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Istanbul to host Turkey-Arab Cooperation Forum - 27 Sep 2008 Hürriyet,Foreign ministers from Turkey, Syria, Algeria, Djibouti and Saudi Arabia are set to gather in an Istanbul meeting in October under the Turkish-Arab Turkish delight - 27 Sep 2008 Business Standard,Well, Hyundai had decided to organise an event wherein a couple of i10 Kappas would be driven from Istanbul to Paris, through several European countries, Freak storm hits İstanbul, killing one - 27 Sep 2008 Today's Zaman,İstanbul was struck by a strong storm yesterday, complete with high winds and torrential rainfall, after which the Disaster Management Center (AKOM) Infra PR: IFC helps fund extension of Istanbul’s metro system - 27 Sep 2008 IJ Online,IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will help Istanbul finance the construction of the 20-kilometer Kadikoy-Kartal metro rail line on the fast-growing Turkish court arrests 6 more in Ergenekon probe - 27 Sep 2008 TREND Information,A court on duty in Istanbul decided to send journalist Tuncay Ozkan; Adil Serdar Sacan, the former chief of Istanbul Anti-Organized Crime Department; Six remanded in custody in Turkish coup plot probe - 27 Sep 2008 ReutersISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court on Saturday ordered six people, including a former television station owner, to be remanded in custody accused of Turkey considers to allow futures trades - 27 Sep 2008 Hürriyet,Istanbul Stock Exchange's main benchmark IMKB-100 index has tumbled 37 percent in 2008, the biggest retreat since a 38 percent drop in 2000, Turkey launches first national warship - 27 Sep 2008 Xinhua,The national warship "Heybeliada" and mine-sweeper "Akcay" were put to sea in a ceremony held at a dockyard in Pendik, Istanbul, according to the report. Where East meets West - 27 Sep 2008 Brantford Expositor,Whenever I think about Istanbul, the images are inevitably infused with the warm, sweet scent of tea and the tinkle of tiny silver spoons. Merrill says Turkey's Isbank well positioned - 27 Sep 2008 Hürriyet,Istanbul-based Isbank is one of the most comfortable banks in Turkey in funding with a strong franchise,'? Merrill analysts including Michael Harris wrote A Good Appetite Turkish Dumplings, Deconstructed - 27 Sep 2008 New York Times,By MELISSA CLARK WHEN Engin Akin, a Turkish culinary historian, taught me how to make manti — hand-formed lamb dumplings — in Istanbul last year, 6 more charged over alleged coup plot in Turkey - 27 Sep 2008 International Herald Tribune,AP ANKARA, Turkey: An Istanbul court on Saturday charged six more people with membership of an alleged terrorist organization suspected of plotting to Turkish film wins top award in San Sebastian - 27 Sep 2008 AFPThe siblings, who live in Istanbul, unite to search for their missing mother, but old tensions emerge during their journey and they realise that they know Where bicycling is only for the brave - 27 Sep 2008 Turkish Daily News (subscription),Cycling, the healthiest and cheapest form of transportation, is a challenge when it comes to Istanbul. Lack of bike lanes, insensitive drivers, The best clash with the worst today in Super League - 27 Sep 2008 Today's Zaman,The Beşiktaş Black Eagles take on İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor away in a "mini" İstanbul derby at the Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium, while the Trabzonspor Elite World Hotel to meet demand in 'congress valley' - 27 Sep 2008 Turkish Daily News (subscription),The first five-star hotel has opened in Istanbul's Talimhane neighborhood. Elit Tourism Investment A.Ş. has invested $30 million in the Elite World Hotel in Six charged with links to Turkish coup - 27 Sep 2008 Middle East Online,ISTANBUL - An Istanbul court Saturday charged six people with links to a shadowy gang allegedly bent on toppling the country's government, the Anatolia news Örtaköy gains Swedish hotelier - 27 Sep 2008 Turkish Daily News (subscription),The Swede who brought the Radisson SAS to Örtaköy three years ago says he returned to Istanbul to enjoy life and serve his guests as a traditional hotelier. Love for the Ahl-al Bayt in the Ottoman Empire - 27 Sep 2008 Turkish Daily News (subscription),A frock said to have belonged to Mohammed's grandson and a prayer rug used by his daughter are now on display at a new exhibition in Istanbul's Topkapı Adventures on the Aegean - 27 Sep 2008 Mcalester News Capital,By Joy Crutchfield Lynn and her mother are safely aboard the Cristal as they resume their Aegean Adventure and cruise toward Istanbul. Prof. Dr. Alan Duben - a man on the go - 27 Sep 2008 Turkish Daily News (subscription),He found the lure of involvement in the early development of Istanbul Bilgi University irresistible, joining the faculty in 1999 just five years after the Turkish Press Scanner - 27 Sep 2008 Turkish Daily News (subscription),Rakel Dink, the wife of the slain Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, made a complaint against the Istanbul Regional Administrative Court judges for not WEEK IN REVIEW - 27 Sep 2008 Turkish Daily News (subscription),Özkan was detained by police at his home in Istanbul early yesterday. He spoke with his former lawyer, the Republican People's Party, or CHP, deputy Şahin Strong winds topple Istanbul minaret, 1 killed - Sep 26, 2008 International Herald Tribune,AP ISTANBUL, Turkey: Authorities say strong winds have toppled a minaret in Istanbul, killing one person and wounding three as it fell onto a nearby Istanbul, Ankara to Hold Protest Demonstrations against Israel - Sep 26, 2008 Trend News Agency,On 26 September, Istanbul and Ankara will hold protest demonstrations dedicated to the 41st anniversary of the control of Jerusalem, the sacred place of British artist acquitted over collage of Turkish PM: report - Sep 25, 2008 AFPISTANBUL (AFP) — A Turkish court on Thursday acquitted a British artist who risked up to two years in jail for his collage depicting Prime Minister Recep Turkey’s Istanbul declared Europe’s most crowded city - Sep 24, 2008 Hürriyet,Eurostat, the European Union's statistics institution, has announced that Istanbul is Europe's most crowded city with a population of 9898000 people. Photo exhibit brings ‘Cities with Three Books’ to İstanbul - Sep 25, 2008 Today's Zaman,The İstanbul Research Institute is currently hosting a collection of 19th century photographs centered on Jerusalem and the surrounding area, which has been Tokat gives İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye a big slap across the face - Sep 25, 2008 Today's Zaman,One of the biggest surprises was third division Tokat, translated as "slap," eliminating Super League side İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi 2-1 in extra time Turkish transsexual singer faces army accusations - Sep 25, 2008 Reuters South Africa,ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A popular Turkish transsexual singer who infuriated the country's powerful armed forces by questioning a military campaign against UPDATE 1-Sinpas-KAT makes top bid in Istanbul property tender - Sep 23, 2008 ReutersISTANBUL, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Turkey's Sinpas-KAT venture made the highest bid of 850 million lira ($684 million) for an area of prime real estate in an Top 10 places to visit in İstanbul during Ramadan - Sep 25, 2008 Today's Zaman,İstanbul, an amazing city that rests on two continents, is home to many historical and tourist sites, which tourists visiting Turkey long to see. Two lieutenants detained in Turkey's Ergenekon released on Fri - Sep 26, 2008 Hürriyet,...(UPDATED) The Ergenekon operation started in June 2007 with the discovery of grenades in a house in Istanbul’s Umraniye district. BRICKS & MORTAR: Looking beyond Istanbul - Sep 24, 2008 business new europe (subscpription),In addition, some of the biggest markets like Erzurum, Istanbul, Eskiehir, Ankara and Antalya, seem to have reached or even passed their saturation point Natural gas smell worries İstanbul residents - Sep 24, 2008 Today's Zaman,Many residents of İstanbul's Bağcılar and Esenyurt neighborhoods began to panic after smelling a very strong natural gas odor on Tuesday. ‘All civil society organizations should work for İstanbul 2010’ - Sep 24, 2008 Today's Zaman,Deputy Prime Minister Hayati Yazıcı has called on İstanbul’s civil society organizations to come together to support İstanbul as the 2010 European Capital Figaro Cap Istanbul: Antonio Pedro da Cruz has masterfully scored ... - Sep 24, 2008 BYM News (press release),On the “European Capital of Culture – Cap Istanbul� the sailors no longer speak about complicated, light conditions but rather Cape Verdes’ weather. Happy Thursdays for art buffs at the İstanbul Museum of Modern Art - Sep 24, 2008 Today's Zaman,Once a week İstanbul Modern is teeming with visitors thanks to the museum's free admission policy for its exhibitions and film screenings on Thursdays. 12 fish species go extinct in lake near Istanbul - Sep 24, 2008 Mongabay.comA decade ago the lake's water was pristine enough to be pumped directly to Istanbul for citizen use, but due to rising pollution it no longer serves as a W Hotel, Istanbul - Sep 24, 2008 The National,Just a kilometre or so from the Taksim area, home to some of Istanbul’s most lively nightlife, the hotel is the centrepiece of the Akaretler Row houses, A food lover's tour of Istanbul, Turkey - Sep 21, 2008 Los Angeles Times,This is Istanbul -- glorious and glittering -- and it's dinner time in a busy kebab house. The cuisine of Turkey has a reputation among food lovers as being Turkey facing difficult choice on nuclear energy - Sep 26, 2008 guardian.co.uk,By Thomas Grove and Orhan Coskun ISTANBUL/ANKARA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Turkey has a difficult decision ahead as it ponders if it can afford to reject the Turkey's Istanbul to host dresses of 12 Spanish designers - Sep 21, 2008 Hürriyet,The exhibition titled "12 Dresses for Istanbul : Fashion's Comment on Literature by Spanish Designers," was first organized in Tokyo and Beijing , and has Mika Waltari: from Helsinki to Istanbul - Sep 24, 2008 cafebabel.com,2008: the EU’s year for intercultural dialogue and the centenary of Finnish writer Mika Waltari’s birth, who travelled Helsinki to Istanbul by train in 1929 Major Dali exhibition opens in Istanbul - Sep 19, 2008 AFPISTANBUL (AFP) — The largest Salvador Dali exhibition outside Spain opens Saturday in Istanbul with 269 works by the Catalan surrealist and photos, Planning your trip to Istanbul, Turkey - Sep 21, 2008 Los Angeles Times,Istanbul Modern Restaurant/Cafe, Istanbul Modern Sanat Muzesi (Istanbul Modern Art Museum), Meclis-i Mebusan Cad. Liman Sahasi, 4 Nolu Antrepo Salipazari, Turkcell to Launch iPhone 3G in Turkey Tomorrow, 26 September 2008 - Sep 25, 2008 MarketWatchISTANBUL, September 25, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Turkcell, the leading communication and technology company in Turkey, today announced that Istanbul and Athens among Europe’s 10 Most Populous Cities - Sep 24, 2008 Balkan Travellers,24 September 2008 | Istanbul is the most populous city in Europe, while the number of Athens’s inhabitants puts the city in seventh place, according to data Autumn 'Ideal Time to Visit Istanbul' - Sep 24, 2008 Holiday hypermarket,The second part of September and early October are "ideal" times to visit Istanbul, a travel commentator has said. Black Sea breezes refresh the city and "Istanbul-Berkeley" - Sep 23, 2008 San Francisco Bay Guardian,The 10th International Istanbul Biennial, which was curated by über-busy San Francisco Art Institute faculty member Hou Hanru in 2007, took a more caustic [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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