"MIGRATION SLOWS DOWN GLOBAL GROWTH," (UN-HABITAT)

The increasing number of shantyhouses in major cities impede global development, the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Joan Clos said.   The United Nations Human Settlements Programme HABITAT announced that excessive migration to cities in developing nations is one of the biggest impediments before global development.  The report by the HABITAT Programme said that most parts of the cities...

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Scottish National Party wins historic majority

The Scottish National Party won a historic majority on Friday in elections for the Scottish parliament, bringing an independence referendum a step closer. In the first overall majority for any party since the parliament opened in 1999, the SNP battered the once dominant Labour Party and secured 65 seats in the 129-seat Holyrood Assembly, results showed. Party leader and First Minister Alex Salmond pledged to bring forward a referendum on...

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Modernization process in Ottoman State and Society

Ottoman State and Society In the Ottoman state system, there were 2 groups. Rulers (Asakiri) and Ruled (Reaya). Sultan rules the state with a group of bureaucrats. Political authority just used by only Sultan and bureaucrats. In Ruled class, there are 2 main groups; Muslims and Non-Muslims. Of course, there are some groups in the non-Muslims. 3 main groups of non Muslim society are Orthodox, Armenians (Gregorian), and Jewish. Actually this society...

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Turkish PM Unveils His "Crazy Project": Canal Istanbul

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has unveiled his long-awaited "crazy project", saying, "we will build a new waterway in Istanbul" to link the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara that opens to the Aegean Sea. Erdogan's project "Canal Istanbul" will be built in the west of Istanbul. It will be a 45-50 km-long waterway with a depth of 25 meters and a width of 150 meters.  "Turkey deserves to see 2023 with such a big, crazy and...

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