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Alkan Çağlar
Alkan Boudewijn de Beaumont Chaglar (born August 5, 1981 in London) is a Canadians, Canadian and United Kingdom, British journalist. He used to be editor and columnist for the Turkish Cypriot weekly bilingual (English-Turkish) newspaper ''Toplum Postası''. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the UK-based ''The Cypriot Chronicle'' and a member of the L'Association des journalistes indépendants du Québec. Chaglar was educated at University of Leicester, Leicester, University of Liège, Liège, and the School of Oriental and African Studies, with a background in languages, political science and history. He currently lives in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In his weekly column Cultural Encounters Chaglar writes with a passion for cross-cultural influences and diversity in multi-ethnic countries and the state of minority languages in the World. Coming from a Turkish Cypriot background, Chaglar expressed an interest in the phenomena of Crypto-Christians and the issue of conversion t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
