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Kadıköy Anatolian High School
Kadıköy Anatolian High School (), also commonly known as Kadıköy Maarif College, abbreviated Kadıköy Maarif or KAL, is one of the oldest, most prestigious Anatolian High Schools and internationally renowned high schools of Turkey; located in Moda, Istanbul. The education languages are Turkish and English. Secondary foreign language offered is German. History The original building, which unfortunately exists no more, dates back to before World War I and was built by the Franciscan Capuchin Order. The building was inhabited by the followers of this sect for many years. After the National Ministry of Education decided to open a high school in Kadikoy district, negotiations that lasted many years took place between the ministry and the Capuchins. In 1955 the school opened as Kadıköy Maarif. In 1968 a second building was added to the school which served as a dormitory. In 1976 and 1977 two more buildings were added. For many years it was ranked as the biggest highschool in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TUBITAK
The Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Turkey (, TÜBİTAK) is a national agency of Turkey whose stated goal is to develop "science, technology and innovation" (STI) policies, support and conduct research and development, and to "play a leading role in the creation of a science and technology culture" in the country. TÜBİTAK develops scientific and technological policies and manages R&D institutes, carrying on research, technology and development studies in line with "national priorities". TÜBİTAK also acts as an advisory agency to the Turkish government and acts as the secretariat of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology, the highest science and technology policymaking body in Turkey. History TÜBİTAK was established by President Cemal Gürsel, who initially formed a scientific council in 1960 to advise the Ministry of Defense. This effort paralleled the creation of a separate scientific law council tasked with drafting the new constitution of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derya Büyükuncu
Derya Büyükuncu (; born 2 July 1976) is a six-time Olympic backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Turkey. The tall athlete at is a member of Galatasaray Swimming. His coach is Zehra Büyükuncu. He participated in six consecutive Summer Olympic Games: 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London. He is one of the first two (together with Lars Frölander) swimmers to participate in six Olympic Games. Early years At the age of nine, Büyükuncu became a national swimmer, and won a bronze medal in the 12-year-age category at the 1985 Balkan Swimming Championships held in Bulgaria. At the 1987 Balkan Championships held in İzmir, he won five gold medals. He repeated his five-fold gold medal performance at the 1989 Balkan Championships in Greece. In 1990, he took three gold medals at the Balkan Junior Championships held in Romania. Büyükuncu earned two gold medals at the 1991 European Junior Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mert Yücel
Mert Yücel is a Turkish electronic music producer from Istanbul. At the age of 22, Yücel produced the first house music album released in Turkey. He his career singles have included; "Dreamer", released on US and UK labels including Baroque Records, Subversive Records, and Choo Choo Records. Yücel released a 2002 remix of DJ VIBE's track "So Get Up" featuring lyrics and vocals by the Californian songwriter/visual artist, Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas) for (Kaos Records/Tribal America). In 2007, he collaborated with Ithaka on another release entitled "Evolution" for Wiggle Records. He has released more than 54 singles on various UK and US labels. Yücel also runs the record label DeepXperience Productions, which he founded in 2005. The label is mainly focused on house, deep-house, tech-house and their derivatives. The label has released singles from Jamie Anderson, Joeski, Mieka Du Franx, Tyler Stadius, Tyler Lewis, Murray Richardson, C-Soul, Gideon Jackson, Alex Celler, and Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazhar Alanson
Mahmut Mazhar Alanson (born February 13, 1950) is a Turkish musician, guitarist, member of the popular Turkish pop music band MFÖ, and an actor. Early life He was born on February 13, 1950, to a family of musicians in Ankara, Turkey, where his father was the head trumpeter in the State Philharmonic Orchestra. He attended Kadıköy Anadolu Lisesi, commonly known as Kadıköy Maarif College for his high school education in Istanbul following his father's death. After high school, he attended the State Conservatory in Ankara and graduated in performing arts, in particular (theater). Career He started playing the guitar during his high school years. In 1966, Mazhar formed the band ''Kaygısızlar'' ("The Carefree") along with Fuat Güner and Sadik Kuyas. They played the music of the Beatles, Crosby, Stills & Nash and the Rolling Stones and collaborated with the renowned Turkish pop singer Barış Manço. Later on, Özkan Uğur joined the band, and in 1972 the trio was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasret Gültekin
Hasret Şükrü Gültekin (1 May 1971 – 2 July 1993) was a Kurdish–Turkish musician and poet. He was murdered in the Sivas massacre, along with 34 other people in the Sivas Province of Turkey when an Islamist mob set fire to the Madımak Hotel. He was Alevi. Gültekin was born in the Han village of Sivas as the third child of Süleyman and Hacıhanım Gültekin. He started playing bağlama at the age of six and dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music. He completed his first album ''Gün Olaydı'' (If It Had Been Day) when he was only sixteen years old. In 1989, he demonstrated his mastery of the technique of bağlama The bağlama or saz is a family of plucked string instruments and long-necked lutes used in Europe, Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, Khazar, Central Asia including Germany, France, Belgium, TRNC, Netherlands, Albania, Greece,Bosnia, Serbia, Croat ... on his second album ''Gece ile Gündüz Arasında'' (Between Night and Day). His third album '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bülent Ortaçgil
Bülent Ortaçgil (born 1 March 1950) is a Turkish composer and singer. Biography He was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1950. He moved to Istanbul after starting elementary school which he finished at Sultanahmet Elementary School in Istanbul. He completed his middle school and high school education at Kadıköy Anadolu Lisesi which is also commonly known as Kadıköy Maarif College. He graduated from the University of Istanbul, Faculty of Chemistry. Musical career He started playing guitar while at Kadıköy Maarif Koleji. Another popular composer and singer Mazhar Alanson (from the band MFÖ) was concurrently a student at the same school, and says that Ortaçgil was a guitar player that he admired back in school. He played with some groups, including ''Damlalar'' (Drops). His music has been influenced by various artists, including The Beatles, Cat Stevens, Donovan and Bob Dylan. His first long play was called "Anlamsız" (Meaningless), which he published while in college. In 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seyhan Erözçelik
Seyhan Erözçelik (13 March 1962 – 24 August 2011) was a Turkish people, Turkish poet. Biography He was born in 1962 in Bartın, Turkey, a town in the Black Sea region. He studied psychology at Boğazici University and Oriental languages at Istanbul University. In 1986, he co-founded the Şiir Atı publishing house, which published over forty titles in the 1980s. He was a member of the Turkish PEN Center and Writer's Syndicate of Turkey. His first poem, "Düştanbul" (Dreamstanbul), was published in 1982 and followed by a number of collections. He had also written poems in the Bartin dialect and in other Turkic languages, and had brought a modern approach to the classical Ottoman rhyme, aruz, in his book ''Kara Yazılı Meşkler'' (Tunes Written on the Snow, 2003). He had published a critical essay on the modern mystical poet Asaf Halet Çelebi, collected works of the forgotten poet Halit Asım, and translated the poetry of Osip Mandelstam and C. P. Cavafy into Turkish. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altan Erkekli
Reşit Altan Erkekli (born 18 January 1955) is a Turkish theatre, film and television actor. Filmography Films: * 1982 ''Dolap Beyiri'' * 1989 ''Can Şenliği'' * 1991 ''Deniz Gurbetçileri'' * 1993 ''Mavi Sürgün'' * 1996 ''80. Adım'' * 2000 ''Merdiven'' * 2001 ''Vizontele'' - (as Nazmi Doğan) * 2004 ''Hızlı Adımlar'' - Lütfü * 2004 '' Vizontele Tuuba'' - (as Nazmi Doğan) * 2005 '' Istanbul Tales (Anlat İstanbul)'' - Hilmi * 2005 '' Organize İşler'' - (as Yusuf Ziya Ocak) * 2006 '' The Exam'' - (as Almancı Sedat) * 2006 '' Eve Dönüş'' - (as Hoca) * 2006 ''Unutulmayanlar'' - (as Aziz) * 2006 ''Cenneti Beklerken'' - (as Çoban) * 2008 '' O... Çocuklari'' * 2009 ''I Saw the Sun'' * 2011 '' Love Likes Coincidences'' * 2012 '' Uzun Hikâye'' * 2013 '' Umut Üzümleri'' * 2014 '' Yağmur: Kıyamet Çiçeği'' * 2017 '' Ayla: The Daughter of War'' * 2018 ''Bizi Hatırla'' * 2019 ''Çiçero'' * 2019 ''Hababam Sınıfı Yeniden'' * 2019 ''Enes Batur Gerçek Kahraman'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acun Ilıcalı
Ali Acun Ilıcalı (; born 29 May 1969) is a Turkish broadcaster, entrepreneur, international TV producer, and businessman. He is the owner of the TV channels TV8 and , Turkey's digital platform Exxen. He is the founder and director of ACUNMEDYA, an international television production company. Several documentaries and programs have been made about Ilıcalı's life, covering his career from sports reporter to media mogul. From 2018 to 2021, he was listed among the 500 most influential businessmen in the media and entertainment sector by ''Variety'' magazine. Early years Acun Ilıcalı, whose family comes from Turkey's northeast Erzurum Province, was born in Edirne on 29 May 1969. He has paternal Azerbaijani ancestry. Media career Ilıcalı entered the media sector at the age of 22 (year 1991 or 1992) and began working for Turkish television channel Show TV as a sports reporter. In 2002, Ilıcalı produced several programs and content for a number of Turkey's m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utkan Demirci
Utkan Demirci is a tenured professor and a successful serial academic entrepreneur at Stanford University at the departments of Radiology and Electrical Engineering (by courtesy). He served as the Interim Division Chief and Director of the Canary Center at Stanford for Cancer Early Detection in the Department of Radiology. Education Demirci received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering in 1999 as a James B. Angell Scholar (summa cum laude) from University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He received his M.S. degree in 2001 in electrical engineering, his M.S. degree in management science and engineering in 2005, and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 2005, all from Stanford University. Research Before returning to Stanford, Demirci was an associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and at Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology serving at the Division of Biomedical Engineering, Division of Infectious Diseases and Rena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
