CHARLOTTE MCPHERSON
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Surviving and thriving in the Turkish work culture (3)

In the previous two articles we have been exploring the challenges expats face when living in a different culture and having to speak another language. I imagine if I were to ask Today's Zaman readers which one they'd prefer to be -- survivors or thrivers -- the majority would reply the latter.

ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
A high number of Armenian and Georgian people working in Turkey are leaving the country in the wake of a recent law implementation that complicates working permits for foreign people. While workers complain of extreme financial difficulties, Labor Ministry announces that there will be exceptions for house workers
Armenians and Georgians are rushing to exit Turkey before a new law complicating residence procedures comes into effect Feb 1. Many workers from the countries have implored PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to quash the law, saying it will make it impossible for them to continue living in Turkey.

The new stars of the opera world will rise once more in the Istanbul skies at the 7th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition.

The Leyla Gencer Voice Competition organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) together with Accademia del Teatro alla Scala and sponsored by Doğuş Group and Garanti Bank will be held on 15-20 September 2012, with the contributions of Borusan Holding.

 The competition’s preliminary auditions will be held in Berlin, Istanbul, London, Madrid, Milano and Vienna, in April and May 2012. The finals are then to be held in September 2012, in Istanbul.