Arsenal distances itself from midfielder Mesut Özil's remarks on China, Uighurs

Arsenal distances itself from midfielder Mesut Özil's remarks on China, Uighurs

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English football club Arsenal took a stab at Dec. 14 to separate itself from the remarks of its star midfielder Mesut Özil after he posted messages on Twitter and Instagram reproachful of China's strategies toward its Muslim Uighur minority.

"The substance he communicated is completely Özil's sincere belief," the official record of Arsenal Football Club said in a post on China's Twitter-like Weibo stage.

"As a football club, Arsenal consistently holds fast to the standard of not being associated with governmental issues."

The club's Twitter account didn't have a post tending to Özil's remarks as of Dec. 15.

Özil's posts called Uighurs "warriors who oppose abuse" and scrutinized both China's crackdown and the quiet of Muslims accordingly.

"(In China) Qurans are scorched, mosques were shut down, Islamic philosophical schools, madrasas were restricted, strict researchers were slaughtered individually.

Regardless of this, Muslims remain calm," Özil, who is a Muslim, said in his posts.

Answers to Arsenal's Weibo post were furious, with one demonstrating a destroyed Özil football shirt alongside a couple of scissors and others requesting he be ousted from the club.

A quest on Weibo for the hashtag translatable as "Özil issues improper articulation", which had been one of the top drifting subjects on the stage, restored no outcomes on Dec. 14 evening.

Weibo every now and again blue pencils talk of delicate themes, especially in the midst of a push by Beijing to tidy up its web.

The Chinese Football Association told government-upheld news outlet, The Paper, on Dec. 14 it was "offended and disillusioned" by Özil's comments, portraying them as "wrong".

"Özil's remarks are undoubtfully frightful to the Chinese fans who intently tail him, and simultaneously his remarks likewise hurt the sentiments of Chinese individuals. This is something we can't acknowledge," the news outlet cited an anonymous authority from the relationship as saying.

The United Nations and human rights bunches gauge that between 1 million and 2 million individuals, for the most part ethnic Uighur Muslims, have been confined in brutal conditions in Xinjiang as a feature of what Beijing calls an enemy of psychological warfare battle.

China has over and again prevented any abuse from securing Uighurs.

Submerged excellence of Rumkale to open to guests

Submerged excellence of Rumkale to open to guests

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The Roman-period ruins situated on the edges of the recorded Rumkale, called the pearl of the River Euphrates, which facilitated numerous developments ever, will open to guests with a submerged undertaking.

Rumkale, which is home to Urartu, Babylon, Sumerian, Seljuk and Ottoman human advancements in Yavuzeli area of the southeastern territory of Gaziantep, is situated in the locale where Merzimen Stream joins the Euphrates River in a characteristic miracle encompassed by emerald green lakes on three sides and steep, soak rough slopes encompassing it.

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The mansion and its environment draw in the consideration of nearby and outside sightseers with its characteristic delights along the Euphrates in spring, just as the chronicled structures it has.

Rumkale, which is likewise viewed as sacred by Christians, is said to have been occupied during the Roman time frame by one of the missionaries of the prophet Jesus and the Bible was replicated in a room cut from the stone.

The Culture and Tourism Ministry recorded Rumkale as one of Turkey's 13 most stupendous manors and works are proceeding to add the stronghold to Turkish the travel industry.

The Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality has recently made finishing around Rumkale and is currently getting ready to open the Roman-time ruins found submerged at the foot of the château.

Addressing the state-run Anadolu Agency, Gaziantep Metropolitan Mayor Fatma Şahin focused on the significance of Rumkale for local the travel industry.

Expressing that they utilized each chance to remember the mansion for the travel industry, Şahin stated, "There is a château in Rumkale as old as humankind and there is a real existence there.

The hotels, showers and houses worked during the republic time frame have been reestablished. At that point we made a sea shore game plan there.

We sorted out the Rumkale Water Sports Competition to advance this spot and it was extremely effective."

Şahin said that they would understand all ventures to uncover the magnificence of Rumkale and the Euphrates sooner rather than later.

"Our present objective is to do two activities that will empower individuals to watch the Euphrates and Rumkale from the top. One is a link vehicle, the other is a glass see patio.

The view porch venture is going to be finished. I trust we will finish our undertaking rapidly one year from now. At the point when individuals arrive, they will see the one of a kind delight of the Euphrates while tasting the acclaimed Menengiç espresso."

Şahin said that there was a major social fortune underground Rumkale also.

"Under Rumkale there is an incredible Roman-period history. Our national jumper Şahika Ercümen and Derya Can plunged there. They stated, 'There is an awesome history and a superb wonder there.

We have to present it more.' We are thinking about a task called the Underwater Archeology Institute. It will bring us submerged through glass.

We do our examinations with the related units. We took the photographs of spots there with unique cameras submerged and a presentation was sorted out about it.

There's a great deal of work to do submerged. We will show such a shrouded heaven, the incredible fortune to the entire world," Şahin said.

Çanakkale Troya Museum is nominated for European Museum of the Year Award

Çanakkale Troya Museum is nominated for European Museum of the Year Award

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A historical center in the old city of Troy - presently in present-day Turkey - was shortlisted for the European Museum of the Year Award, the Turkish culture and the travel industry serve said on Dec. 6.

Opened in 2018 in the western Turkish region of Çanakkale, the Museum of Troy was shortlisted for the honor sorted out by the European Museum Forum, bolstered by the Council of Europe, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said in an announcement.

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"One of the most significant contemporary archeological historical centers on the planet, our Museum of Troy was shortlisted at the European Museum of the Year Award in 2020," Ersoy said on Twitter, sharing a photograph of the exhibition hall.

"I salute each one of the individuals who added to the exhibition hall which was named among numerous galleries," Ersoy included, additionally expressing gratitude toward Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Champ to be declared on May 2020

The champ of the European Museum of the Year Award will be declared at a service toward the finish of the yearly meeting of the European Museum Forum, which will be held in Cardiff, Wales, from April 29 to May 2, 2020.

Last March, Turkish President Erdoğan formally opened the exhibition hall, which was built as a component of a task that passed a challenge sorted out by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2013.

Among the other 61 shortlisted up-and-comers are the National Museum of Scotland, Athletic Bilbao Museum in Spain, Museum of Warsaw in Poland and the Anne Frank House in the Netherlands.

The European Museum Forum said on its site that the honor will be given to an exhibition hall that "contributes most legitimately to drawing in spectators and fulfilling its guests with an exceptional climate, creative understanding and introduction".

In 1997, the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in the Turkish capital Ankara won the European Museum of the Year Award.

The Museum of Troy is situated alongside the Troy archeological site, one of the most popular old destinations on the planet, with 4,000 years of history.

Troy was deified by the antiquated Greek writer Homer in his epic The Iliad, recounting to the tale of the most recent year of the decade-long Trojan War.

Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen wins the best airport award

Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen wins the best airport award

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Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport has gotten the CAPA-Center for Aviation's Large Airport of the Year grant.

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport has set up itself as a pioneer and done the most to propel the advancement of the flight business, CAPA said.

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"The air terminal was chosen for continuing traveler traffic, following a time of exceptionally high development, even with the opening of a pristine, limit unconstrained air terminal over the city," it included.

This prize is granted to air terminals with more than 30 million yearly travelers.

Sabiha Göçken is Turkey's second and Europe's twelfth busiest air terminal, dealing with more than 35 million travelers for every annum.

"We are profoundly regarded to get this honor from CAPA. It's an acknowledgment of our striking development story," said Ersel Göral, CEO of Sabiha Gökçen International Airport.

"The importance of this honor additionally agrees with the tenth year since the opening of [Sabiha Göçken] SAW's new terminal, where traffic has developed in excess of multiple times, serving more than 200 million travelers from that point forward," he included.

In the mean time, the air terminal power (DHMİ) gave an account of Dec. 6 that Turkey's air terminals served an aggregate of 195.4 million voyagers in January-November this year, a 0.8 percent decrease on a yearly premise.

Universal traveler number expanded by 11.4 percent in the initial 11 months to 102.5 million, while local traveler declined 11.5 percent from a year back to 92.8 million.

Istanbul Airport facilitated an all out 47.3 million travelers, as indicated by information.

Istanbul Airport, whose first stage authoritatively opened in October 2018, took over air traffic from the previous fundamental Atatürk Airport on April 6.

DHMİ additionally announced that the nation's air terminals served around 1.9 million flying machine, including overflights, a slight 0.5 percent expansion on a yearly premise.