyjourney around A
rafat, Mecca and M
edina call everyone to an atmosphere of
peace. The FIFA W
orldCup that sent w
aves of excitement all across the w
orldw
ith the exotic sound of vuvuzelas is portrayed in colorful photos, while the
World Basketball C
hampionship that brought second place to our national bas-
ketball team is teem
ing with unforgettable m
oments in our alm
anac. You can also find the story of how
world-renow
ned photographer SteveM
cCurry looked for traces of his fam
ed photo of the Afghan girl, know
n by some
as a modern M
ona Lisa, in the streets of Sultanahmet -- w
hich to his amazem
enthe found reproduced in m
yriad formats by people w
ho had taken it to heart. Youcan also find proof that the digital age has really started as you see how
Ara G
ülerposed for the 26th fram
e in the last 36-exposure roll produced by Kodak. A
yearhas ended, but the responsibilities of photojournalists never cease to exist. Thisalm
anac is the modest proof of this.
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CA
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ULTU
RE
Ýstanbul, appointed a 2010European C
apital of Culture, kept
its name on international agendas
all year long because of theevents and activities taking placeall over the city linked w
ith thistitle. Lightning in the skies overthe city added color to the cele-brations.
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SMIC
SECR
ETS O
ne of the most debated events of the
year in Turkey occurred when prosecutors
entered the “cosmic cham
bers” at theAnkara m
obilization regional headquar-ters to search for evidence linked to alle-gations of assassination attem
pts againstState M
inister and Deputy P
rime M
inisterB
ülent Arýnç.
ALÝ Ü
NA
LJan. 4, 2010
PR
OTESTIN
G FO
R P
RO
SECU
TOR
SP
rotests took place to support the prosecutors who
were not allow
ed by the General Staff to enter special
“cosmic cham
bers.” Thousands of citizens gatheredin Taksim
to show their support and to m
arch.
ÝSA ÞÝM
ÞEKJan. 4, 2010
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AÐ
CA
SET FREE
Mehm
et Ali Aðca, who escaped from
prison (where he w
asbeing held on charges of killing journalist-w
riter Abdi Ýpekçi)and then attem
pted to assassinate Pope John P
aul II after hisescape, w
as returned to Turkey. He com
pleted the terms of his
sentence and was released from
prison, at which point he
became a point of intense interest and scrutiny for the local
and foreign press.
ALÝ Ü
NA
LJan. 15, 2010
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TEKEL P
RO
TEST W
ith the privatization of Tekel, Turkey's alcohol and tobac-co m
onopoly, workers hired under a law
known as 4/C
protested by conducting a sit-in. The sit-in took place inAnkara and lasted for 78 days, w
ith workers sleeping in
tents they set up there.
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HA
GIA
SOP
HIA
'S DO
ME FIN
ALLY A
PP
EAR
SThe scaffolding at the H
agia Sophia Museum
inÝstanbul that w
as used to conduct work on the
inner part of the historic building's dome w
asrem
oved as part of efforts for Ýstanbul 2010European C
apital of Culture activities.
MU
STAFA
KÝR
AZLI
Jan. 25, 2010
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A R
ECO
RD
CO
NTA
CT FO
R TH
E SUP
ER LEA
GU
E The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) held an auction for the rights to broadcastits Super League m
atches for four years. Digiturk entered into a tough struggle
against Türk Telekom, ultim
ately walking aw
ay with the contract for a record
TL 321 million. TFF P
resident Mahm
ut Özgener, along w
ith other authorities,congratulated contract w
inner Digiturk and its ow
ner, Mehm
et Emin
Karam
ehmet.
MU
STAFA
KÝR
AZLI
Jan. 14, 2010
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FREED
OM
Two hundred fifty disabled children
competed in a traditional sw
im m
eetheld on the International D
ay ofP
ersons with D
isabilities.
KÜ
RÞA
T BA
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PA
SSING
UN
DER
THE B
RID
GE
This year, many rather large ships steam
ed down the
Bosporus. A drilling platform
named the Leiv Eriksson also
passed through the strait, headed for the Black Sea, w
hereit w
ill be exploring for natural gas and oil for Brazilian
national oil company P
etrobas.
KÜ
RÞA
T BA
YHA
NJan. 1, 2010
21
GR
OO
MS W
ITH G
RIEVA
NC
ES The m
arriages of Turkish men w
ho tie the knot with foreign brides gener-
ally end with bitter stories. Turkey's southern coasts are full of Turkish
dads who are the heroes of love stories that end w
ith pain.
KÜ
RÞA
T BA
YHA
NJan. 10, 2010
22
TOW
N D
OC
TOR
D
r. Ahmet Ýlhan has been a doctor in B
ereketli, Tokatprovince, of for 20 years and, despite various difficulties,keeps at his profession w
ith a smiling face.
KÜ
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NA
DO
ÐLU
TESTIFIES The Turkish Suprem
e Court of Appeals
honorary head prosecutor SabihK
anadoðlu testified for two hours at the
Beþiktaþ C
ourthouse as a part of theErgenekon terrorism
investigation.
ON
UR
ÇO
BA
NJan. 8, 2010
THE ‘SLED
GEH
AM
MER
PLA
N' A
ND
JOU
RN
ALISTS
Some of the journalists targeted for arrest in the Sledgeham
mer coup plan filed crim
inal chargesagainst all people involved in the creation of the plan. P
resent at a press conference about thesecharges w
ere figures from Turkish journalism
(from left) Sibel Eraslan, M
ehmet Atan, N
azlý Ilýcak.H
üseyin Gülerce, Ali B
ayramoðlu, Ekrem
Dum
anlý, Gülay G
öktürk and Perihan M
aðden.
TUR
GU
T ENG
ÝNJan. 28, 2010
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DIFFIC
ULT C
OM
PETITO
R
Footballers don't only face the players on their com-
peting team w
hen they enter the field; as this photo-graph show
s, sometim
es the toughest opponent isactually the prevailing w
eather conditions. It was the
rain that wound up w
inning this struggle between
Beþiktaþ player R
odrigo Tello and Bursaspor's
Mustafa K
eçeli.
SELAH
ATTÝN
SEVÝ
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THE Q
UR
AN
AN
D C
HILD
REN
Education in the teachings of the Q
uran is aprocess that begins at a very young age around thew
orld. In Pakistan's M
uzafferabad region, childrenplay and learn how
to read the Quran at the sam
etim
e.
MEH
MET A
LÝ PO
YRA
ZJan. 19, 2010
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DO
ÐR
AM
AC
I PA
SSES ON
The founding president of the H
igher Education Board (YÖ
K) and founder of
Bilkent U
niversity, 93-year-old Dr. Ýhsan D
oðramacý, passed aw
ay. Many
state officials as well as figures from
the academic w
orld attended hisfuneral, w
hich was held at Ankara's K
ocatepe Mosque.
ALÝ Ü
NA
LFeb. 25, 2010
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FERH
AT SA
RIK
AYA
Form
er state prosecutor Ferhat Sarýkaya, who
was disbarred as a result of a list of allega-
tions he prepared during an incident that tookplace in Þem
dinli, passes his time in Ankara
these days. No longer a law
yer, Sarýkaya nowearns a living as a legal consultant.
ALÝ Ü
NA
LFeb. 20, 2010
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ECO
LOG
ICA
L BA
LAN
CE
One thousand pheasants w
ere released into the wild in and around
Edirne in an attempt to protect the local ecological balance and to fight
against the presence of ticks and stink bugs. There is a ban on huntingpheasants until they reach a certain num
ber in one particular area,w
ith fines of TL 450 per illegally hunted pheasant.
KA
DR
Ý KILIÇ
Feb. 3, 2010
33
ÝSTAN
BU
L FASH
ION
The second ever Ýstanbul Fashion W
eek (IFW) w
as organized by theÝstanbul Textile and R
eady Wear Exporters U
nion (ÝHK
ÝB) and included
not only important fashion designers but also som
e global celebrities.The opening cerem
onies for this year's IFW w
ere hosted by Hollyw
oodm
ovie star Meg R
yan, as well as M
inister of Industry Zafer Çaðlayan
and designer Hüseyin Ç
aðlayan.
KÜ
RÞA
T BA
YHA
NFeb. 3, 2010
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SLEDG
EHA
MM
ER SU
SPEC
TS TESTIFY As part of the Sledgeham
mer coup plan investigation, form
erN
aval Forces Com
mander retired Adm
. Özden Ö
rnek, former
1st Army C
omm
ander retired Gen. Ergin Saygun, and form
erAir Forces C
omm
ander Gen. Ýbrahim
Fýrtýna all testified at theÝstanbul C
ourthouse.
KÜ
RÞA
T BA
YHA
NFeb. 25, 2010
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ÇETIN
DO
ÐA
N IN
CO
UR
T Form
er 1st Army C
omm
ander Gen. Ç
etin Doðan, alleged to have been
involved in the Sledgehamm
er coup plan, spent four days in custody atthe Ýstanbul police headquarters and w
as then transferred to the Ýstan-bul C
ourthouse, where he testified.
TUR
GU
T ENG
ÝNFeb. 26, 2010
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SQU
IRR
ELS A squirrel in one of the rem
aininggreen areas in Ýstanbul, YýldýzP
ark, looks for something to eat
under a layer of snow.
TUR
GU
T ENG
ÝNFeb. 26, 2010
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‘EYYVAH
EYVAH
' BY A
TA D
EMÝR
ERAta D
emirer, a w
idely acclaimed com
edian,starred in the film
"Eyyvah Eyvah," for which
he also wrote the script. In the m
ovie,D
emirer portrays a m
usician who tracks dow
nhis estranged father.
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OF TH
E YEAR
:BEÞÝK
TAÞ
Zaman Sports O
scars night was held at the Zam
an daily's headquarters forthe first tim
e. Beþiktaþ, the cham
pion of the 2008-2009 season, and theG
alatasaray wheelchair basketball team
were elected as the Team
of the Yearby Zam
an daily readers. Mustafa D
enizli, who w
as elected Coach of the Year,
accepted his award from
Sepp Piontek.
MÜ
HEN
NA
KA
HVEC
ÝM
arch 10, 2010
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HIG
H-SP
EED TR
AIN
ON
THE R
AILS
Attracting plenty of interest, the high-speedtrain that runs betw
een Ankara and Eskiþehircarries passengers at a speed of 250 kilom
e-ters per hour. W
ith more than 1 m
illion pas-sengers so far, the high-speed train is gainingw
idespread praise for its punctuality.
ALÝ Ü
NA
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arch 18, 2010
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CA
NA
YDIN
PA
SSES AW
AY
Former three-term
president of the Galatasaray Football C
lub as well as w
in-ner of the Fair P
lay Award, the ever-popular Ö
zhan Canaydýn lost his life to
cancer. Funeral prayers for Canaydýn w
ere held in Bursa, w
hile fans and play-ers alike stood at attention in his m
emory at a derby.
SELMA
N EÞTÜ
RK
LERM
. BU
RA
K B
ÜR
KÜ
KM
arch 24, 2010
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DISA
PP
OIN
TMEN
TW
ith the arrival of Frank Rijkaard, G
alatasaray fans were expecting a league
title, while Fenerbahçe fans expected the sam
e with C
hristoph Daum
's com-
ing. The only thing left of the two coaches, w
ho were unable to live up to the
high expectations, is this photograph from their derby.
MÜ
HEN
NA
KA
HVEC
ÝM
arch 28, 2010
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TALA
T LOSES TH
E ELECTIO
NTurkish R
epublic of Northern C
yprus (KK
TC) P
resident Mehm
et Ali Talat spent therun-up to the elections touring tow
ns and villages, even engaging in coffeehousecam
paigning. In spite of his efforts, Talat lost the elections held on April 18, 2010 toD
erviþ Eroðlu of the National U
nity Party (U
BP
).
MU
STAFA
KÝR
AZLI
March 22, 2010
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ERD
OÐ
AN
ATTEN
DS H
OSP
ITAL O
PEN
ING
P
rime M
inister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan hosted
the opening ceremony for U
fuk University's
Rýdvan Ege H
ospital in Ankara, touring thenew
facility afterwards w
ith his entourage.
ALÝ Ü
NA
LM
arch 24, 2010
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TUR
KISH
STAR
SO
ne of the world's m
ost famous
acrobatic teams, the Turkish Stars
(Türk Yýldýzlarý) won great appreci-
ation for their performance at the
annual ceremony com
mem
oratingthe Ç
anakkale War.
MEH
MET A
LÝ PO
YRA
ZM
arch 18, 2010
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THESE A
RE SER
IOU
S INSU
LTSIn an atm
osphere of high tension, a Turkcell Super Leaguem
atch between D
iyarbakýrspor and Bursaspor in the sea-
son's 24th week cam
e to an abrupt end in the 17th minute
when foreign objects w
ere thrown at a m
ember of the
press, a referee and some players.
SELMA
N EÞTÜ
RK
LERM
arch 6, 2010
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EAR
THQ
UA
KE IN
ELAZIÐ
Fifty-one people died and 34 were injured
in an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the
Richter scale, in the province of Elazýð.
Buildings m
ade of mud brick led to a par-
ticularly deadly situation in this village andleft thousands hom
eless in the aftermath
of the earthquake.
MEH
MET YA
MA
NM
arch 9, 2010
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LISBO
NB
uilt in 1260, the Portuguese capi-
tal of Lisbon resembles Ýstanbul
not only by virtue of its streets andbridge but also in the fact that itsits atop seven hills.
MÜ
HEN
NA
KA
HVEC
ÝM
arch 5, 2009
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SUD
OK
U IN
PA
RLIA
MEN
TO
ne of the most im
portant accomplishm
ents inthis year's P
arliament w
as the constitutionalreform
bill. Some m
embers of P
arliament, tired
from long hours of w
ork on the bill, tried torelax by doing sudoku puzzles.
ALÝ Ü
NA
LA
pril 26, 2010
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EUR
OP
E'S FIRST IC
E MU
SEUM
IN ÝSTA
NB
UL
Europe's first ever ice museum
opened this year inÝstanbul. C
alled Magic Ice, the m
useum boasts -5 C
.tem
peratures all year round, and visitors must put on
special Eskimo-style outfits to see the exhibits
MU
STAFA
KÝR
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April 8, 2010
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NU
CLEA
R SA
FETYU
S President B
arack Obam
a hosted the Nuclear Safety
Summ
it in the US capital of W
ashington, D.C
., where
Prim
e Minister R
ecep Tayyip Erdoðan represented Turkey.
MEH
MET D
EMÝR
CÝ
April 13, 2010
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TUR
KEY'S H
AN
D TO
UC
HES B
ALK
AN
PEA
CE
The Balkans, w
hich had not lived in peace since the day theO
ttomans pulled out of the region, saw
two enem
y nations --B
osnia and Herzegovina and Serbia -- com
e together through them
ediation of Turkey. Posing for a photograph w
ere TurkishP
resident Abdullah Gül, B
osnian and Herzegovinian P
residencyC
ouncil head Haris Silajdzic, Serbian P
resident Boris Tadic and
the foreign ministers of all three nations.
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65
1915O
n the anniversary of the Armenian relocations of 1915, m
arches and protests tookplace at Ýstanbul's H
aydarpaþa Train Station and Taksim Square. C
rowds of people,
including intellectuals and representatives of civil society organizations, gatheredaround a poster reading “This painful m
emory is ours, too, and this m
ourning belongsto us all!” as protestors lit candles and left flow
ers in mem
ory of the victims.
SE
LA
HA
TT
ÝN S
EV
ÝÝS
A Þ
ÝMÞ
EK
April 24, 2010
66
AN
ATTA
CK
ON
PO
LITICS
The noses of former P
eace and Dem
ocracy Party
(BD
P) co-C
hairman Ahm
et Türk and of Energyand N
atural Resources M
inister Taner Yýldýzw
ere broken in two separate attacks.
TAH
SÝN Ö
ZEKA
pril 14, 2010
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EYJAFJA
LLAJÖ
KU
LLThe Eyjafjallayjökull Volcano, w
hich erupted in Iceland, brought air traffic to astandstill across Europe. W
ith thousands of flights cancelled due to clouds of ashand sm
oke, airports in 17 countries were either partially or entirely shut dow
n.W
hile some Europeans w
ho had been vacationing in Turkey chose to make their
way hom
e by land, others decided to wait out the volcano at local airports.
MEH
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LÝ PO
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pril 16, 2010
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SPO
RT O
F MEN
IN H
AN
DS O
F WO
MEN
With m
ascara in one hand and riding reins in theother, they play “cirit” (a traditional Turkish sport)on horses. The fem
ale mem
bers of the Uþak K
arunC
irit Club say: “W
e will give up neither horses nor
the sport of cirit. Everyone can drive a car, but noteveryone can ride a horse.”
MEH
MET YA
MA
NA
pril 10, 2010
70
AFTER
BA
GH
DA
D W
AS D
ESTRO
YEDIraq is preparing for its second round of general elections. H
owever, in Iraq, w
ho wins the
elections is not important because Iraqis have already lost so m
uch. Every home in the city of
Baghdad m
ourns as mothers and fathers w
eep for their children and brothers and sisterscry for their siblings. Survivors carry the painful scars of w
ar on their bodies.
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T BA
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MAY 2010P H O T O C H R O N I C L E 2 0 1 0
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OF A
N ER
A A
T CH
PThe chairm
an of the Republican P
eople's Party (C
HP
), Deniz
Baykal, resigned as a result of the em
ergence of a video clipthat allegedly show
ed Baykal in a com
promising position
with a C
HP
deputy. During B
aykal's resignation speech,som
e CH
P m
embers w
ere unable to hold back tears.
ALÝ Ü
NA
LM
ay 10, 2010
75
KILIÇ
DA
RO
ÐLU
NEW
LEAD
ERIn a party congress that took place in thew
ake of Deniz B
aykal's resignation,K
emal K
ýlýçdaroðlu is selected as the newchairm
an of the CH
P.
HÜ
SEYÝN SA
RI
May 22, 2010
CO
NG
RESS FR
IEND
SHIP
CH
P Secretary-G
eneral Ö
nder Sav was allied in friendship
with K
emal K
ýlýçdaroðlu at theparty congress, having helpedbring K
ýlýçdaroðlu forward in the
wake of D
eniz Baykal's resignation.
Over tim
e, however, certain dis-
agreements w
ithin the party ledK
ýlýçdaroðlu to relieve Sav of hisduties.
ALÝ Ü
NA
LM
ay 22, 2010
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CH
P A
T CO
NSTITU
TION
AL C
OU
RT A
GA
INThe C
HP
leadership, criticized for running to theC
onstitutional Court in search of intervention after every sig-
nificant act by the AK P
arty, applied to the court to see thechanges to the C
onstitution pronounced null and void.
ALÝ Ü
NA
LM
ay 14, 2010
77
METH
AN
E EXPLO
SION
Thirty miners w
ere killed in a methane explosion in the
Karadon m
ine shaft, which belongs to the Turkish H
ardC
oal Enterprises (TTK). R
elatives of the miners w
aitingfor new
s of a possible rescue were heartbroken upon
hearing the tragic news.
CELÝL K
IRN
AP
CI
May 18, 2010
78
HA
CI B
OYD
AK
O
ne of Turkey's most prom
inent industrialists, Boydak
Holding's G
eneral Manager H
acý Boydak is know
n for his loveof m
otorcycles. Whenever he finds tim
e in his busy work
schedule, he heads for the road with his bike.
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TUR
KISH
CU
P G
OES TO
TRA
BZO
NSP
OR
Beating Fenerbahçe 3-1 in the Ziraat Turkish C
upfinal, Trabzonspor w
on the competition for the
eighth time, w
hile Fenerbahçe has failed to takethe cup for 28 years and counting.
M. B
UR
AK
BÜ
RK
ÜK
May 5, 2010
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Y DA
Y IN TA
KSÝM
Taksim
Square was opened for M
ay Day celebrations for
the first time in 33 years, follow
ing the events of 1977,w
hen 34 people died in violence that marked the day.
Though previous years had witnessed day-long clashes
between protestors and police, this year's celebrations
passed uneventfully.
ON
UR
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BA
NM
ay 1, 2010
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HEA
D P
RO
SECU
TOR
CÝH
AN
ER IN
PR
ISON
Erzincan Chief P
ublic Prosecutor P
rosecutor Ýlhan Cihaner,
arrested on charges of “mem
bership in the Ergenekon ter-ror group,” as w
ell as “threats and slander,” was brought
to the Erzincan courthouse to give his testimony.
MEH
MET YA
MA
NM
ay 4, 2010
82
PR
ESIDEN
T BEH
IND
THE W
HEEL O
F ‘i-REA
L' CA
RP
resident Abdullah Gül tested the single-person, electri-
cally powered autom
obile “i-REAL” from
Toyota, shown
for the first time ever in Turkey.
KÜ
RÞA
T BA
YHA
NM
ay 3, 2010
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ERD
OÐ
AN
-SAR
KO
ZY P
rime M
inister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan, in P
arisfor an official visit, posed for photojournalistsw
ith French President N
icolas Sarkozy in frontof the Élysée P
alace.
ON
UR
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FIFTH G
REA
TESTB
ursaspor, which w
alked away w
ith the 2009-2010Turkcell Super League season cham
pionship, sawits nam
e go down in league history as the fifth
greatest team.
SELMA
N EÞTÜ
RK
LERM
ay 16, 2010
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SAÐ
LAM
'S TEAR
S OF JO
YB
ursaspor technical director Ertuðrul Saðlam hugged
the mem
bers of his team after the final w
histle was
blown, ending the m
atch which anointed his team
Turkcell Super League champions. Saðlam
's eyesw
ere filled with tears of joy.
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87
CH
AM
PIO
N B
UR
SA
Surrounded on all sides by an explosion of colorfulcelebrations at their cham
pionship standing, theB
ursaspor players arrived at the city stadium for the
cup ceremony, w
here they were treated to over-
whelm
ing applause by their fans.
SELAH
ATTÝN
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88
EAR
LY JOY
Though Fenerbahçe entered the final week of the Turkcell
Super League in the lead, tying their match w
ithTrabzonspor m
eant the team lost its chance at the cham
pi-onship. A m
istaken announcement led m
any fans and evenplayers to believe that they w
ere the champions, causing a
premature celebration on their parts.
M. B
UR
AK
BÜ
RK
ÜK
CELÝL K
IRN
AP
ÇI
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JOU
RN
ALIST A
RIN
Ç
The Cihan new
s agency moved to its new
headquarters on the 18thanniversary of its establishm
ent. Deputy P
rime M
inister Bülent
Arýnç attended the opening ceremony, slicing the cake and w
earinga bulletproof vest and a safety helm
et.
TUR
GU
T ENG
ÝNM
ay 7, 2010
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ERD
OÐ
AN
IN A
THEN
SP
rime M
inister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan arrived in the G
reekcapital of Athens for a tw
o-day official visit. He w
as accompa-
nied by eight government m
inisters. Turkish flags hung onAthens' streets w
ere confisccated early by local securityforces to prevent provoking possible outbursts.
SELAH
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SEVÝM
ay 14, 2010
91
ERD
OÐ
AN
VISITS ATH
ENS
Prim
e Minister R
ecep Tayyip Erdoðan met his counterpart, G
eorgeP
apandreou, before paying a visit to Western Thrace, w
here hem
et Kom
otini (Güm
ülcine) mufti Ýbrahim
Þerif and Xanthi (Ýskeçe)m
ufti Ahmet M
ete.
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GA
ZA
One of this year's m
ost important new
s stories was the convoy to G
aza led by the Hum
anitarian AidFoundation (ÝH
H) from
Turkey. After the initial convoy to Gaza, w
hich is under strict embargo by Israel,
was forced to turn back, the M
avi Marm
ara tried to break the embargo by sea.
M.A
LÝ PO
YRA
Z
93
GA
ZA
A bloody raid by Israeli soldiers on the Mavi
Marm
ara led to the deaths of eight Turkish citizensand one Turkish-Am
erican. Israel, which took the
passengers of the Mavi M
armara -- including rep-
resentatives from m
any religions -- into custody,w
as forced to take a step back under pressure fromTurkey and the rest of the w
orld. Today’s Zaman
newspaper photojournalist K
ürþat Bayhan w
asam
ong those captured and was allow
ed to return toTurkey five days after the raid.
KÜ
RÞA
T BA
YHA
NSELA
HA
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DA
The Today’s Zaman daily retrieved the unpublished photos of the Yassýada court pro-
ceedings that sentenced former P
rime M
inister Adnan Menderes and his colleagues to
death. The photos, obtained through the efforts of Abdullah Kýlýç, indicate that
Presiding Judge Salim
Baþol w
as right in saying "because that is the wish of the pow
erthat put you here" w
hen he denied the appeals of Menderes and his m
inisters for anim
provement in their conditions of detention. The photos revealed their m
altreatment
and humiliation under arrest
FOTO
: AR
CH
IVES
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FESTIVAL FO
R TU
RK
ISH LA
NG
UA
GE
This year saw the 8th Turkish O
lympiads, w
ith colorful scenes marking the event.
The competitions featured students from
Turkish schools located in more than 200
countries around the world, and audience m
embers could barely hold back tears
as a Bangladeshi student presented P
rime M
inister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan w
ith aportrait her father had draw
n as a gift.
SELAH
ATTÝN
SEVÝM
. BU
RA
K B
ÜR
KÜ
KÝSA
ÞÝMÞEK
June 9, 2010
99
100
GU
TIB
eþiktaþ delighted its supporters bysigning w
orld-famous R
eal Madrid
star Guti.
M.B
UR
AK
BÜ
RK
ÜK
ALLEN
IVERSO
NThe B
eþiktaþ club wasn't the only one that signed stars
for its team. The B
eþiktaþ basketball team also signed
a contract with form
er NB
A player Allen Iverson.
MEH
MET YA
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QU
AR
ESMA
’S SHO
WFam
ous Portuguese footballer Q
uaresma
signed a contract with B
eþiktaþ and put on ashow
for thousands of Beþiktaþ fans at Ýnonü
stadium.
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UR
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BÜ
RK
ÜK
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ON
MILITA
RY P
ERSO
NN
EL SERVIC
E BU
S A rem
ote-controlled bomb explosion on a service bus carrying m
ilitarypersonnel in H
alkalý killed four soldiers and the 17-year-old daughter of anofficer w
ho was on her w
ay to school. Fourteen people were also injured in
the attack. Terrorists had placed the bomb in a pressure cooker and deto-
nated it as the bus was passing by.
ON
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TUR
KEY-R
USSIA
ENER
GY A
GR
EEMEN
T Turkey signed a new
cooperative agreement w
ithR
ussia, the world's largest energy exporter. Arriving in
Ýstanbul for the AGÝT 3rd H
eads of State andG
overnment Sum
mit, R
ussian Prim
e Minister Vladim
irP
utin posed with P
rime M
inister Erdoðan after signingthe new
energy and security agreement.
MU
STAFA
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AZLI
June 8, 2010
104
GO
LF FOR
ALL
The first International Turkey Handicapped O
pen Golf
Tournament w
as organized by the International Handicapped
Golf U
nion and the Golf Federation.
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ÝLHA
N SELÇ
UK
DIES
Cum
huriyet newspaper head colum
nist andw
riter Ýlhan Selçuk passed away. C
eremonies
were held in front of C
umhuriyet's offices in
mem
ory of Selçuk.
ON
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FFIC
Of the estim
ated 700 traffic accidents that take placedaily in Turkey, around 90 percent are a result of hum
anerror. Approxim
ately 140,000 people have been killed inTurkey in traffic accidents over the past 27 years.
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TALL SH
IPS
The famous Tall Ships races, w
hichhave been a tradition since 1956and have becom
e almost an official
promotional, cultural, historical and
educational festival of world sea-
manship, took place for the first
time ever in the w
aters of theAegean, M
armara, and B
lack seasthrough the support of the Ýstanbul2010 European C
apital of Culture
Agency.
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KYR
GYZSTA
N-U
ZBEK
CLA
SHES
More than 100 w
ere killed and 250w
ere injured in clashes in thesouthern regions of K
yrgyzstanbetw
een the Kyrgyz and U
zbek eth-nic groups. A total of 75,000 U
zbekscrossed the border into U
zbekistan,seeking shelter and safety.
MEH
MET A
LÝ PO
YRA
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FOO
TBA
LL IN SO
UTH
AFR
ICA
The largest internationalfootball event, the W
orldC
up, took place for thefirst tim
e in its 80-yearhistory on the continent ofAfrica. At the tournam
ent,m
arked by colorful localcostum
es and shows of
music and dance, the
vuvuzela was talked about
almost as m
uch as foot-ball itself.
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AR
GEN
TINE D
ISAP
PO
INTM
ENT
One of the W
orld Cup favorites disappointed fans everyw
here.W
ith thousands of fans wanting to w
atch Argentine manager
Diego M
aradona as well as star player Lionel M
essi, in the end,all that w
as left in the mem
ories of many w
ere these words
from M
aradona after his team's m
atch against Germ
any: “Thisis the m
ost painful day of my life. I feel like I have been slapped
in the face.”
SELMA
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EVENTFU
L ÝFTAR
AT SP
Supporters of the Felicity Party's (SP
) founder and former leader, N
ecmettin
Erbakan, raided the iftar (fast-breaking) dinner held by SP leader N
uman
Kurtulm
uþ at the WO
W H
otel. Kurtulm
uþ, who had been re-elected party
leader against Erbakan's wishes, resigned from
the SP after a court ruled in
favor of handing over administration of the SP
to caretakers with a stipulation
that an extraordinary party congress be held and went on to found the Voice of
the Public P
arty (HAS).
SE
LÇ
UK
KA
PU
CÝ
July 29, 2010
ERD
OÐ
AN
-KILIÇ
DA
RO
ÐLU
P
rime M
inister Erdoðan visited main opposition R
epublicanP
eople's Party (C
HP
) leader Kem
al Kýlýçdaroðlu at his office
in Parliam
ent to discuss terrorism.
AL
Ý ÜN
AL
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121
TA
HS
ÝN Ö
ZEK
122
AP
OLO
GY IN
SREB
REN
ICA
The 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica m
assacres, in which thousands of B
osniansw
ere brutally killed, was the scene for m
eaningful mom
ents. Following Turkish
efforts on this front, five leaders from the nations that used to form
the republicsof Yugoslavia attended the cerem
ony. Hatice M
ehmedoviç, w
ho lost her husbandand tw
o sons in the massacre, shook the hand of Serbian P
resident Boris Tadiç,
who represented Serbia for the first tim
e ever in these ceremonies.
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DO
ING
THE C
RA
WL FR
OM
ASIA
TO EU
RO
PE
The 22nd Bosporus C
ross-Continental sw
imm
ing race was
organized by the Turkish National O
lympics C
omm
ittee andw
as the scene for many colorful m
oments.
KÜ
RÞA
T BA
YHA
NJuly 18, 2010
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ERD
OÐ
AN
IN SA
ND
ZAK
R
ecent increased interaction between Ankara and B
elgradew
as given a new dim
ension when P
rime M
inister Erdoðansigned six new
pacts in meetings w
ith Serbian officials. Asrelations im
proved at the official level, locals offered atrem
endous show of support for Erdoðan during his visit to
Sandzak province, in a region populated by Muslim
s.
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NIC
IN K
AP
UZB
AÞI
Kayseri's K
apuzbaþý Waterfalls
attract not only people from the
imm
ediate region but visitors fromall over the w
orld.
MEH
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EEK M
USLIM
S M
uslims in G
reece are always an im
portant topicon the national agenda. Though this religiousm
inority is composed largely of Turks, there are
also ethnically Greek M
uslims. O
ne such Greek
Muslim
is Mirto Zaharof, w
ho could not hold backher tears w
hen her life took on new m
eaning asshe becam
e a Muslim
at a ceremony in Athens' El
Selam M
asjid [a small m
osque or prayer room].
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AR
A G
ÜLER
PO
SES, STEVE MC
CU
RY SH
OO
TSAm
ong the important guests of Zam
an's fifth annual +1T Design D
ays were interna-
tionally acclaimed new
spaper designer Dr. M
ario Garcia and photojournalist Steve
McC
urry, known for his fam
ous “Afghan Girl” photo. M
cCurry could not hide his
astonishment w
hen he saw different versions of his Afghan girl im
age in an oilpainting, an em
broidered gazelle skin and a charcoal drawing. In this photo,
McC
urry takes a picture of famous Turkish photographer Ara G
üler.
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SUM
MER
RA
MA
DA
N
For the next 15 years, the month of R
amadan w
ill occurduring the sum
mer. W
ith temperatures hot and the days
long, some Turks are now
considering spending this month
in hotels, which has spurred m
any in the sector into action.Som
e hotels offered Ram
adan specials.
KÜ
RÞA
T BA
YHA
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END
ERU
N STYLE TER
AVÝH
PR
AYER
SAn old tradition of the inclusion of certain religious m
usic in all four partsof the Terâvih prayers is know
n as the “Enderûn” style, which has
regained some of its form
er popularity.
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IFTAR
ON
THE STR
EET W
ith the month of R
amadan occurring in the sum
mer, street iftar m
ealstook the place of traditional tent m
eals. The Baþakþehir M
unicipality offerediftar to thousands of citizens in the m
unicipality's Koru P
ark.
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STAFA
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SERVIC
E AT SÜ
MELA
The first religious service in 88 years took placeat the Süm
ela Monastery in Trabzon province.
The liturgy, which m
arked the Feast of theD
ormition, w
as officiated by Patriarch
Bartholom
ew I. As m
any as 500 Orthodox
Christians from
Russia, G
reece, Georgia and the
US attended.
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ÇO
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NA
ug. 15, 2010
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ZING
THE ‘G
ECEK
ON
DU
S' An operation aim
ed at razing some of the gecekondus
(shanties) of Ankara pushed neighborhood residentsto throw
themselves in front of the dem
olition equip-m
ent in protest.
TAH
SÝN Ö
ZEKA
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A VO
YAG
E EUR
OP
E BY LA
ND
Kicking off at Ýpsala, a tour of Europe visited
Kavala, Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Igoum
enitsa,B
ologna, Milan, Zurich, B
asel, Strasbourg,Frankfurt, H
eidelberg, Salzburg, Vienna,B
udapest, Belgrade, N
is and Sofia.
MEH
MET K
AM
IÞ
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MEH
MET A
LÝ PO
YRA
ZA
ug. 20, 2010
FLOO
D IN
PA
KISTA
N
In the largest flood disaster in recorded history, 1,800 people inP
akistan lost their lives, and many others w
ent missing. N
early2 m
illion were affected by the floods in P
akistan, and more
than 3,700 homes w
ere swept aw
ay by the waters. Villages lost
contact with the outside w
orld as floodwaters destroyed crops
and homes alike.
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1980 CO
UP
A coup that w
as staged in Turkey on Sept. 12, 1980 saw the m
ilitary take over the leadership of thenation. Tanks patrolled cities such as Ýstanbul and Ankara, w
hile the people were subject to m
ilitarychecks. Som
e were stopped at checkpoints and m
ade to wait -- face dow
n -- for long periods of time.
KA
DÝR
CA
NA
rchive
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SEPT. 12 R
EFEREN
DU
MA package of am
endments to the C
onstitution of 1982, which w
as drafted by the military
coup leaders of Sept. 12, 1980, was voted on in a referendum
that was held although the
main opposition R
epublican People's P
arty (CH
P) had filed a com
plaint against the packagew
ith the Constitutional C
ourt. Prim
e Minister R
ecep Tayyip Erdoðan cast his vote at pollingbox num
ber 2130 at the Üsküdar B
urhaniye Elementary School in Ýstanbul.
KÜ
RÞA
T BA
YHA
NTU
RG
UT EN
GÝN
158
SEPT. 12 R
EFEREN
DU
M
Although the Republican P
eople's Party (C
HP
) went to the C
onstitutional Court over
changes made to the 1982 C
onstitution, which w
as drafted by the military junta in pow
er atthe tim
e, the amendm
ents were put to a national referendum
. The Young Civilians lent
enthusiastic support to the proposed changes and celebrated the results in an event held inÝstanbul's Taksim
Square.
MEH
MET YA
MA
NS
ept. 12, 2010
ERD
OÐ
AN
'S ‘YES' TOU
RS
Rallies held across the nation succeeded in attracting the
support sought by Prim
e Minister R
ecep Tayyip Erdoðanfor the constitutional referendum
. The referendum gar-
nered the support of 58 percent of the voters.
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MU
SEUM
OF SH
AM
EThe Sept. 12 M
useum of Sham
e, created by theR
evolutionary '78s Federation, displays the variouspainful aspects of the 1980 coup.
ALÝ ÜNALS
ept. 8, 2010
KEN
AN
EVREN
M
any legal cases were filed against K
enan Evren and otherarchitects of the Sept. 12, 1980 coup after articles preventingtheir trial w
ere removed through a constitutional am
endment
package passed this year.
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Ý ÜN
AL
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160
LIFE CYC
LE U
sing a method called “plastination,” G
erman scientist G
unthervon H
agens turned more than 200 hum
an bodies into a specialexhibition on the w
orkings of the human body, called “B
odyW
orlds.”
BA
HA
R M
AN
DA
NS
ept. 18, 2010
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REC
OR
D H
OLD
ERS
Mardin resident Sultan K
ösen, who at a height of 2.46 m
etersm
anaged to enter the Guinness W
orld Records as the tallest per-
son in the world, cam
e face to face with Elif K
ocaman from
Osm
aniye, who is listed as the w
orld's shortest person in thesam
e records.
M. B
UR
AK
BÜ
RK
ÜK
Sept. 18, 2010
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FREED
OM
TOW
ER
The site where the fam
ous Twin Tow
ers used to stand in New
York is being rebuilt. In addition to the Freedom Tow
er that isbeing constructed here, a m
emorial w
ill comm
emorate all
New
Yorkers killed in the Sept. 11 attacks.
MEH
MET D
EMÝR
CÝ
Sept. 12, 2010
GR
OU
ND
ZERO
MO
SQU
E Various protests took place against aplanned Islam
ic cultural center nearG
round Zero in Manhattan, the site
where the Tw
in Towers of the W
orldTrade C
enter were brought dow
n in theSept. 11 attacks.
MEH
MET D
EMÝR
CÝ
Sept. 14, 2010
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BO
NO
FINA
LLY IN TU
RK
EY W
orld famous rock band U
2 and its soloist Bono, w
hohad on a num
ber of occasions cancelled concertsscheduled for Turkey, finally m
et up with their Turkish
fans in Ýstanbul. A day before the concert, held atAtatürk O
limpiyat Stadium
, Bono w
alked across theB
osporus Bridge, w
hich connects Europe with Asia.
He said it w
as a dream com
e true.
ÝSA ÞÝM
ÞEKS
ept. 6, 2010
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RÞA
T BA
YHA
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UN
INVITED
GU
ESTS All over the w
orld, fans who spill onto the foot-
ball field receive lots of press. In Turkey, ani-m
als are sometim
es just as interested in thegreen grass pitch as the fans.
M. B
UR
AK
BÜ
RK
ÜK
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SICIA
N G
ÜR
OL A
ÐIR
BA
Þ M
usician Gürol Aðýrbaþ, w
hose albums “Ýki
Dünya” and “B
eyaz Perde” reinterpret im
portantm
usical pieces from the W
est with Turkish
instruments, builds bridges betw
een Easternand W
estern civilizations.
ÝSA ÞÝM
ÞEKS
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CH
AM
PIO
N O
F THE H
EAR
TS Turkey hosted the 2010 W
orld Basketball
Cham
pionships, showing success not
only in the general organization of theevent but also in the sporting arena. TheTurkish national basketball team
facedthe w
orld giant, the US, in the finals and
was beaten 84-61, but earned the title of
World Second as w
ell as capturinghearts throughout Turkey.
SELAH
ATTÝN
SEVÝ
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TUR
KEY, U
S PLA
Y FINA
LSIn the final m
atch of the 2010 InternationalB
asketball Federation (FIBA) W
orldC
hampionship, Ö
mer Aþýk from
the Turkishteam
faced off against Andre Igoudala of the US.
MU
STAFA
KÝR
AZLI
MEXIC
AN
WA
VE Throughout the cham
pionships, leaders showed their sup-
port for players of the national basketball team. P
residentAbdullah G
ül and Prim
e Minister R
ecep Tayyip Erdoðan notonly w
atched the matches but even participated w
ith fansin the fam
ous Mexican w
ave.
SELAH
ATTÝN
SEVÝA
LÝ ÜN
AL
MU
STAFA
KÝR
AZLI
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SEMÝH
ERD
EN SH
OW
With this last-m
inute dunk, Semih Erden becam
e one ofthe players w
ho catapulted the Turkish team into the
finals in the 2010 International Basketball Federation
(FIBA) W
orld Cham
pionship.
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RK
ÜK
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SELAH
ATTÝN
SEVÝS
ept. 12, 2010
US B
ECO
MES C
HA
MP
ION
Defeating Turkey 81-64 in the finals, the U
S bas-ketball team
won the 2010 International B
asketballFederation (FIB
A) World C
hampionship.
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TAH
TAC
I WED
DIN
GS
One of Turkey's m
ost important traditions is the
lavish weddings held by the Tahtacý people.
Celebrations are supported by the young couple's
parents and last for three days. They help carryon a tradition that has continued for 1,000 years.
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ÞEK
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EUR
ASIA
N M
AR
ATH
ON
The only marathon in the w
orld that crossesfrom
one continent to another, the EurasianM
arathon, was held for the 32nd tim
e. More
than 100,000 runners competed, and the
sheer number of people crossing the
Bosporus B
ridge caused it to vibrate, fright-ening som
e participants.
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UR
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182
BED
ÝÜZZA
MA
N SYM
PO
SIUM
Mehm
et Fýrýncý, Abdullah Yeðin, Abdülkadir Badýllý, M
ustafaSungur, Said Ö
zdemir, H
üsnü Bayram
and Salih Özcan, all
students of Bediüzzam
an Said Nursi, participated in the 9th
International Bediüzzam
an Symposium
.
MÜ
HEN
NA
KA
HVEC
ÝO
ct. 3, 2010
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REIC
HSTA
G D
OM
E The architectural flourishes in G
ermany's R
eichstag Dom
e, found in Berlin's
parliament building com
plex, attract the attention of tourists from all over the
world. The structure sym
bolizes Germ
any's reunification and comm
ands a 360-degree bird's eye view
. Ram
ps that circle the dome in an upw
ard spiral symbol-
ize the fact that the people are above the government.
M.B
UR
AK
BÜ
RK
ÜK
Oct. 5, 2010
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A LIVE TR
AP
FOR
THE P
OLIC
E A suicide bom
ber approached a mobile police
team in Ýstanbul's Taksim
Square and denotedthe bom
b he was carrying, killing him
self andw
ounding 32 people, 15 of whom
were police
officers.
ON
UR
ÇO
BA
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ct. 31, 2010
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FIRST LA
DIES O
N TH
E RED
CA
RP
ETG
erman P
resident Christian W
ulff and his wife, B
ettina Wulff, arrived in Turkey
for an official visit and were greeted in an official cerem
ony at the Çankaya presi-
dential palace by President Abdullah G
ül and his wife, H
ayrünnisa Gül. This w
asthe first tim
e Hayrünnisa G
ül had ever taken part in an official welcom
ing cere-m
ony and the first time soldiers on duty saluted her as first lady.
ALÝ Ü
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LO
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ERD
OÐ
AN
-JIAB
AO
C
hinese Prim
e Minister W
en Jiabao arrived in Turkeyfor an official visit, m
eeting with P
rime M
inister Recep
Tayyip Erdoðan. Erdoðan, noting that trade volume
between Turkey and C
hina is at $17 billion, said thegoal is to see this figure rise to $100 billion by 2020.
ALÝ Ü
NA
LO
ct. 8, 2010
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LIVES DU
STED B
Y CH
AR
CO
AL
Seasonal workers w
ho come to Ankara from
the Southeastlabor at m
aking charcoal from oak they cut from
forestedareas. Sm
all children from these fam
ilies make them
selves aplay area am
idst all the charcoal, which puts them
at risk ofsuffering from
respiratory problems.
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LO
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190
105-YEAR
-OLD
GR
AN
NY
Fatma Ç
olak, born in 1905, the year the Galatasaray
Sports Club w
as formed, appears at Ali Sam
i YenStadium
before a Galatasaray-Ankaragücü m
atch. ThereG
alatasaray Club P
resident Adnan Polat greeted Ç
olakw
ith a variety of gifts. She then had her picture takenw
hile kicking a ball into a goal.
M. B
UR
AK
BÜ
RK
ÜK
Oct. 17, 2010
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CO
MP
ETITION
OF TH
E CEN
TUR
Y O
ne of the world's m
ost important sports derbies is
the annual meeting betw
een competitors G
alatasarayand Fenerbahçe, rival team
s for the past century.W
hile fans wait w
ith impatience for the show
down,
players do everything they can to help bring theirteam
s to victory. Galatasaray's Sabri Sarýoðlu tries to
take the ball from his Fener rivals, helping give the
derby the excitement for w
hich it is renowned.
ON
UR
ÇO
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ct. 24, 2010
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A SH
OW
OF R
ESIGN
ATIO
N A
T THE H
SYKSuprem
e Board of Judges and P
rosecutors (HSYK
)P
resident Kadir Ö
zbek, permanent m
embers M
usaTekin, Suna Türkoðlu and C
em Erbük, and three
alternate mem
bers all resigned in the wake of a
constitutional referendum, saying the “council w
asnot able to w
ork.”
ALÝ Ü
NA
LO
ct. 11, 2010
193
NA
TION
AL FO
REIG
NER
SThe Turkish and G
erman national football team
sfaced each other at the 2012 European FootballC
hampionships elim
inations, with tw
o of the most
hard-working nam
es at these games being ethnic
Turkish Germ
any footballer Mesut Ö
zil and ethnicB
razilian Turkey player Mehm
et Aurelio.
M. B
UR
AK
BÜ
RK
ÜK
Oct. 8, 2010
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THE LEG
END
, ALL O
VER A
GA
IN
Gheorghe H
agi, known for the im
portant role he played in theG
alatasaray club winning the U
EFA Cup and the Super C
up, tookthe helm
of this club for a second time, this tim
e as technicaldirector. The R
omanian coach, w
ho played with G
alatasaray duringits 2004-2005 season, aim
s to show the sam
e success in directingthe team
as he did with his playing.
SELMA
N EÞTÜ
RK
LERO
ct. 21, 2010
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AR
ÝF DO
ÐA
N IN
CO
UR
T R
etired Col. Arif D
oðan arrived in court in a wheelchair
to give testimony on various allegations, including that
it was he w
ho formed the secretive JÝTEM
organization,that he helped C
em Ersever to m
urder Eþref Bitlis and
that Hizbullah w
as in fact established by the state.
SELMA
N EÞTÜ
RK
LERO
ct. 22, 2010
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CA
PTA
IN ER
DO
ÐA
N
Prim
e Minister R
ecep Tayyip Erdoðan attended cere-m
onies marking the addition of new
aircraft to theTurkish Airlines (TH
Y) fleet, which has m
ade news
with its m
ost recent investments and grow
th. Afterthe cerem
ony Prim
e Minister Erdoðan toured a new
plane and posed for reporters in the cockpit.
TUR
GU
T ENG
ÝNO
ct. 30, 2010
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SUP
PO
RT FO
R Ö
CA
LAN
Tension m
arked a show of support by m
embers of the P
eace andD
emocracy P
latform, supported by a num
ber of parliamentary
deputies, on the 12th anniversary of Abdullah Öcalan's forced
departure from Syria. P
olice forces surrounded the group shoutingslogans in support of the terrorist K
urdistan Workers' P
arty (PK
K)
in an effort to protect them from
the crowd.
MEH
MET YA
MA
NO
ct. 9, 2010
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FRID
AY P
RA
YERS A
T THE R
UIN
S OF A
NÝ
Nationalist M
ovement P
arty (MH
P) leader D
evlet Bahçeli attended
Friday prayers at the ruins of Ani on the border between Turkey and
Armenia along w
ith around 40 MH
P deputies. After services w
ereallow
ed to be held at the Sümela M
onastery and the Akdamar C
hurch,the M
HP
asked and received permission from
the Ministry of C
ultureand Tourism
to hold Friday prayers at Ani's Fethiye Mosque.
MEH
MET YA
MA
NO
ct. 9, 2010
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MO
ZAM
BIQ
UE
With a population of 20 m
illion, Mozam
bique, which lies
on the coast of southeast Africa, is around 17 percentM
uslim. The nation w
as under the colonial rule ofP
ortugal for 500 years and then gained its independencein 1975, though its official language is still P
ortuguese.In the capital, M
aputo, watching life pass by is a pleas-
ant pastime, as people gather crabs w
hen the tide goesout, selling them
to make a living.
ÝSA ÞÝM
ÞEKO
ct. 15, 2010
P H O T O C H R O N I C L E 2 0 1 0
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ÝSTAN
BU
L AN
D FO
G
Those periods when sudden changes in tem
perature occurtend to leave Ýstanbul w
ith many foggy days. W
hile suchw
eather can spell disaster for road, sea and air transportation, it can be a blessing for photographers.
MU
STAFA
KÝR
AZLI
Nov. 5, 2010
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EKÞÝ R
ESIGN
SVeteran H
ürriyet daily columnist O
ktay Ekþi resigned from the
paper after writing a colum
n in which he insulted P
rime M
inisterR
ecep Tayyip Erdoðan. Ekþi had worked at H
urriyet since 1966and had been a head colum
nist since 1974. Ekþi also resigned ashead of the P
ress Council.
TUR
GU
T ENG
ÝNN
ov. 3, 2010
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BA
LLOT B
OXES H
EAD
OU
T TO TH
E PEO
PLE
The Ukrainian Electoral C
omm
ission decided to bring ballot boxes allthe w
ay to the nation's villages to ensure that as many people as pos-
sible participated in the country's presidential elections. This decisionm
eant that the handicapped, the elderly and the infirm w
ere all guar-anteed a chance to cast their vote.
YUN
US ER
DO
ÐD
UN
ov. 1, 2010
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DA
YS OF C
HO
LERA
IN H
AITI
The Caribbean's poorest nation, H
aiti, experi-enced a second enorm
ous disaster in the wake
of an earthquake that struck earlier this year: acholera epidem
ic. While around 1,500 people
have already been killed by the cholera out-break, w
hich began in September, around
20,000 people nationwide are show
ing signs ofthe disease. C
holera is spreading from the
Artibonite River in the north of the country and,
moving quickly, has reached the capital of P
ortau P
rince. People in H
aiti look for treatment in
clinics set up by the United N
ations and Doctors
Without B
orders, but life remains very difficult.
As a result of the earthquake, around 1.5 mil-
lion people now live in tents in P
ort-au-Prince
and, in the meantim
e, the streets of the capitalhave literally turned into a trash dum
p. Findingclean w
ater and food is very difficult.
ON
UR
ÇO
BA
NN
ov. 2, 2010
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THE K
AA
BA
The heart of the M
uslim w
orld, the Kaaba once again
entered the period of its most exciting days. Around 5
million M
uslims, com
ing from a variety of back-
grounds and speaking a multitude of languages,
stand united in faith as they perform the hajj.
KÜ
RÞA
T BA
YHA
NN
ov. 18, 2010
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STOW
AW
AY H
AJJ
Saudi Arabia has instituted a quota system that lim
its the number of peo-
ple who can participate in the hajj every year, leaving m
illions of Muslim
sunable to take part. B
ecause of this, thousands who arrive in M
ecca forthe um
rah (a visit during non-hajj season) wind up overstaying their legal-
ly allotted time, living on the streets and in tents until the hajj.
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Y The m
an who introduced the w
orld to Turkish tiles, Sýtký Olçar,
passed away. K
nown as the P
icasso of tiles, Sýtký Usta brought a new
dimension of dynam
ism to the fam
ed Kütahya porcelains and tiles.
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A fire was sparked by an
electrical short circuit in theroof of Istanbul's historicH
aydarpaþa Train Station.Firefighters fought hard toput it out both on land and bysea. The fire w
as contained,but it destroyed the roofcom
pletely.
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hile repairs on the roof continued,H
aydarpaþa hosted cultural events. Avideo m
apping show w
as performed on
the Haydarpaþa Train Station's w
all aspart of the Istanbul 2010 European C
apitalof C
ulture project.
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EGG
SSeveral students threw
eggs at parliamentary C
onstitutionalC
omm
ission Chairm
an Burhan K
uzu, who w
as participating in aconference titled "C
onstitution in Turkey." His bodyguards tried
to protect him by using their um
brellas. The police used tear gasto disperse the protesters. A group of young people from
theW
orld Dem
ocracy Movem
ent protested the egg-throwing stu-
dents and cooked an omelet at Abdi Ýpekçi P
ark.
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S AT ‘SU
LTAN
IN SIR
RI’
Mark D
acascos and Emanuel B
etencourt starred in the movie
"Sultanýn Sýrrý" (The Secret of the Sultan), directed by Hakan
Þahin, and written by Ö
mer Erbil. D
acascos, who said he
always dream
ed of acting in a film featuring Ýstanbul, cam
e toÝstanbul for the film
's premiere.
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