grand bazaar

This morning Turkish police broke down a historical gate at Grand Bazaar to arrest protesting shop owners…

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https://twitter.com/BirGun_Gazetesi/status/590758659602382849 Paul Osterlund ‏@Paul_Osterlund  Grand Bazaar shopkeepers taken into custody for occupying bazaar after being served eviction notices, since released http://buguntv.com.tr/kapalicarsi-esnafina-gece-baskini-20-gozalti-video-11650 … Spirit of Gezi ‏@SpiritOfGezi  80 shopkeepers served w eviction notices occupied Grand Bazaar, locked doors #Istanbul #Turkey http://www.diken.com.tr/tahliyesi-istenen-kapalicarsi-esnafi-kendini-bedestene-kilitledi-eylem-suruyor/ …

Istanbul news roundup: “In Istanbul, A Byzantine-Era Fleet Surfaces Again”…Mosque politics…

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In Istanbul, A Byzantine-Era Fleet Surfaces Again NPR In Istanbul, major public transit projects are back under way after years of paralysis. The problem wasn’t a lack of financing, but the layer upon layer of ancient artifacts that turned up every time the earthmovers started their work. The excavation Istanbul’s heritage The Economist TURKEY’S first … Read more

Boston Globe piece on santralistanbul, “A new city to be built in Istanbul and an Istanbul news roundup…

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Journey to Istanbul’s Santralistanbul Boston Globe Now it’s what one guidebook calls ?an astounding new art space.? Turkey, we learn, has transformed what was the electric power nerve center for Istanbul from 1911 to 1983 into a mega-size artistic play space, giving power-plant scope and scale for big     A new city to be … Read more

the “New Istanbul” plan and an Istanbul news roundup…

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In a special news at Sabah daily by Zeynel Yaman here is the plan for the New Istanbul. It will be located at the Black Sea shores of north western Istanbul with Turkey’s biggest airport etc… **************** and some other Istanbul news: ‘Istanbul Passage,’ a Novel by Joseph Kanon New York Times Now, in ?Istanbul … Read more

A video: Last Saturday Night at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium… And an Istanbul news roundup

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Bu video Adobe Flash Player’ın son sürümünü gerektirmektedir.   @semaankarali Hundreds of Istanbul’s Fenerbahce football club fans clash with police New York Daily News AP Galatasaray players celebrate after their soccer derby match against Fenerbahce inIstanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 12, 2012. Fenerbahce fans broke plastic chairs, throwing them and flares at police. Police used their … Read more

J.A. McCarroll: Grand Bizarre #3 Web of Lies and Family Ties

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Grand Bizarre #3 Web of Lies and Family Ties By John McCarroll   November 17:  8 22 P.M. ?These are good shrimp,? my brother in law says, wiping a bit of tomato sauce off of his chin. His face is earnest, oblong, and married to my sister. So is the rest of him. He is … Read more

Another İstanbul book….Le Corbusier returns to Istanbul…İstanbul news roundup…

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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

An Istanbul photos exhibition at the Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church in Istanbul. and an Istanbul news roundup

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Istanbul Seen Through the Eyes of Armenian Photographers Hetq Online A photo exhibition entitled “We Love Your Istanbul from the 19 Century till Today”, has recently opened at the Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church in the Istanbul neighbourhood of Beyoglu. On display are the works of sixteen Armenians who have lived Be Muslim for a … Read more

PETA activists showed up in Taksim

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photo: Milliyet Activists strip down in Istanbul to protest wearing animal furs ? İstanbul unity and cooperation from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news :: Columnists by MICHAEL KUSER A Brookings Institution study of the world?s post-recession cities this year ranked İstanbul as the most dynamic in terms of income growth and job … Read more

Haaretz journalists report from Istanbul: “We can fix it….

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Istanbul and Tel Aviv can fix what Ankara and J’lem broke Ha’aretz By Aluf Benn ISTANBUL – Friends and family sounded worried: “Istanbul? Isn’t it dangerous there right now?” But travel warnings are cut off from reality. and a long Istanbul roundup: Bibliopoles of Istanbul set for TÜYAP Fair www.worldbulletin.net Old and secondhand books will … Read more

a santralistanbul review and a usual Istanbul news roundup

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Off the radar museum: SantralIstanbul Contrasting Istanbul through Fatih Akın?s films – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review from www.hurriyetdailynews.com Istanbul’s peerless palace Financial Times By Anthony Sattin I had just observed one of the time-honoured traditions of Istanbul, and surrendered to the temptation to buy too much in Istanbul’s Grand Istanbul’s best Turkish restaurants … Read more