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A report says Istanbul among Europe’s ‘Big Four’ megacities… Istanbul news roundup…

Istanbul among Europe’s ‘Big Four’ megacities: report

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ANKARA – Istanbul now sits firmly among Europe’s “Big Four” megacities alongside London, Moscow and Paris, according to an international .

Orhan Pamuk and Elif Shafak: Istanbul, city of dreams and nightmares

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Elif Shafak

As his Museum of Innocence comes to Britain, the Nobel prizewinner takes his fellow author Elif Shafak on a tour of his cabinet of curiosities. They talk about what Istanbul means to them – and the collective amnesia of a country where writers can be jailed for a tweet

Istanbul Atatürk, Sabiha Gökçen among Europe’s top airports: Association

According to statistics released by ACI Europe, Istanbul’s Atatürk has become the third busiest airport of Europe in 2015 with a 9.1 percent increase of passengers, bringing its total to nearly 62 million visitors

Turkish films from !f İstanbul to make online splash at Festival Scope

Today’s Zaman

The Turkish documentary “#resistayol” is among films that will be streamed on Festival Scope as part of the 15th !f İstanbul International Independent .

‘Altered States’ of !f İstanbul Independent Film Festival

Bianet :: English

The new section “Altered States” introduced exclusively for this year on !f İstanbul Independent Film Festival includes also the production “Tekerleme (Tongue Twister)” which has focussed on the post 80s Turkey but has fallen off the map after being displayed on Berlinale Film Festival.

Trendy İstanbul neighborhood mobilizes to stand against urban renewal

Today’s Zaman

Locals of İstanbul’s fashionable Cihangir neighborhood are mobilizing to ameliorate their community’s living space, and keep Housing Development

Chamber music festival to begin soon in Istanbul

Istanbul’s only chamber music festival, the 5th International Opus Amadeus Chamber Music Festival, will be held between Feb. 11 and March 2, featuring selected works of baroque, classical, romantic and modern music

Narmanlı Inn Restoration Protest

Bianet :: English

Beyoğlu City Defense members have protested against Preservation Board No.2 approving restoration project of Narmanlı Inn.

Report: 5-story building collapses in Istanbul

Fox News

ISTANBUL – A private news agency says a five-story building has collapsed in the Turkish city of Istanbul and a number of people are believed to be …

Five-storey building reduced to rubble as it collapses in Istanbul shopping district –National Post

5-storey building collapses in Istanbul – News24

Report: 5-story building collapses in Istanbul – San Mateo Daily Journal

Istanbul ranks ninth in world’s top destinations list

Istanbul took ninth place, and Antalya was ranked 11th in Euromonitor’s “Top 100 City Destinations” list, a report which monitors the number of international tourist arrivals has said

Inception-Like Digital Manipulations of Istanbul Landscapes

Fubiz

Inception-Like Digital Manipulations of Istanbul… Il y a 13 heures • 31. Cold Weather Phenomenon Displaying Beautiful Light Pillars in the Sk

Soundscapes of İstanbul explored at ANAMED exhibition

Today‘s Zaman

An exhibition that opened in January at Koç University’s Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) in İstanbul not only offers its visitors a

Rendezvous with Zeki Demirkubuz at Istanbul Modern

The Istanbul Modern Cinema is continuing its Rendezvous with Directors series of meetings with prominent and critically acclaimed Turkish directors, welcoming Zeki Demirkubuz as its third guest

Somerset House Press Release | The Museum of Innocence

Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M

Innocence of Memories opens in select UK cinemas on 29 January by Soda Pictures. Orhan Pamuk’s novel The Museum of Innocence is published by Faber & Faber.

Article | Nationalism Meets the Sex Trade: İstanbul’s District of Beyoğlu/Pera

Mavi Boncuk

Nationalism Meets the Sex Trade: İstanbul’s District of Beyoğlu/Pera During the Early Twentieth Century by İrvin Cemil Schick [1]

Paper presented at the Amherst and Hampshire Colleges Workshop on “Crossing Borders: ‘Unusual’ Negotiations over the Secular, Public, and Private” Amherst College, 16–18 February 2009

Mavi Boncuk |

Istanbul Street Cats Take Over Historic Mosque

Newsweek

Istanbul Cats Middle East. Efe pictured at his mosque in a photograph published to his Facebook page on January 15, 2016. Mustafa Efe.

Why We Keep Coming Back to Istanbul

Saveur

I’m pretty sure it was a cucumber, a crunchy Çengelköy cucumber, that hooked me onIstanbul. That cuke—allied with a briny slab of feta-like beyaz

Hagia Sophia still Istanbul’s top tourist attraction

Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Museum remained Turkey’s most visited tourist attraction last year, according to data released by the Culture and Tourism Ministry

Japanese Film Festival returns to Istanbul

The 12th edition of the Istanbul Japanese Film Festival will take place from Feb. 4 to Feb. 13, in association with the Japanese General Consulate of Istanbul, the Japan Foundation and Akbanksanat

Photographer presents Istanbul’s streets, bazaars in curves with ‘Flatland’