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Galata Tower turns pink for breast cancer

Istanbul to get a long weekend as design hub

ISTANBUL - The Design Weekend, organized for the first time in Istanbul, kicks off today. Although the promotion and advertising for the event have been weak, participants are excited to display their pieces. The festival includes architecture and design offices, restaurants, shops and markets.

Teacher of expat teens ’lands’ en NASA institute

ISTANBUL - A historian and social anthropologist by training who has spent a quarter of her life as an expat, Sema Alpayta is this year's only Turkish participant in NASA's Aerospace Institute taking place later this month. She hopes to use her experience to help enrich the lives of the expatriate teenagers she teaches in Istanbul as well as the community.

New concepts lift Arab music of old

ISTANBUL - A group of Turkish classical virtuosos and dervishes take the sounds of Anatolia and Sufism to Lille this week in a unique performance under the auspices of Zither master and French-Swiss native Julien Jalal Eddine Weiss

Heart of Istanbul: Beyoğlu

ISTANBUL - From hunting lodges to five-star hotels, Beyoğlu has changed over the centuries into Istanbul’s most exciting district. While it reflects the modern face of the country, it is also home to many of old traditions that are kept alive despite the onslaught of modernization. One needs to get lost in Beyoğlu to truly learn the district

The history in Crystal Museum

ISTANBUL - Istanbul’s historic structures are on display in 3-D at the Istanbul Crystals Museum. The museum is the world’s first and only crystal museum and displays 3-D versions of 16 historic structures located in Istanbul.

Make love a legend at the Maiden’s Tower

ISTANBUL - Maiden’s Tower, home to the legendary love of Hero and Leander, is ready to host couples who claim that their love is legendary, too. Maiden’s Tower has special preparations for Valentine’s Day; including a delicious Love Menu, a glorious Bosphorus view and romantic songs from Sibel Bilgiç. Also, one lucky couple will win a surprise gift from Adil Jewelry.

Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş aiming for another term

ISTANBUL - Local elections are coming up next month and most people believe that the present metropolitan mayor, Dr. Kadir Topbaş, will handily be reelected for another five-year term.

Turkish brewer looks for success in Germany

LUENEN, Germany - There are some 2.7 million ethnic Turks in Germany. While many of the older generation came from rural Turkey and do not drink, the largely well-integrated Turkish youth in Germany is an untapped market, says Bünyamin Türksoy

Istanbul on show in Spain

ISTANBUL - Istanbul is making a front-page appearance on the February cover of the world-renowned magazine "Conde Nast Traveller."

City watched with cams on minarets

ISTANBUL - After many incidents such as fires and robbery took place in various mosques around the city, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has decided to install security cameras for 24-hour surveillance and protection.

Eating & drinking in monastery’s shadow

ISTANBUL - Lying on the east side of the magnificent Byzantine Church of the Pantocrator, Zeyrekhane Restaurant forms a green oasis in a busy city. The restaurant is in a building of pink stone walls and distinguished by large arched windows

Pulling wool over dyes

ISTANBUL - This weekend in Galata, Dr. Harald and Renate Bohmer are hosting a show of natural-dye carpet weaving, a practice they have steered out of extinction and into the world market, creating Turkey’s first women’s cooperatives in the process.

Historical Galata hosts four-day fashion festival

The second annual Galata Moda Festival begins today in the Galata district of Istanbul. The festival was organized by the Fashion Designers Association and the Municipality of Beyoğlu.

Mutluluğa yelken açan resimler

Kosova doğumlu Gültekin Serbest, 3 Mart Çarşamba günü Medya Sanat’ta (Üsküp Çaddesi/Çankaya) açılacak ve “Yelken açtım mutluluğa” adını verdiği sergisiyle, kendisi gibi izleyiciyi de mutluluğa yelken açmaya davet ediyor.

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Mavi ışıklar "otizm" için yakıldı

Otizme dikkati çekmek amacıyla 15 Temmuz Şehitler Köprüsü, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Köprüsü ve Galata Kulesi gibi İstanbul'un birçok simge yapısı, mavi ışıkla aydınlatıldı.

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EST1923 “İstanbul’un Kokuları” Serisiyle Hayat Buluyor!

Eyüp Sabri Tuncer’in, İstanbul’un tarih kokan simgelerinden ilham alarak tasarladığı yeni kolonya serisi “İstanbul Kokuları”, unutulmaz İstanbul anılarını her an hissetmek isteyenlere eşsiz bir ferahlık sunuyor.

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Konutta Sonbahar Rüzgarı

Tasarımcılar buluşuyor

İstanbul’un en eski uluslararası tasarım etkinliği İstanbul Design Week, kapılarını bir kez daha açtı.

Aslında yükseklik korkum var

Moda fotoğrafçılığı yaparken, ‘Nefes: Vatan Sağolsun’un yönetmeninin ricasıyla kendini 2365 metre yükseklikteki Zeus Dağı’nda buldu. Bir buçuk yıllık çekimler, hem kendini hem mesleğini sorgulamasına neden oldu. Döndüğünde artık güzel kadın değil, karakter arıyordu. İşe İstanbul’un karakteriyle başladı. Çatılara çıktı. ‘Çatılardan İstanbul’ ile 15 yaşında geldiği ve kendini bulduğu İstanbul’a vefa borcunu ödediğini söyleyen Şenol Altun, arşivcilere de bir İstanbul belgesi sunuyor.