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Η Πόλις – The City – Kent / Constantino KAVAFİS
Η Πόλις ΕίπεςΘα πάγω σ’ άλλη γή, θα πάγω σ’ άλλη θάλασσα, Μια πόλις άλλη θα βρεθεί καλλίτερη από αυτή. Κάθε προσπάθεια μου μια καταδίκη είναι γραφτή κ’ είν’ η καρδιά μου — σαν νεκρός — θαμένη. Ο νους μου ως πότε μες στον μαρασμό αυτόν θα μένει. Οπου το μάτι μου γυρίσω, όπου κι […]
Ayse Goknur Shanal performing at 2015 Turkey Year in Australia Opening Night / Capitol Theatre, Sydney
Turkish-Australian soprano Ayse Goknur Shanal is going to perform at 2015 Turkey year in Australia Openning Night Concert. An exclusive presentation of Turkey’s rich and colourful culture, the free Turkey in Music gala concert will bring together an ensemble of multi-talented Turkish and Australian musicians, singers and visual artists for one night only at Sydney’s […]
18 Life Changing Lessons to Learn from Socrates / Luminita Saviuc
If I have learned something from Socrates is that you cannot teach people anything; you can only make them think. You can only draw out of them the wisdom which is latent within them. And by doing so, you help open their eyes, making them realize that they were born with wings and that they […]
The 500 Year Old Map that Shatters the Official History of the Human Race / Buck Rogers
If conventional wisdom on the history of the human race is correct, then human civilization is not old enough, nor was it advanced enough, to account for many of the mysterious monolithic and archeological sites around the world. Places like Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, the Bosnian Pyramids, and Adam’s Calendar in South Africa, beg the […]
Diyalektiğe Övgü / Murathan Mungan
Yaşıyorsan eğer’ hiçbir zaman deme’. Yıkılır, yıkılmaz görünen, Kalmaz hiçbir þey nasılsa öyle Buyuranlar verdiklerinde son buyruklarını Buyruk altındakiler başlar konuşmaya, Kim’hiçbir zaman’ demeyi göze alabilir? Zulüm yürürlükteyse, kim suçlu: Kendimiz Ve kimdir onu yıkmak zorunda olan: Biz Yenilen kalk ayağa! Herşeyini yitiren, dövüşe devam! Kavramışsan olup biteni, seni kim tutabilir? ‘Hiçbir zaman’dan ‘bugün’ doğar […]
Ece Temelkuran: Bu ülkeyi artık delilik yönetiyor / Elif Key
500 sayfalık kitapla bir dönem affedilir mi? Koskoca bir yara var memleketin derinlerinde, yakından baksan, dokunsan iyileşir mi? Yoksa sen de mi hastalanırsın iyice? ‘Nasılsa geçmiyormuş yaralar, hep aynı ölümler, hep aynı kayıplar, iyiye gitmeyecek hiçbir şey’ mi dersin? Bilmiyorum. Epey sarsıcı bir roman. Adile Naşit’in gülmesiyle ağlamasının arasında saniyeler geçebilir ya, tam olarak öyle. […]
Archibald Finalist Mertim Gokalp Joins Project 504
I need warmth / Mertim Gokalp An experimental, co-operative art initiative, Project [504] is soon to be open in the heart of St Leonards showcasing an eclectic mix of well-known and emerging Australian artists; including Mertim Gokalp who was finalists in the Archibald Prize 2013. Project [504], located at 504 Pacific Highway, St Leonards will […]
The History of the Stolen Generations
Who were the Stolen Generations? The term Stolen Generations describes the many Aboriginal – and some Torres Strait Islander – people who were forcibly removed from their families as children by past Australian Federal, State and Territory government agencies, and church missions, from the late 1800s to the 1970s. These removals were carried out under […]
Seven years later, have Kevin Rudd’s promises in the Apology been forgotten? / Larissa Behrendt
Since the apology to the Stolen Generations in 2008, Indigenous child removal rates have increased by 65% – a rate that should be a national scandal The National Apology to the Stolen Generations delivered by Kevin Rudd in 2008 celebrates its seventh anniversary today. It was a speech that was seen as the start of […]
diyarê bakîre – diyar-ı bakire / Gulîzer
What is done can not be undone Shakespeare Her kuçeyek te bûbû Golgotha* ji min re Ewqas pîroz ewqas dirinde Hesîrên min qefle qefle Çavên min bîhn çikiyayî digihîştin ser meytên xwe. Min, ji notayên nalînên te, Lorîk rêz dikirin ji zarokên berşîr re Min ji destmal nedinaxşandin ji destgirtiyê xwe re. Ez Natorên xirbeyên […]