Ruling AKP deputy report criticizes government handling of Gezi crisis Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was misinformed during the Gezi Park protests and the redevelopment project was not handled in a democratic way, İdris Bal says Protest politics and the ethical imagination Protest, like marriage, implies the possible start of something new. It means … Read more
An image from the proposed Taksim Square plan…via People Powered | Istanbul Design Biennial New York Times (blog) There are few places more perfect to weigh the value of imperfection than Istanbul. And imperfection is the theme of the Istanbul Design Biennial, Turkey’s first, which is organized by the IstanbulFoundation for Culture and Arts and … Read more
1967 Yılında İstanbul Renkli Çekim… (Renkli Çekim BBC): City mulling ‘metrobus-trains’ as solution to Istanbul’s traffic woes from Hurriyet Daily News The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is working on ways to alleviate the congestion on the city’s vital metrobus route.. Istanbul?s cultural sites most visited in Turkey by Turkish Digest Istanbul?s cultural sites most visited in … Read more
Istanbul mayor on vacation as traffic chaos continues from Hurriyet Daily News Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş was photographed dancing a local dance in Artvin as traffic chaos in the city continues to give major headaches to commuters. Maintenance on Bosphorus Bridge to last even longer next year, minister says from Hurriyet Daily News Istanbul’s Bosphorus … Read more
This is a view (via) from the highway that leads to the Second Bosphorus Bridge. As people begin to leave Istanbul, they will be stuck in traffic for ages now -it is reported that there is a 15 km queue in the highway now- and unfortunate news of fatal traffic accidents will flow.. It has … Read more
One of the most popular photos for the day. Atatürk teaching… I don’t know if university professors are eligible for the day – since “öğretmen” in Turkish mostly mean educative personnel until the level of university, many of my students keep celebrating my teachers’ day. Well, thank you. Whether I am a teacher or not, … Read more