Istanbul Biennial ends with 110000 visitors Hurriyet Daily News The 12th Istanbul Biennial, which provided a depiction of the universality of the human condition, ended on Nov. 13, having attracted 110000 visitors over two months. While university students visited the biennial for free, the everyday guided tours Artists take on Istanbul’s urbanization Hurriyet Daily News … Read more
Garanti Bankası?nın kültür ve sanat kurumu SALT Beyoğlu nisan ayından beri faaliyette. Eylül ayından itibaren sergilenmeye başlanan, İstanbullaşmak, 90 veYapım Aşaması: Beyoğlu etkinlikler serisi hız kesmeden devam ediyor. Yapım Aşaması: Beyoğlu, İstanbul?un değişim potansiyeli en yüksek bölgelerinden biri olan Beyoğlu?nda gerçekleştirilen dönüşüm sürecine katılımcıları da dahil etmek hedefinde. Her daim kapalı kapılar ardında konuşulan planlar hayal dahi edilemeyen katılımcılarla tartışılıyor. SALT’ın, … Read more
Many intellectuals came together to produce this book (in Turkish): İstanbul: Şehir ve Kültür Le Corbusier returns to Istanbul after 100 years by ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News santralistanbul is exhibiting Le Corbusier?s works for the 100th anniversary of the famous architect?s journey to the East. His architecture is on view at gallery through … Read more
Festival website Crime and Punishment at Istanbul Film Festival by By SUSANNE GUSTEN The Crime and Punishment Film Festival, which opens on Friday, will juxtapose artistic and academic viewpoints of the quest for justice, with a special focus on coups d’état. Miniaturk to show mini Gymnasium by SALİHLİ – Anatolia News Agency The miniature … Read more
I have seen one of them myself in Asmalımescit… “Queen butterflies” project aims to jobs as taxi drivers for unemployed women… News in Turkish here. In other news: Istanbul to combat traffic as school starts Hurriyet Daily News Istanbul’s Metropolitan Municipality has announced several new measures to relieve traffic in the city as the start … Read more
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It looks like there is yet another expansion on the Anatolian side of Istanbul towards Black Sea… Huge urban developments plans… Details in Turkish here. On Sunday there will be a local festival in again Anatolian side, Kadıköy and Üsküdar, some roads will be closed, so better to stay away from traffic until afternoon… More … Read more
Melbourne tops liveable city list, İstanbul 109th Hotel prices: The rising cost of a night in Istanbul | The Economist Best of Dutch design to dazzle İstanbul Multi-author book on Istanbul explores city from Hurriyet Dailynews by ANKARA – Anatolia News Agency A new book titled ?Istanbul in World Literature,? once again reveals how Istanbul … Read more
I hear there are negotiations between the municipality and show owners. the former tending to allow 70 cm length-tables, a rumor. In the above picture an employee of Urban Cafe at Beyoğlu making fun of the municipal intervention. There will probably be more and more creative protests against the gross mistake of Beyoğlu Municipality… (The … Read more
Istanbul city break guide Telegraph.co.uk An essential guide to Istanbul, Turkey, including insider’s advice on the city’s best hotels, attractions, bars, shops and restaurants from our expert, Terry Richardson. Without a shadow of a doubt, Istanbul ? like London, New York or Paris ? is one of “Istanbul” becomes most popular name for newborn … Read more
I should be wandering around to actually observe what goes on but let me have some peace of mind back in Erikli here… Ramadan?s Iftar: The Break Fast of Champions from Istanbul Eats by admin Ramadan drummer of Istanbul hopes the beat will go on from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk Drummers fear for future … Read more
photo by @Lord_Beklan Asmalımescit, the upbeat Taksim district, where I actually stay right now (!), seems to have become RTE (PM Tayyip Erdoğan)’s latest target. According to some twitter accounts, last Friday the PM was booed by people there when he was passing through… photo by Milliyet Asmalımescit have risen to be the number one … Read more
But that does not mean we will become Europe’s most just country:) Our authorities like the scale politics now which does not mostly correspond with respect to justice… Well not only the authorities but let’s see what the justice system, one of the most conservative institutions in Turkey, will make of this 19 floor building… … Read more
via [Tarlabaşı – Wikipedia] Amnesty condemns forced evictions in central Istanbul by ISTANBUL – Reuters City authorities in Istanbul have threatened dozens of families with eviction and some have already been forced from their homes, in a crumbling but historic neighbourhood. Tarlabaşı eviction process underway from Tarlabaşı Istanbul by Jonathan Small removal trucks dart along … Read more
Özgür Özkök’ün fotolarına buradan bakılabilir.