First Comic & Arts Festival in Istanbul The Istanbul Comics & Art Festival (ICAF) will be held for the first time this year at the St. Joseph Social Club in the city’s Moda neighborhood Governor claims Istanbul is ‘among safest cities in the world’ Hurriyet Daily News Istanbul remains among the safest cities in the world, … Read more
The piece is in Turkish and it is a photo-story of store closures in the once extremely lively İstiklal Street… In other Istanbul related news: Historic tunnel in Istanbul to open to traffic again The Beylerbeyi Palace Tunnel, which was commissioned by Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II and constructed between 1829 and 1832, will be opened to traffic … Read more
Project for 10-meter-wide pedestrian lane begins in the Bosphorus The construction of a 10-meter wide public road project, which is set to include separate lanes for pedestrians, runners and cyclists, has begun on the Anatolian side of the Bosphorus. Istanbul’s Fatih Municipality seizes more authority in construction on historic peninsula Hurriyet Daily News Istanbul’s historic peninsula … Read more
Istanbul: Turkey’s capital dislodges Paris as the No 1 tourist destination Economic Times ETPanache spoke to four avid travellers to find out why Istanbul makes the cut. I love the sight of the sunset on the Galata Bridge. High tea at The ISTANBUL’S ÜSKÜDAR Daily Sabah ISTANBUL ? On the Asian side is the … 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