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The restoration of the Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul has finally been completed and re-assumes its role as one of the great hotels of Istanbul. Seeped in history with echoes and imprints of some of the most interesting personalities of 20th century history, it can now take back its old glory in modern day Istanbul. [...]
Tourist sites in Istanbul may be deleted from UNESCO’s World Heritage list and added to the United Nation’s endangered heritage list because of a lack of care and dialogue around such tourist sites as the Süleymaniye Mosque, the Hagia Sophia and the Hippodrome. In the following news article, Isil Egrikavuk writing for the Hurriyet Daily [...]
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. Istanbul [...]
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