Cat culture thrives in Istanbul
The Associated Press
ISTANBUL ? When President Obama visited Turkey last year, he paused to stroke a tabby cat at the former Byzantine church of Haghia Sophia while Turkish …
Outlook
When I arrived in Istanbul on a Friday, expecting it to be a public holiday, and found no lull in its everyday activities, I realised how Turkey was not the …
Proletariat palace on Istanbul island on offer for 5 million euros
Hurriyet Daily News
The pending sale of the Istanbul home where Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky spent part of his time in exile has drawn criticism from prominent historians …
Urban Sketchers: Istanbul
By Roger O’Reilly
A short while ago myself and some friends spent the weekend in Istanbul. What a beautiful city. I’ve always had an interest in it from a historical perspective and it didn’t disappoint. So much of the city that was extant during the …
New exhibition in Istanbul to change view of Muslim science
Hurriyet Daily News
The interactive exhibition is currently displayed in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet Square but it already drew 500000 people to the London Science Museum when it …
Istanbul… city that’s got the lot
Mirror.co.uk
By John Brunton 22/08/2010 Opulent palaces, magnificent mosques and churches, shop-tillyou-drop bazaars, wonderful food and late-night partying – Istanbul …
from Istanbul-pedia by Ali Akpinar
Istanbul is a city of street markets. Every week 358 markets open in the streets of Istanbul, serving millions of Istanbullu by 50 thousands of sellers, selling vegetables, fruits, diary food, things for home, clothes, used stuff, even antiques. The markets are usually named after the day they open e.g. Sali pazari, Carsamba pazari, Persembe pazari. Below is the list of some of the markets and the number of street markets on each day:
Ecological Markets in Istanbul
from Istanbul-pedia by Ali Akpinar
It really is worrying to see echological markets open in Istanbul, where all the street markets were already echological not long ago. Here are the list of the echological markets on both sides: