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THE CIVILIZED MAN: WHY WE SHOULD BE MORE OUTRAGED BY NEW YORK’S ANTI-JIHAD SUBWAY ADS

THE CIVILIZED MAN: WHY WE SHOULD BE MORE OUTRAGED BY NEW YORK’S ANTI-JIHAD SUBWAY ADS

upa-admin Eylül 29, 2012 0

Starting last week, New Yorkers taking the subway on their local commute glanced out the cars’ windows to cast eyes on this stark, dramatic message, “In the war between the civilized man and the

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TURKEY, A MECCA FOR CHRISTIANS

TURKEY, A MECCA FOR CHRISTIANS

upa-admin Eylül 21, 2012 0

If I say Turkey, the first thing that comes to most peoples’ minds are the buzzwords Middle East, Muslim, and headscarves. For those slightly more politically minded, its “Armenian genocide”, Cypriot stalemate, or lack

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THE SPEEDY RISE OF TURKEY’S HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM: A UNIVERSITY SYSTEM BUILT OVERNIGHT

THE SPEEDY RISE OF TURKEY’S HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM: A UNIVERSITY SYSTEM BUILT OVERNIGHT

upa-admin Eylül 17, 2012 0

At Usak University, a state of the art civil, textile, and mechanical engineering department and practicum building arose from a vast and empty plain in just less than nine months. The turn-around time in

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AN AMERICAN IN UŞAK

AN AMERICAN IN UŞAK

upa-admin Ağustos 31, 2012 0

When I found out that I would be going to the town of Uşak, Turkey as part of the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, I didn’t quite know how to react. I looked on line

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