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 ACCURACY, INSPIRATION AND FUN AT FAMELAB
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 In its second year, our FameLab competition continues to inspire young scientists to take science out of the classroom and make it fun. Our Science Projects and Chevening Scholarships Programme Coordinator Özlem Gücer talks about working with partners, the scale of the competition and why FameLab is unique
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| PROFESSOR MACLEAN: THE RISE OF ORIENTAL TRAVEL
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 A professor of English at the University of Exeter, a writer of two books on the Ottoman Empire, and a self-proclaimed lover of Turkey and Turkish culture, Proffesor MacLean will visit Ankara to meet with academics to establish links and seek advice to set up an educational and research centre focusing on Turkish languages, culture and history
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| CULTURE, IDENTITIES AND A BIT OF HUMOUR
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 Two future leaders from Turkey, Tolga Korkut and Çelenk Bafra, joined similar minds from Europe in the latest Network Effect forum in Budapest. The Editor-in-Chief of bianet.org and the Director of the Istanbul Biennial comment on their experience with Europe’s future leaders
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| OLYMPIC IDEALS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
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 A gathering in Tirana, Albania, part of our Youth, Sport, Action! project, was the next step in promoting Olympic ideals for intercultural dialogue. Our partner Toplum Gönüllüleri Vakfi (Community Volunteers Association) joined representatives from NGOs and government institutions from southeast Europe and the UK for three days
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| CREATIVE INDUSTRIES FOR A CREATIVE ECONOMY
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 A recent seminar gathered leading figures in the development of creative economy from various countries, to discuss its impact on cultural policy. Read on to find out what the emerging concepts, creative industries and creative economy are, and the impressions of Onur Gözet from Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry on the seminar
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| TURKEY JOINS INITIATIVE FOR MINORITIES AND MIGRANTS
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 The British Council’s new initiative on intercultural dialogue, ‘Living Together’, kicks off with an international summit in London. Two major themes of the initiative, ‘Participation of minority communities in public life’ and ‘New migrant communities & their impact on society,’ were discussed by the high-level participants
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| PREPARING THE TURKISH POLICE FOR INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS
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 Our joint project with the Turkish National Police, Peacekeeping English incorporates Law Enforcement English into the curriculum of the Police Academy. English teachers reflect on the new courses, and stress the importance of English specific to their vocation in modernising policing
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| ENERGY, THE MAJOR PLAYER IN CLIMATE CHANGE
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 The British Council continues to tackle climate change through its series of discussions. Two recent debates were ‘Our future energy for low carbon: Nuclear power or renewable energies’ and ‘Energy security and sustainability.’ Visit our web pages for the upcoming Café Scientifique video conferences.
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| THE BOROUGH MARKET: LONDON’S HOT SPOT FOR FINE FOOD
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 Ayse Gençler shares her impressions on London’s oldest food market, the Borough Market. Read on to see why the best time to visit the market is a Friday noon, and how you will leave the market with a crammed tummy without spending a single penny
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| TEST YOUR ENGLISH IN FIVE MINUTES WITH TEN MISTAKES
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 How well do you trust your English? Do you believe you have mastered the grammar? Take our five-minute English test and see how much of a master of English you have become. We have listed 10 sentences with errors below. See if you can find all of the mistakes. Good luck!
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