İstanbul News: the Armenians of Istanbul… World biggest tulip carpet made debut (!)

World biggest tulip carpet made debut in Istanbul

A campaign, which is targeting to make Turkish biggest city of Istanbul one of the favorite Tulip cities, had been put in place by the initiative of Istanbul
YASMIN Rostomyan and her mother Susan Rostomyan at home in Istanbul.—AFP
YASMIN Rostomyan and her mother Susan Rostomyan at home in Istanbul.—AFP

Discreet but proud: the Armenians of Istanbul

ISTANBUL: Yasmin Rostomyan makes no big outward show of her origins but works daily to keep her Armenian heritage alive and preserve it for the
Armenian newspaper holds century of memories in Istanbul

Istanbul (AFP) – It’s witnessed the collapse of an empire, the horrendous massacre of its people and the birth of an entirely new state. And it keeps on

The Colorful Side of Istanbul

Photographic representation of Istanbul has always been stereotypical – towering mosques, ornate palaces, old streets, markets and seagulls over the
The Imperial Ship, İstanbul, designated for the imperial riding

In album: Ships and naval personnel, Istanbul and Black Sea lifesaving stations, Ottoman Empire. – Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of

Movie-makers and critics pull out of Istanbul Film Festival amid censorship row

Nearly two dozen movie-makers and a group of international critics have pulled out of the Istanbul Film Festival, amid a censorship row.
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL: The Massacre Orchestra

Deniz Yildiz loved European classical music, from Bach, to Beethoven to Stravinsky. But he despised so-called Turkish classical. In his eyes – or his ..
Two people killed, five injured in Istanbul overnight gunfight

Late on Tuesday, a group of men opened fire on the Ayisigi (Moonlight) Association in Istanbul’s Kagithane district, prompting people inside the …
Armenian Weekly
Istanbul: ‘Wishing Tree’ Art Ritual to Honor Victims, Survivors of Genocide

ISTANBUL, Turkey—As part of an outdoor commemoration of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, a public art ritual ..

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