Hrant Dink

Before I took the translation workshop with Aron Aji at the University of Iowa, I had translated two novels from English to Chinese. Literary translation struck me as hard labor, often times low paying. But Ajis class turned out to be a life-changing experien…

Istanbul is perhaps the most fascinating of urban venues in which to gather and discuss art. It’s a true metropolis – the world’s fourth biggest city, home to just over 15 million people. Its streets are a warren-like maze, a cacophony of noise and movement. …

ISTANBUL Swiss days, an organization to promote one of Europes most dynamic countries, will take place at a very special location in Istanbul, representing the two countries industrial heritages. The BomontiBeer Factory that was established by the Swiss Bom…

Drone strikes on Saudi facility lead to jump in crude prices, but supplies to India will not be affected Drone attacks last week on Saudi Arabias crude processing facility, the largest in the world, have impacted half of the countrys crude oil production and…

I Am Not Alone, the documentary on the 2018 Armenian Revolution was the first runner-up of The Grolsch People’s Choice Documentary Award after it had its world premiere during the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 5-15). System of a Down’s Serj Tanki…

Barçn Yinanç - ISTANBUL As adults seem to have failed in putting enough pressure on governments about climate crisis, children and youngsters have taken over the job of ringing alarm bells about the urgency of climate change, according to high school student…

Edin Dzeko said he hopes Henrikh Mkhitaryan remains at Roma for a "long time" after his goalscoring debut for the Serie A side in their first victory of the season. Mkhitaryan arrived in the Italian capital on a season-long loan from Premier League outfit Ar…

The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir, by Samantha Power, Dey Street Books, 592 pages, $29.99 Less than 100 hours before the critical Super Tuesday vote in 2008's Democratic presidential primaries, Samantha Power, the Pulitzer-winning author of A Problem Fr…

New York Fashion Week is in full swing. And Khloe Kardashian is letting her one-year-old daughter True get in on the fun, dressing her up in a pink outfit with a matching purse for Instagram on Thursday. 'Fashion Week,' captioned the 34-year-old reality sta…

An honest book about this would have been a genuine, no-kidding service to humanity. But Power chose not to write it. Instead, The Education of an Idealist will take its place with the numberless other banal, sludgy 500-page memoirs by political exiles. When…