Pope Francis visits Blue Mosque…. İstanbul news roundup…

Pope in Istanbul ‘silent adoration’  BBC News | Europe | World Edition Pope Francis stands in “silent adoration” in Istanbul’s Blue Mosque alongside the city’s top Muslim cleric, on the second day of his Turkey visit. VIDEO: Pope Francis visits Blue Mosque  BBC News | Europe | World Edition Mark Lowen reports from Istanbul in Turkey on … Read more

A Cinema roundup. neo-Ottomanist fantasies find their place in cinema (Fetih 1453); 15 Free Charlie Chaplin Films Online; NYT’s Once Upon a Time In Anatolia review…

CINEMA-TV – ‘Fetih 1453’ movie trailer stirs up Greece [[Check out Storified section at the end]] Turkish film through a ?Global Lens? in NY from Hurriyet Daily News The Turkish movie ?Gişe Memuru? (Toll Booth), directed by Tolga Karaçelik will be screened with English…   6 Filmmakers Talk About Documentary Films in the Digital Age … Read more