Archives for 2018
WHITE HELMETS: NEITHER NEUTRAL AND NOR VOLUNTEER
“Some governments have been and are still willing to pay billions of dollars to invest in terrorism, in order to destroy Syria and spread chaos.”
– H.E. Dr. Bashar al-Ja’afari, Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic the United Nations
[TurkishLibrary.Us] “The White Helmets Activities in Syria: The Fact-Checking By EyeWitnesses and Former Volunteers” titled side event with the provided Facts and Figures and Testimonies presented at the United Nations in Conference Room# 7 in New York on December 20, 2018.
Maxim Grigoriev, Director, Foundation for the Study of Democracy, provided extensive evidence on the “White Helmets” activities in Syria such as engagement and operation forced the removal of human organs, stealing and all forms of corruptions.
The first page of the slide stated the following:
Methods of FACT CHECKING
• members of the White Helmets, also known as the Syrian Civil Defense;
• former fighters from illegal armed groups and terrorist groups;
• people living in the areas where the White Helmets operated.
Presented testimonies by the Eyewitness and Former Volunteers pinpointed the following: “The White Helmets Neither Neutral and Nor Volunteer”
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“OUR EARNEST DESIRE TO BUILD A WORLD WITHOUT CONFLICT…”
On December 11, 2018, Kazakhstan Celebrated its 27th Anniversary in New York City
“Our earnest desire to build a world without conflict, terrorism, and nuclear weapons, and we set the target date as 2045 – the UN’s centennial.”
— H.E. Kairat Umarov, Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations
“The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty has an essential role within the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime. It fosters international peace and security by constraining the development of nuclear weapons. Our collective security demands that every effort should be made to bring this essential treaty into force.” — UN Secretary-General, António Guterres
“The only sure way to eliminate the threat posed by nuclear weapons is to eliminate the weapons themselves.” — UN Secretary-General António Guterres
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UDHR AT 70 & UN NGOs
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AT 70 & UN NGOs
by Harvey TORDOFF
It is 70 years this month since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights became enshrined in the conscience of the world. In human terms, it is a life-time. Has it been a life well lived, and can we now sit in our rocking chairs content in the knowledge that we have achieved our goal?
Progress has been made, of which we can be proud, but no-one can believe that there is no more to be done. There are still far too many places in the world where systematic abuses of these fundamental rights take place in the name of culture, religion and politics. Wars have continued throughout the last 70 years.
AYŞE ALAGÖZ NEW YORK’TA “ERKEK ATLASI” ÖYKÜ KİTABINI TANITTI…
Kitap | Etkinlik | Söyleşi
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Serde zaten dünya insanı olmaya da bir istek var. Evrildim. Tüm değerlerim olmasa da, en çok aşk evrildi. Yeniden tanımlamaya başladım. Tek tanımı var mı? İlk aşk sözcükleri kimler arasında konuşuldu, derken global dünya da aşk–meşk ilişkilerine kafayı taktım.”
TANITIM:
Öykü ve oyun yazarı Ayşe Alagöz, Amerika Türk Kadınları Birliği’nin | ATKB düzenlediği kitap söyleşi ve imza gününde, “Erkek Atlası” adlı öykü kitabını tanıttı.
Etkinlik, 1 Aralık 2019 Cumartesi günü öğleden sonra, Manhattan’da, Atatürk Okulu’nunda yer aldığı, 6. Bölge’de Lillie D Blake Okulu’nun kütüphanesinde gerçekleşti. Etkinliğe, ATKB’nin “kadın” üyeleri ilgi gösterdi ve yazarı ilgiyle dinledi.
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BECOMING BILINGUAL
Part II of II– Interview | Part I
A. Becoming Bilingual
1. What was your motive to learn another language?
In early 1970’s in Turkey, learning another language was not a part of the public school system, in particular, in the elementary school and during the first five-year years. However, after elementary school, starting in the middle school, public school system offered one-foreign language option and once-a-week as 40 min. within the following three: English, French and German
I had chosen English. On the other hand, I realized that once-a-week and total 40 min. based on the memorizing vocabulary and reading The Smith Family story alone was not enough.
Interview conducted by J.U.C. [Read more…] about BECOMING BILINGUAL
A BILINGUAL FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT
L.M.: A Bilingual First Generation Immigrant
by J.U.C.
“One language is one-person and two languages are two-persons”
Introduction
I have interviewed my own mom for this assignment, L.M. She was born and raised in Turkey, and as an adult became the first of her family to have legal residency in the United States. She learned English by teaching herself before she came to the United States, where once she arrived, the English language then became used in her daily vocabulary. [Read more…] about A BILINGUAL FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT
AN INDIAN LAMENT
Poems by:
Harvey TORDOFF
The Premonition
My father told me of a fearful dream. He said:
“I dreamt I saw the greatest emigration that has yet been through our country.
I looked North and South and East and West and saw nothing but dust.
And I heard a great weeping.
I saw women crying, and my men shot down by the white people.
Oh, my dear children!
You may think it is only a dream,
But I feel that it will come to pass.”
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O LANOO! THE SECRET DOCTRINE UNVEILED
Book: O Lanoo!
(A lanoo is a seeker of spiritual truths.)
by Harvey TORDOFF
“…we are spiritual beings in physical bodies; we go through many incarnations on our path to enlightenment. “
The Secret Doctrine by Madame Blavatsky was reviewed in The Book Reader, May/June 1988.
“This massive study of man, of nature, of spiritual evolution, of the essence of reality is an astonishing document.”
This quote is remarkable for the reaction of the reviewer; it takes a special kind of book to astonish 100 years after publication. The Secret Doctrine‘ was published simultaneously in London and New York in November 1888. Blavatsky, a self-educated woman, sub-titled it ‘The Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy‘. [Read more…] about O LANOO! THE SECRET DOCTRINE UNVEILED
2011: TÜRK KÜTÜPHANE VE MÜZESİ – DOSTLUK VE BARIŞ İÇİN – TKM
Yaşamının özellikle
son yıllarını, Türk Kütüphane ve Müzesi – Dostluk ve Barış İçin… vizyon ve projesine adamış olan YÜKSEL OKTAY’ın (14 Nisan 1937 – 14 Nisan 2012) çok değerli Anısına ve onun vizyonunu bu site kanalıyla yaşatmak amacıyla, 2012 yılında ortak yazmış olduğumuz bu projenin “Kurumlaşma Metni“mizi yayınlıyoruz.
[2011] Kurumsallaşma metni ve Faaliyet Raporu Ana Bölüm
No. 2 -Mayıs 2011 | tlm-kurumsallasma-final-may2011-report-2 (original pdf file)
1. Giriş
2. Acılış için Hedeflenen Takvim
3. Proje Tanıtımı – Neden TKM?
4. Vizyon ve Organizasyon
5. Misyon ve Amaçlar
6. Faaliyet Alanları, Daimi ve Geçici Sergiler
1. GİRİŞ:
Türk Kütüphanesi ve Müzesi – Dostluk ve Barış İçin – TKM projesi, Amerika’da ve dünya çapında öngörülen kapasitede bir kurum olarak, tam kapasite 2015’te dünyaya kapılarını “resmen” açması planlanmışdır.
20. yüzyılın başlarından itibaren pek çok ülkede yayınlar, filmler, tiyatro oyunları, sempozyumlar ve üniversitelerde yapılan konuşmalarla gittikçe büyüyen bir Türk karşıtı propaganda olduğu bilinmektedir. Bu durum New York’ta bir Kütüphane ve Müze kurulmasının ilk kez teklif edildiği 28 Ocak 2011 tarihinde Adana’daki Çukurova Üniversitesi’nde yapılan sempozyumda ele alınmıştır. Bu Bildirinin amacı hem Türkiye ve Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ndeki ve hem de diğer ülkelerdeki tüm üniversiteler, medya organları, özel sektör şirketleri, kentsel kurumlar ve bireyleri bu inisiyatifi desteklemeye ve geçici olarak yapılması planlanmış olan toplantılarda önerilerin görüşülmesi için davet etmektir. Aynı zamanda yabancı ülkelerinde katkıda bulunmalari sağlanacaktır.
Metnin tamamı, pdf dosyada mevcuttur >
tlm-kurumsallasma-final-may2011-report-2 (orijinal pdf file)
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TÜRK KÜTÜPHANE VE MÜZESİ – DOSTLUK VE BARIŞ İÇİN Kurumsallasma Metni ve Faaliyet Raporu/Ana Bölüm – No.2; Mayıs 2011. https://turkishlibrary.us