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		<title>Restoration of the Pera Palace Hotel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Istanbul Possible Removal from Unesco World Heritage List</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tourist sites in Istanbul may be deleted from UNESCO&#8217;s World Heritage list and added to the United Nation&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Istanbul European Capital of Culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s turn. Istanbul [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Stone-Throwing Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Little Boy of Istanbul]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This story comes from Today&#8217;s Zaman, printed on 03 January 2010, Sunday. It illustrates a situation that many tourists are not aware of &#8211; the internal problems of Turkey. I published this story on the Imagine Istanbul website because it deals with the Human Rights of the Child in Turkey.  For every action  &#8211; there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year Istanbul 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kevin Costner “Feel Like a Star” for Turkish Airlines</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just returned from a trip to the United Arab Emirates where I saw a commercial on Satellite TV either on CNN, BBC News or Al Jazeerah. The commercial features Kevin Costner and the slightly jazz showbiz song “Feel Like a Star”. Head office Istanbul, Turkish Airlines has hired Mr. Cool himself, Kevin Costner to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Men on the Bridge Film Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Turkish Films at TIFF</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last three years I have had the pleasure of attending the Toronto International Film Festival and managed to be able to watch some wonderful films that may or may not have made it to the public cinemas. Of course, I am always excited to watch Turkish films, especially tales from Istanbul, but sometimes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More News on the Istanbul Floods</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For an update on the news in Istanbul, the floods and rains have continued. Unfortunately, the death toll has continued to rise and some people are still missing. This story comes from today’s BBC news. The rains came and have effected parts of north western Turkey and the low lying western parts of Istanbul on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Musician Ahmet Kaya</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time in Istanbul&#8230; 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 sold [...]]]></description>
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