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Istanbul drops 12 places in global financial centers index

In a leading index of global financial centers, Istanbul has fallen 12 places to 78th, despite a rise in its rating, among 92 centers across the globe on factors such as infrastructure and access to high quality staff.

Istanbul Biennial launches International Billboard Project to encourage dialogue between cities

The 2017 Istanbul Biennial has installed billboards around the world that pair photographs with slogans that raise questions about neighbourliness in …

Istanbul’s Hobbit House: recycled refuge where children are in charge

Hidden in the back streets of old Istanbul, the Hobbit House is no ordinary children’s centre. For a start, the children are in charge. Secondly, many a

Rich Kids of Istanbul boast of luxurious lives with jets, flash cars and pet snakes and tigers

You might have an expensive sports car as a Rich Kid of Istanbul. But when you hang out with your pals, the RKoI prefer to sit on the windscreen and

Fake News and History Books – The Istanbul Pogrom

The Istanbul pogrom, therefor, was carried out based on the fake news that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s birthplace in Thessaloniki, Greece had been

Contemporary Istanbul Showing Iranian Art

S hirin Art Gallery showcased artworks by four Iranian artists at the 12th Contemporary Istanbul (CI), an art fair in Turkey, September 14-17

Istanbul biennial hires provocative curators, but where’s the political art?

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Istanbul

Scandinavian duo Elmgreen and Dragset say biennial offers a nuanced perspective on the country, but Turkish artists admit need to censor their work

In recent years the Istanbul biennial has grappled with subjects such as the city’s anti-authoritarian protests in Gezi Park in 2013 and Europe’s migration crisis. In 2009 the biennial’s manifesto said “politically neutral art is a means of policing the art world”.

Subverting Expected Narratives, Elmgreen & Dragset Curate an Indirectly Political 15th Istanbul …

Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, the curators of this year’s Istanbul Biennial, stand for a signature approach of narrativistic subversions and

Historical areas in Istanbul have deteriorated badly

Historic Areas of Istanbul: Historical areas in Istanbul have deteriorated badly – See 9305 traveller reviews, 22538 candid photos, and great deals for

Let’s visit Contemporary Istanbul

This year, the 12th edition of the Contemporary Istanbul art fair has been opened to visitors. At the opening, I personally witnessed the immense

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