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TBD Science Fiction Story Award
The TBD Science Fiction Story Award ''(TBD Bilimkurgu Öykü Yarışması)'' is an award for Turkish science fiction given to the winner of the TBD (Turkish Informatics Association) Science Fiction Story Contest. This is the only institutionalized contest in the area of science fiction story in Turkey since its foundation in 1998. The contest specification is posted every April on www.tbd.org.tr or www.bilisimdergisi.org. The award ceremony is held every autumn during the Information Convention in Ankara, Turkey. The contest strives to arouse interest in science fiction in young writers with potential, seek answers for “what have we been, what have we become, what will we be?” and raise the number of Works in Turkish science fiction. So as to awaken more interest, TBD also organizes a “guess the winner story” contest. The number of contest participants between 1998-2011 have been over 1500. Award Winners and Juries External links Türkiye Bilişim DerneğiBilişim D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imagination, imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, Parallel universes in fiction, parallel universes, extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the technological singularity, singularity. Science fiction List of existing technologies predicted in science fiction, predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, Horror fiction, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many #Subgenres, sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a East Thrace, small portion on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Cyprus is located off the south coast. Turkish people, Turks form the vast majority of the nation's population and Kurds are the largest minority. Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its list of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city and financial centre. One of the world's earliest permanently Settler, settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Award Ceremony
An awards ceremony is a type of ceremony where awards are given out. The ceremony may be arranged by a government organization, a society, a school, a trade association or even a company that specializes in running awards ceremonies. Typically a master of ceremonies presents award winners, speaks to the audience, entertains people, and generally keeps the ceremony moving. Ancient Greece The Ancient Greeks held annual competitions for tragedy and comedy, financed by the wealthiest citizens. Awards were given out for best play, best producer and best actor. In the early Olympic Games there were two awards ceremonies. After each event the judges gave palm branches to the winners. On the last day of the games all the event winners were announced, and were crowned with olive garlands. No medals were given, and only the winner was announced, since the runners-up were not considered significant. It was not unusual for the athletes to risk heavy fines and to bribe the judges to be declare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, making it Turkey's second-largest city after Istanbul. Serving as the capital of the ancient Celtic state of Galatia (280–64 BC), and later of the Roman province with the same name (25 BC–7th century), the city is very old, with various Hattian, Hittite, Lydian, Phrygian, Galatian, Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman archeological sites. The Ottomans made the city the capital first of the Anatolia Eyalet (1393 – late 15th century) and then the Angora Vilayet (1867–1922). The historical center of Ankara is a rocky hill rising over the left bank of the Ankara River, a tributary of the Sakarya River. The hill remains crowned by the ruins of Ankara Castle. Although few of its outworks have survived, there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazlı Eray
Nazlı Eray is a Turkish writer known for her writings that combine real and fictional people. Early life and education Eray was born 28 June 1945 in Ankara. She graduated from the British Girls' Secondary School in Istanbul in 1958 and then from Arnavutköy Girls' College in 1962. Eray went on to study law at Istanbul University. From 1965 until 1968 Eray worked as a translator in Turkey, before shifting to working as a writer. Writing career Eray started writing with the story ''Monsieur Hristo.'' Her writings also include novels and she writes for the Turkish paper ''Cumhuriyet''. Eray founded the Turkish Literary Association, and has been named the honorary author of the 39th International Istanbul Book Fair. She has been a visiting writer at the University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Süreyya Evren
Süreyya may refer to: * Şevket Süreyya Aydemir (1897–1976), Turkish intellectual, and a founder of the journal ''Kadro'' *Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903–1989), Turkish writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in Turkish history *Süreyya Ayhan (born 1978), middle-distance track runner and European record holder * Süreyyya Evren (born 1972), writer working on literature, contemporary art, and radical politics *Süreyya Opera House, opera hall in Kadıköy district of Istanbul, Turkey *Süreyya Serdengeçti (born 1952), Turkish economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey *Süreyya (film) Süreyya may refer to: *Şevket Süreyya Aydemir (1897–1976), Turkish intellectual, and a founder of the journal ''Kadro'' *Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903–1989), Turkish writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in Turkish history *Süreyya Ayhan ( ..., a 1972 film {{DEFAULTSORT:Sureyya Turkish unisex given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talat S
Talat or Talaat may refer to: People * Talat (given name), includes Tallat * Mehmet Ali Talat (born 1952), President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus * Talat Yaqoob Geographic designations * Talat Sao, a morning market in Vientiane, Laos Thailand *Pak Khlong Talat Pak Khlong Talat ( th, ปากคลองตลาด, ;) is a market in Wang Burapha Phirom Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand, that sells flowers, fruits, and vegetables. It is the primary flower market of Bangkok and h ..., a market in Bangkok that sells flowers, fruits, and vegetables * Talat Chaiya, a subdistrict municipality in Chaiya District, Surat Thani Province * Talat Khwan, a subdistrict of Doi Saket District, in Chiang Mai Province * Talat Yai, a subdistrict of Doi Saket District, Chiang Mai Province * Yang Talat District, a district in Kalasin Province *Talat, a subdistrict of Mueang Chanthaburi District, Chanthaburi *Talat, a subdistrict of Mueang Nakhon Ratchasim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buket Uzuner
Buket Uzuner (born 3 October 1955, in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish writer, author of novels, short stories, and travelogues. She studied biology and environmental science and has conducted research and presented lectures at universities in Turkey, Norway, the United States, and Finland. Her works have been translated into eight languages: Spanish, English, Italian, Greek, Romanian, Hebrew, Korean, and Bulgarian. Biography Since the 1980s, Buket Uzuner has travelled as a "solo woman backpacker" including "inter-rail" tours in Europe and three other continents where she keeps writing her travel memoirs. Her first travelogue, ''The Travel Notes of A Brunette,'' (1988) sold more than 300,000 copies. Uzuner then wrote two more travel books: ''Travel Notes of An Urban Romantic,'' which questions the meaning of exoticism, and ''New York Logbook'', which are all collected lately in ''the Travel Library of Buket Uzuner''. Her first novel, “İki Yeşil Susamuru, Anneleri, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Öztürk (author) (born 1993), Turkish Paralympian table tennis player
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Ali Öztürk may refer to: * Ali Öztürk (footballer, born 1986), Turkish footballer * Ali Öztürk (footballer, born 1987), Turkish footballer * Ali Öztürk (para table tennis) Ali Öztürk may refer to: * Ali Öztürk (footballer, born 1986), Turkish footballer * Ali Öztürk (footballer, born 1987), Turkish footballer * Ali Öztürk (para table tennis) Ali Öztürk may refer to: * Ali Öztürk (footballer, born 1986), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alper Sezener
Alper Sezener (born 1977) is a Turkish author of novels and short stories. Alper Sezener was born in Istanbul and graduated with a degree in philosophy (1999) and anthropology (2004) from Hacettepe University. After graduating he worked as an expert and administrator at the international development projects and construction-petroleum companies. He lives in Ankara. Sezener's first book, titled ''Half Past Three'', was published in Turkey in 2003. After a short time, he published his books ''The Hunter of Character'' (2004), ''Far From Love and Death'' (2007). Although his books are called "existentialist novelettes" by some critics, his style has found acceptance by bohemian intellectuals of the new literature school. He has won national prizes including the |
Giovanni Scognamillo
Giovanni Scognamillo (25 April 1929 – 8 October 2016) was a Turkish Levantine film critic. Scognamillo was born to a family of Italian Levantines; his father was the son of an immigrant from Naples and his mother was descended from Genoese settlers of Tinos.''Bir Levantenin Beyoğlu Anıları'', Giovanni Scognamillo, İstanbul, 2000. As his father, Leone, was the manager of the prestigious movie theatre ''Elhamra Sineması'' of Beyoğlu, Scognamillo became acquainted with cinema in early years of his life. After graduation from Liceo Italiano, he started to write cinema articles for various Italian-language media. By 1961, he began his career in Turkish language press. Scognamillo is the author of several books on the history of cinema, including ''Turk Sinema Tarihi, Birinci Cilt, 1896-1959'', as well as diverse topics such as fantastique ''Fantastique'' is a French term for a literary and cinematic genre that overlaps with science fiction, horror, and fantasy. The ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
