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“3D City Modelling of #Istanbul and other news…
Wandering In Istanbul BLOUIN ARTINFO A veteran of the Istanbul arts scene, Guleryuz has spent decades running alternative galleries and even comes with a family pedigree as the son of the 3D... Read more
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Istanbul is ready for New Year’s Eve with nearly 40K security personnel…
image via 39000 security personnel to be on duty on New Year’s Eve in Istanbul Hurriyet Daily News The director of Istanbul undercover police units announced on Dec. 29 that security measures have... Read more
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Orhan Pamuk has a new book (Balkon) – another one on #İstanbul- that many might have missed…
Honestly, I have missed it although I am a Pamuk fan. Maybe because it is a visual work that consists of thousands of Istanbul photos he has taken… I have... Read more
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Cats of #Istanbul- last week edition
A cute picture from Turkey. from Turkey A Starbucks in Istanbul, Turkey from Turkey This may not be from Istanbul though: Pisi from Turkey... Read more
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Just to make this worse, “Inner city fast ferry lines in #Istanbul to be halted
Inner city fast ferry lines in Istanbul to be halted Hurriyet Daily News The seabus and fast ferry company of Istanbul, known as İDO, has decided to shut down inner city... Read more
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Internet legend @kottke visits Istanbul
Some Reflections from My Short Trip to Istanbul kottke.org by Jason Kottke / At the end of October, I spent barely 48 hours in Istanbul — too quick, but I saw a... Read more
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A NYT piece by Orhan Pamuk on Ara Güler about Istanbul…
The Man Who Showed Us Istanbul NYT > Turkey by By ORHAN PAMUK Orhan Pamuk remembers his friend Ara Guler, the great photographer, who lovingly captured Istanbul and its... Read more
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İstanbul’s new airports seems to be named as “Istanbul Airport”
Istanbul’s Mega Projects Third Bridge and Third Airport Graph Commons The construction of these projects by the corporations backed by the AKP government has caused immense destruction in the Northern... Read more
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The New Yorker piece on Ara Güler: “What Ara Güler, the Eye of Istanbul, Saw in His Homeland…
What Ara Güler, the Eye of Istanbul, Saw in His Homeland The New Yorker “A photograph, too, has a mise-en-scène,” Güler says in “The Eye of Istanbul,” a 2015 documentary about his... Read more
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“Inside the Istanbul’s giant $12 billion [and human costly] airport – in pictures…
Inside Istanbul’s giant $12 billion airport – in pictures The National Billed as the world’s largest, construction continues around the clock on Turkey’s new $12 billion airport. The official opening of the... Read more
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Thanks to Saudi-Turkish political tensions, we can get leaks about the murdered journalist, Khashoggi….
Turkish press trail Khashoggi’s last steps at Saudi consulate BBC News | Europe | World Edition Many of Turkey’s newspapers lead with what are thought to be the last picture of... Read more
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Saudi evil: “Turkish police believe Saudi journalist was killed at consulate in Istanbul….
Turkey concludes Saudi journalist Khashoggi killed by ‘murder’ team, sources say The Washington Post – Kareem Fahim – Oct 6, 2:15 PM ISTANBUL —Turkey has concluded that Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent... Read more
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This pride is Turkey’s: “Turkey Can Be First Country to Ban Netflix…
RADIO AND TV SUPREME COUNCIL CENSORSHIP ON INTERNET: Yaman Akdeniz: Turkey Can Be First Country to Ban Netflix Bianet :: English The Radio and Television Supreme Council has approved the regulation... Read more
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Thousands of workers in Istanbul’s 3rd airport constructed protested inhumane working conditions and hundreds arrested…
Not only they are not paid for six months but work conditions are terrible. As you can guess the government and company and their puppets accused workers to be part... Read more
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63 years ago in Istanbul….
Istanbul pogrom – Wikipedia The Istanbul pogrom, also known as the Istanbul riots or September events (Greek: Σεπτεμβριανά Septemvriana, “Events of September”; Turkish: 6–7 Eylül Olayları, “Events of September 6–7”), were organized mob attacks directed primarily at Istanbul‘s Greek minority on 6–7 September 1955.... Read more
