Crowds flocked to the former address of Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper Agos in Istanbul’s Şişli district on Jan. 19 to commemorate the late journalist Hrant Dink on the 11th anniversary of his assassination.
Hrant Dink is being memorialized in İstanbul and Ankara with a series of events. Some roads have been closed to traffic in Şişli for the memorial service to be done in front of Agos weekly newspaper building.
11th Anniversary of Dink Assassination Commemorated in Istanbul
ISTANBUL—Large crowds flocked to the former address of Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper Agos in Istanbul on Friday to commemorate the late journalist Hrant Dink on the 11th anniversary of his assassination, reported the Hurriyet Daily Newspaper. Dink was shot dead with three bullets on Jan.
Turkey has introduced a 4.6 million square meter parcel stock on the route of Canal Istanbul to Qataris as an opportunity for joint investment in developing real estate and other construction projects.
Turkish play about dictator banned in Istanbul
Police in the liberal Istanbul district of Kadıköy have banned a one-man play about a dictator from any stages in the area, including the play’s home stage, left-wing news site Sendika.org reported . “Just the Dictator”, which was showing at the district’s Emek Theatre, was banned on the grounds of
In an Istanbul district, a ‘toxic’ transformation divides neighbors
ISTANBUL (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – With the clank and clatter of construction vehicles and clouds of concrete dust, a walk through Istanbul’sFikirtepe district is a shock to the senses. A few kilometers from the Bosphorus shore, Fikirtepe is home to one of the most notorious gentrification projects
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