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Competence and the State!

‘My only legacy is reason and scientific thought’ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Facts Building and zoning amnesty kills, not earthquakes. It is the duty of the state to raise public awareness...

Understanding the Historical Vision To Embrace Secular Public!

“Those wicked people who misled us did often disguise in the religious robe and always deceived our pristine and unspoiled people with words of shariah. ... The origin of evils...

The Crusades in Arab’s-eye View and Its Modern Reflections

Historical knowledge actually awakens the people, but we live in a country where historiography is used for eluding the people. It should be an undeniable requirement for us to have...

Secularism, Democracy or Theocracy?

“Our nation is now responsible for its future, not the past.”Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire and its ally Germany in the 1st World War, Anatolian...

VT on Istanbul’s Metrobus Line in Renewal Process

Elevators and escalators on Istanbul’s Metrobus line are being renewed, RaillyNews reports. In 2007 when the line opened, the vertical transportation (VT) was put into service quickly and many do...

Arriving at the Middle East on the way to the West!

In addition to the influences of late Ottoman intellectuals, Ziya Gökalp has a special role in Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s opinions on westernization. In his article at Yeni Gün on 1922,...

The People, the Clergyman and the Politician!

by İsmail Yıldırım Since the institutionalization of the religion in the countries based on religious law, the social and political fact was formed by these classes: the noble, the clergy...

Waiting for a Savior!

Nations who sleep either die or wake up as slaves! Mustafa Kemal Atatürk We do not know what hit us, and are shocked and helpless because we did not expect...

Increasing Kitchen Budget Can Overthrow All Governments

During the period when Bülent Ecevit was the Prime Minister (1974), Turkey made a military landing in Cyprus and was embargoed by Western countries, especially by the USA. In addition...

Dual-Tower Project In Istanbul Reaches Completion

Designer and project provider HPP Architects has completed Maslak Square, a two-tower office project in Istanbul, Turkey, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reported in January. The project, designed and...

The 125th Street and Broadway MTA station; photo by General Punger for Wikipedia

Inaccessibility at Key NYC Subway Station Focus of Meeting

Mills Park Tower; image courtesy of apartments.com

Elevator Modernization Underway at Chicagoland OPHA Tower

The event is planned at SPEEDERS in Richmond, B.C.; image courtesy of SPEEDERS.

CECA Western Region Meeting and Networking Event Planned

The event provides lift professionals with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of Shorts’ advanced Langer & Laumann Door Operator; image courtesy of Langer & Laumann.

Shorts Again Offers Roadshow For Lift Professionals

ALABAMA TOWN CONSIDERING FINES FOR FAULTY ELEVATORS

Alabama Town Considering Fines For Faulty Elevators