Number of refugees in the metropolis may be much higher than official figures, says CHP deputy Gürsel Tekin
Turkey hosts total 4,082,693 asylum seekers: Deputy interior minister
The total number of asylum seekers in Turkey is 4,082,693, and of them 3,762,686 comprise Syrians under temporary protection, Deputy Interior Minister İsmail Çataklı has said.
“Not every dark-skinned person is a refugee,” the deputy minister has warned, noting that some four and a half million tourist from the Middle East and North Africa visited Turkey last year.
Returning to Istanbul, a Place of Competing Identities – The New York Times
– Istanbul: In trying to understand the complexities of the city, Aatish Taseer examines both his past and present selves. Everyone froze. The
Art of reinvention: Istanbul’s wave of cultural openings | Travel Weekly
The old city, with its lively bazaars and fine Byzantine mosques, dominates tourist itineraries, yet Istanbul is anything but stuck in the past
Experts warn Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia at risk as ancient gate damaged – Al-Monitor The Hagia Sophia’s main nave is seen through the imperial gate on June 26, 2020, in Istanbul. |
How Istanbul is reinventing itself – The Australian
One of the world’s oldest tourist destinations has a shiny new layer of 21st-century attractions. By RICHARD MORGAN. Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey
Rare 2,300-year-old tomb in Istanbul holds partially cremated body | Live Science
Archaeologists also found a terracotta goblet and a perfume bottle within it, Rahmi Asal, director of the Istanbul Archaeological Museums, told the
‘Floating history’ docks in Istanbul – Turkey News Nava Scoala Mircea, one of the Romanian Navy’s oldest ships which the Turkish media outlets nicknamed “Floating history,” anchored in Istanbul’s |
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