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Kadıköy Anatolian High School
Kadıköy Anatolian High School ( tr, Kadıköy Anadolu Lisesi), 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TUBITAK
The Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, 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 first formed a scientific council to guide the Ministry of Defense (in parallel to a separate scientific law council to write the new constituti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ozan Çolakoğlu
Ozan Çolakoğlu (, born 1 April 1972) is a Turkish composer, songwriter and music producer; famous for his work with various Turkish pop singers and his multiple film scores. He co-founded the production company ''Sarı Ev'' (Yellow House), but left it in 2010 to work for ''dB Müzik''. Life and career Ozan Çolakoğlu was born in Adana, Turkey in 1972. He attended the Berklee College of Music and his career started with Tarkan's first album called ''Yine Sensiz''. Besides working continuously with the Turkish pop idol, he also contributed to the albums of such notable artists like Nil Karaibrahimgil, Murat Boz or the well known all-female Turkish rock band, Pin-up. In the music world he is also known for his remixes under the name ''Ozinga''. He arranged " Every Way That I Can", the song Sertab Erener won the Eurovision contest with. Years later, he would go on to arrange another Eurovision hit "Düm Tek Tek", written by his friend Sinan Akçıl. Ozan Çolakoğlu is also ... [...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 Izmir, 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 continued Kadıköy Anadolu Lisesi which is also commonly known as Kadıköy Maarif College for his high school education in Istanbul following his father's death. After the 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 t ... [...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 Sivas (Latin and Greek: ''Sebastia'', ''Sebastea'', Σεβάστεια, Σεβαστή, ) is a city in central Turkey and the seat of Sivas Province. The city, which lies at an elevation of in the broad valley of the Kızılırmak river, is a ... 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 on his second album ''Gece ile Gündüz Arasında'' (Between Night and Day). His third album ''Rüz ... [...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 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seyhan Erözçelik
Seyhan Erözçelik (13 March 1962 – 24 August 2011) was a 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 awarded the Yunu ... [...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'' * 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
