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Tweet This is the year that Istanbul is the European Capital of Culture. There is no other city more deserving of this award than Istanbul. This year, in 2010, Istanbul gets the chance to show the world its cultural works to the world. Art, literature, music, dance, photography and film, this year is Istanbul’s turn. [...]
Tweet Happy New Year Istanbul 2010 and to all of my readers of this Istanbul blog. 2009 was a difficult year for many with the world wide recession that affected every country. None were left unscathed by economic woes. Many people lost their jobs and tourism revenues were down world wide. In Europe, there was [...]
Tweet Once upon a time in Istanbul… There once was a musician in Turkey named Ahmet Kaya and his music was loved by everyone in the country. Now what I mean by everyone, was everyone. Be they left or right, conservative or modern, young and old, Turkish or Kurdish, he was loved by all. He [...]
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