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Istanbul to launch replica of Byzantine ship – Ansamed.info
Published by: ANSAmed, Ankara
Turkey is going to build the perfect replica of a Byzantine ship for scientific purposes. The copy of the medieval ship, nearly 10 metres long and more than 2.5 metres wide, will be put to sea next year under the...
Flights To Istanbul: A Brief Look At The City (Tvinx :: News)
Magnificently spreading right out of the Black Sea, spanning across the Bosphorus, embracing the Ocean of Marmara, Istanbul can be an infinite location of magnificence and culture.
Any time visiting Istanbul tourist regularly begin in Sultanahmet....
Imam Baildi Concert on the 27th of November
First, take samples from Greek and Balkan music… Add on live percussions, drum and hip-hop samples with continuous rhythm loops, rumba and samba sound… Mix them with a bit of Balkan taste offered with saxophone, clarinet, trumpet and bagpipe…...
PM Erdoğan announces new water passage for Istanbul
HURRIYETDAILYNEWS.COM – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday announced a massive project to construct a new water passage through western Istanbul province, broadcaster CNNTürk reported.
The new passage, named...
Istanbul’s shopping fest ends, next year on the table
Turkey’s first 40-day-long Istanbul Shopping Festival ended Tuesday. Increasing the number of tourists, the festival makes the biggest contribution to the city’s foreign trade, according to event co-chairman Yılmaz Yılmaz. Still, the duration...
Labor Day to be celebrated in Taksim
This year’s May 1, Labor Day, will once again be celebrated in Taksim Square, İstanbul Governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu has announced.
Governor Mutlu made the announcement in a statement to the press after a meeting with union representatives...
Byzantine-era Damatrys Palace to be restored by İstanbul Municipality
The Damatrys Palace, built by Emperor Maurice during the days of the Byzantine Empire, will be restored by the İstanbul Special Provincial Administration under the supervision of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
The Damatrys Palace,...
Istanbul could be split in two, says Turkish prime minister
Radical plan unveiled by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to cope with growing strains of city with 17 million residents
Istanbul is renowned as the place where east meets west, the only city in the world, in straddling the Bosphorus, situated...
Greece Consulate in Istanbul welcomes Thanassis Bakogiorgos painting exhibition
The Sismanoglio Megaro of the Consulate General of Greece in Istanbul welcomes Thanassis Bakogiorgos painting exhibition entitled “Dream, Myth and Tradition”. The opening will be held on Monday, 25 April 2011, at 19.00 pm.
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Istanbul International Poetry Festival
If poetry is the embodiment of lines that seek out the dream in the dreamer, the inner voice of the self, the scattered metaphors of our existence, the very centre of such practise should be Istanbul given its cultural heritage, geohistorical...