2013-08-24

The news in Turkish.



Sultan Ahmet is already a theme park and now Istiklal Street/Taksim aimed to be ripped off from their cultural environment… 

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Fire breaks out in forested area in Istanbul

A fire has broken out in a forested area in Istanbul’s Sancaktepe

Istanbul’s luxury hotel awarded

The luxurious Grand Tarabya Hotel in Istanbul has received the Five-Star Diamond Award

 

Istanbul among best for historical venues

The UNESCO has inscribed the historical areas of Istanbul on its World Heritage Committee list of “best practice”

The Istanbul of Miss Julia Pardoe

1836 was the year that the 30-year-old Julia Pardoe arrived in Istanbul with her father, on their way to Egypt. But she was so struck by the Ottoman capital that was in the process of turning into a western European city that she stayed for much longer than she had planned

Mosque construction sparks controversy in IstanbulDeutsche Welle

A mosque with the world’s highest minaret is under construction in Istanbul. Critics of the project say it was badly planned and fear it represents a step towards a



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