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Tweet This story comes from Today’s Zaman, printed on 03 January 2010, Sunday. It illustrates a situation that many tourists are not aware of – 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 – [...]
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 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 [...]
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