April 19, 2013

Peace Valley Foundation recognizes reporter, teacher, preacher for community work

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – At about the same time tonight, April 18, 2013, that a keeper of the peace at Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally wounded by gunshots; in the same week that some vicious destructors left bags of explosive shrapnel aimed at runners, family and children at the finish line of the Boston Marathon; in the same month that the nuclear bombast from North Korea gave everyone in the world a headache, I was among three awardees given a lovely dinner and inspiring words by the Huntsville chapter of the international Peace Valley Foundation.

Gülen Institute awards student essay winners in Washington

The University of Houston's Gülen Institute on Wednesday, April 10, bestowed awards on 30 young people for their winning essays on the subject of immigration and evacuation, in Washington, D.C.

Finally, an awakening

Yavuz Baydar

“...notes with concern that most media are owned by and concentrated in large conglomerates with a wide range of business interests ; reiterates its call for the adoption of a new media law addressing, inter alia, the issues of independence, ownership and administrative control…”

Houston firms ‘explore' Turkey on direct flights

A business delegation of Houston-based companies is currently visiting İstanbul in a program organized by the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) to discuss expanding trade ties and business opportunities with their Turkish counterparts.