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MILLA JOVOVICH GETS JOVIAL IN VOGUE TURKEY’S MAY 2013 EDITION
Posted on May 15, 2013 | No CommentsMILLA JOVOVICH GETS JOVIAL IN VOGUE TURKEY’S MAY 2013 EDITION BY SEBASTIAN FAENA POSTED BY STAFF · MAY 14TH, 2013 · 2013, CARLYNE CERF DE DUDZEELE, EDITORIAL, MILLA JOVOVICH, SEBASTIAN FAENA,VOGUE TURKEY · Mad About Milla – Ageless actress... -
Katie Parla’s Istanbul
Posted on May 15, 2013 | No CommentsBy Parla Food Ltd View More By This Developer Open iTunes to buy and download apps. Description Getting to the heart of Istanbul’s rich and varied cuisine can be a... -
New Armenian newspaper to be launched in Istanbul
Posted on May 8, 2013 | No CommentsNew Armenian biweekly, Luys, will be launched in Istanbul, Turkish newspaper Taraf reports. Newspaper’s editor-in-chief Sahnur Kazanci told Taraf’s correspondent that the newspaper will cover the events that occur in... -
Debate over national drink reveals Turkey’s Muslim-secular split
Posted on April 29, 2013 | No CommentsDebate over national drink reveals Turkey’s Muslim-secular split By Jonathan Burch, Reuters ANKARA — If you are looking for one sure way to split public opinion in Turkey, just bring... -
Prime Minister Causes Stir Over Turkey’s Top Tipple
Posted on April 27, 2013 | No CommentsIs it Lion’s Milk or Cow’s Milk? That’s the question many Turks are asking after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made another foray into the nation’s drinking habits late on... -
Drawing On Istanbul
Posted on April 26, 2013 | No CommentsTHE COVERED FEAST: Drawing in the Grand Bazaar THE GRAND BAZAAR I’ll never forget the first time I saw it. I was with a bunch of other tourists, at a dead run,... -
Exhibition of Assyrian Photographs Before 1915 Opens in Istanbul
Posted on April 26, 2013 | No CommentsThe Syriac [Assyrian] community in Turkey is represented in a new exhibition titled “The Life of Ottoman Syriacs before 1915,” which represents their past experiences in Anatolia regarding the 1915... -
Turkey’s best kebab restaurants
Posted on April 25, 2013 | No CommentsBecause there are two types of meat in this world — Turkish kebabs and everything else By Talya Arditi, for CNN Put any kind of meat on a stick and... -
Göbekli Tepe, Turkey: a new wonder of the ancient world
Posted on April 24, 2013 | No CommentsGöbekli Tepe, a soon-to-be inundated archaeological site near the banks of the Euphrates, leaves Jeremy Seal awestruck. “Göbekli Tepe is generally reckoned the most exciting and historically significant archaeological dig... -
![April 23, 2013 By Andrew Harrod A Turkish court on April 15, 2013, convicted world-renowned pianist Fazil Say under Article 216(3) of the Turkish Penal Code. This article punishes “[a]nyone who openly denigrates the religious values of a...](http://www.turkishnews.com/en/content/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1366101926990.cached-115x115.jpg "Turkey Convicts World-Renowned Pianist for ‘Defaming’ Islam")
Turkey Convicts World-Renowned Pianist for ‘Defaming’ Islam
Posted on April 24, 2013 | No CommentsApril 23, 2013 By Andrew Harrod A Turkish court on April 15, 2013, convicted world-renowned pianist Fazil Say under Article 216(3) of the Turkish Penal Code. This article punishes “[a]nyone who openly denigrates the religious values of a... -
A Conservationist Effort at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul Brings Gardens Closer to their Ottoman Heritage
Posted on April 24, 2013 | No CommentsThe fabled Topkapi sarayi of the Ottomans in Istanbul, Turkey, is seeing a revivalist effort at landscaping its gardens and reconnecting with scents of the past… “Instead of bringing in roses from... -
Retweeting literature: How The London Book Fair was a Twitter success
Posted on April 24, 2013 | No Commentsby British Council Turkey As The London Book Fair, one of the biggest annual global publishing events, came to a close last week, Twitter turned out to be the greatest force... -
Belmont World Film presents the US premiere of “Istanbul, My Dream” on April 22
Posted on April 23, 2013 | No CommentsHungarian/Turkish co-production stars “The Vanishing” star Johanna ter Steege Belmont, Mass. — Belmont World Film 2013 series, “Found in Translation,” continues on Monday, April 22, at the Studio Cinema in... -
Istanbul’s Greeks Demand Citizenship Restoration
Posted on April 23, 2013 | No CommentsBy Nicky Mariam Onti on April 21, 2013 In Immigration, News, Turkey The Greek population of Istanbul, which was rather forced to leave Turkey because of the sociopolitical situation, is now asking for its citizenship rights’ restoration,... -
A Cast-Iron Church In Istanbul
Posted on April 23, 2013 | No Commentsby Sean McLachlan This church on the shoreline of Istanbul looks ornate yet pretty normal – that is until you go up and take a closer look. The Bulgarian St. Stephen Church isn’t... -
theartsdesk in Istanbul: City on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown?
Posted on April 22, 2013 | No CommentsThe arts and the economy might be prospering, but critics fear old Istanbul is turning into a new Dubai by Sheila JohnstonSunday, 21 April 2013 Late on a spring Friday... -
Postcard: Istanbul
Posted on April 22, 2013 | No CommentsThe Istanbul Film Festival team and celebrity guests joined a protest against the demolition of the Emek movie theatre. Photo: Maria Giovanna Vagenas Stretching along both sides of the Bosphorus,... -
Turkey’s New Taboo
Posted on April 22, 2013 | No CommentsNo doubt that the decision of a Turkish court passing a 10-month suspended prison term on world famous Turkish pianist Fazil Say for “insulting religion and as such committing an act conducive... -
Turkish literature to look out for
Posted on April 17, 2013 | No CommentsBy Sameer Rahim Visitors to Istanbul usually stay close to the old town, where Byzantine relics vie with Ottoman splendour. They walk in the footsteps of European travel writers from... -
Turkey’s historic Emek theatre facing final curtain
Posted on April 16, 2013 | No CommentsCampaigners stage protest at plans to demolish historic venue to make way for a shopping and entertainment complex Constanze Letsch Istanbul guardian.co.uk, Monday 15 April 2013 21.00 BST A woman...
