Court suspends controversial mosque construction at Istanbul grove
“This would be front page news in France!” Jilber raved, darting off between tall chestnut trees and oaks, obscured by a hazy steam that seemed to hang in the forest like a gauzy Halloween decoration. He looked over each shoulder and all around him where it seemed he was surrounded by golf balls, shanked off and forgotten in the rough. Called ovoli to admirers in Italy, Amanita caesarea to the bookish and yumurta, or egg, in Turkish, these were Caesar’s mushrooms, named for their popularity with the Roman emperors. |
Contemporary Istanbul art fair counting down to 9th edition
Today’s Zaman
Contemporary Istanbul (CI), a leading contemporary art fair held annually in İstanbul, is preparing to mark its ninth edition for four days in
Istanbul skyscraper casts shadow over Greece’s banking ambitions
Kathimerini
Due for completion next year, the 303 million-euro ($383 million) glass diamond-shaped skyscraper will be the headquarters of Finansbank AS in the
Istanbul Tower Casts Shadow Over Greek Banking Ambitions
Businessweek
Istanbul Tower Casts Shadow Over Greek Banking Ambitions. By Maria Petrakis and Isobel Finkel October 15, 2014
Two Takes on Turkish Food in Istanbul
The Daily Meal
The heart of the Istanbul district of Beyoğlu — also known by its old name of Pera — is the city’s Latin Quarter or West Village, a bustling warren of little
Anthropology News
Ad for dance concerts in Istanbul; Photo courtsey Daniel Martin Varisco … The Istanbul on display to the world defies pigeon-holing as either European
Vibrant Istanbul tourism seems immune to worry
Detroit Free Press
Vibrant Istanbul tourism seems immune to worry. Dispatches from Turkey: Tourists keep Istanbul lively and packed despite Syria, Iraq war worries on
There Are Only 2000 Greeks Left in Turkey, and They All Read One Newspaper
Slate Magazine
ISTANBUL—In the grotty basement offices of a small publishing house in centralIstanbul, five shaggy men stack and fold a four-page daily newspaper .
Exclusive Covert Affairs Video: Go Behind the Scenes in Istanbul
Wicked Local Woburn
The USA drama returns to Istanbul for the Season 5 midseason premiere as Annie (Piper Perabo) follows a lead on Belenko (Shawn Doyle).
Main square of Istanbul ‘world’s ugliest’: PM
The Daily Star
ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has reportedly labelledIstanbul’s Taksim Square, which was rocked by deadly anti-government
İstanbul’s Akbank Jazz Festival unrolls 24th edition
Today’s Zaman
Moses will be onstage Wednesday night to perform the opening concert of the 24th Akbank Jazz Festival at The Seed club in İstanbul. (Photo: Reuters).
Archaeology workshop in Istanbul
Hurriyet Daily News
The British Institute will organize a workshop titled “Public Archaeology: Theoretical Approaches and Current Practices in Turkey” on Oct. 30 and 31 at
Istanbul municipality gets to work to stop next Bosphorus ‘tsunami’
Stream remediation efforts in Istanbul’s Asian side will take 130 days to put an end to flashfloods
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