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INTERVIEW istanbul : Recep Tayyip Erdogan, three-time Turkish prime minister in 2011

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, three-time Turkish prime minister in 2011

A faltering EU bid, separatist threats from the Kurdish minority and rumours of a presidential strategy. Ahmet Insel, a political scientist, liberal economist, editor of Orhan Pamuk and professor at Paris and Istanbul, spoke to cafebabel.com before the 12 June elections in Turkey

by Nicola Accardo @ // 14/12/11

istanbul, politics, orient express, recep tayyip erdogan, orhan pamuk, turkey

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Image : Pop synth traditional Istanbul (12 images)

Pop synth traditional Istanbul (12 images)

Religious fever in Istanbul: between football and Armenians

Religious fever in Istanbul: between football and Armenians

It's cold at the end of April in Istanbul, but these are days of celebration, and its not just to do with the strong national pride for football. The 23rd celebrates the modern republic's first national assembly and is dedicated to children, the future of the country. The 24th is easter for the catholics, protestants and orthodox, but also for the Turkish Armenians (and Turks) who silently protest for the 'genocide' that took place on the same day of their intellectuals during the ottoman era in 1915. These are also days of protest, between the Kurdish minority and the students who fight for their respective rights. Tourists invade the city which was once Constantinople, a paradise for young people and an eldorado for those who 'came back' from their immigration to Europe. Read the articles from our French-Italian-Serbian-Albanian team who report from Turkey in the framework of our special edition, Orient Express Reporter

INTERVIEW istanbul : Istanbul 'sex bus': student beaten for defending couple speaks

Istanbul 'sex bus': student beaten for defending couple speaks

On 17 April a young Turkish couple were asked to leave a city bus because the driver considered their kissing and hand-holding as too obscene. Events worsened: whilst arguing with the driver at the stop in Taksim Square stop in the couple's defence, fellow passenger and politics student Gökçe Koç, 28, was assaulted by a stranger getting on the bus. We meet via facebook where Koç started a protest group, Seks Otobüsü (‘Sex Bus Number…’): 34 TN 1992 25T

by Aleksandra Sygiel @ // 17/05/11

istanbul, best of cafebabel.com, mustafa kemal atatürk, taksim, sex, interview, iran islamic republic of

INTERVIEW istanbul : Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I: ‘Young people in Europe feel unsafe’

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I: ‘Young people in Europe feel unsafe’

He speaks seven languages, he’s down with the green cause and he’s the leader of the global orthodox movement which in Europe exists in the east, north and the Mediterranean, but he resides in Istanbul. Interview with the spiritual leader of 300 million worldwide. cafebabel.com in Athens and Istanbul meet the man

by Ozcan Tikit @ , Georgios Kokkolis @ , Angelina @ // 22/11/10

istanbul, athens, brunch, atheism, youth, interview, pope benedict xvi

INVESTIGATION istanbul : Getting to grips with Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul and Europe

Getting to grips with Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul and Europe

The history of Anatolia is as old as the earth itself. The last ones to arrive (from Central Asia) were the Turks, who are heading slowly towards membership of the EU. However, didn’t its territory belong to the other ancient and almost forgotten European Union? We revise a strong heritage from books and the streets of Istanbul

by Argemino Barro @ // 17/11/10

istanbul, history, byzantine empire, culture, politics, european union, turkey

REPORT istanbul : Modern myths: politically divided university canteens in Istanbul

Modern myths: politically divided university canteens in Istanbul

September 2010. Students are purported to be so politicised that even their school canteen is split into liberal and conservative factions. Two journalists from Lithuania and France investigate an erasmus myth which seems to have disappeared thanks to a new 'apolitical' generation

by Daiva Repečkaitė @ , Emmanuel Haddad @ // 16/11/10

istanbul, socialism, association, fun, youth, militantisme, politics

istanbul : German erasmus student on life in Istanbul

German erasmus student on life in Istanbul

Who speaks English? Why don't men look me in the eye? Why do people still wear headscarves? A score of questions hit the European newcomer studying in the Turkish city

by Katja Heise @ // 18/10/10

istanbul, university, party, mustafa kemal atatürk, religion and democracy, erasmus, students

INTERVIEW istanbul : Lech Garlicki on judging Europe’s religious fabric

Lech Garlicki on judging Europe’s religious fabric

The Polish jurist, who has been a judge at the European court of human rights since 2002, on religious symbols in schools, the burka, security and the status of women

by ester arauzo @ // 15/06/10

istanbul, italy, discrimination, poland, human rights, religion and democracy, burqa

REVIEW istanbul : European bloggers describe their Berlin walls

European bloggers describe their Berlin walls

Monday is 9 November, the day when the Berlin wall was brought down. To reflect on this iconic modern historical event for the eurogeneration, citizen journalists from five cafebabel.com local teams - Sofia, Budapest, Turin, Strasbourg and Istanbul - simultaneously blogged one day about the walls they see in their cities

by Nabeelah Shabbir @ // 06/11/09

istanbul, communism, tourism, history, anniversary, event, opinion

FEATURE istanbul : Music duo Kim Ki O: ‘the danger of being Turkish’ for Europe

Music duo Kim Ki O: ‘the danger of being Turkish’ for Europe

The Swedish pop elite love them, but EU bureaucracy is preventing Ekin Sanac and Berna Göl from breaking Europe. In Istanbul, music is an unstable bridge between east and west. Part two of a special feature

by cafebabel.com // 08/09/09

istanbul, visa, education, bands, joy division, brussels, kim ki o

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Image : Homo Urbanus Europeanus: man vs. urban European city (26 images)

Homo Urbanus Europeanus: man vs. urban European city (26 images)

INTERVIEW istanbul : Selçuk Altun: 'Being in a crisis or recovering from one is part of normal life in Turkey'

Selçuk Altun: 'Being in a crisis or recovering from one is part of normal life in Turkey'

Planning to visit Istanbul when the city will be Europe’s Capital of Culture in 2010? The Turkish writer, columnist and Chelsea supporter’s latest book ‘Many and Many a Year Ago’ is published in English this month, and is an enjoyable way to prepare for a visit

by Nicholas Newman @ // 21/08/09

istanbul, economical crisis, reading, history, culture, literature, turkey

TESTIMONY istanbul : Istanbul's Yeditepe, Halic universities: erasmus stick together on campus

Istanbul's Yeditepe, Halic universities: erasmus stick together on campus

Students on an erasmus university exchange in Istanbul can either get involved in the city's pulsing and extremely political life or abandon themselves to binge drinking with other erasmus students on the isolated campus. Part two of an erasmus experience retold

by Harika Dauth @ // 29/07/09

istanbul, travel, erasmus, testimony, society, turkey

ANALYSIS istanbul : Mika Waltari: from Helsinki to Istanbul

Mika Waltari: from Helsinki to Istanbul

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. For the integration train, Turkey may be only a stop along the way, but a necessary one. Imaginary journey via Berlin

by Antton Rönnholm @ // 24/09/08

istanbul, literature, dialogue, mika waltari, finland, nouveaux pays membres, integration

REVIEW istanbul : Babelblogs: Macedonia, cloning and praying in Berlin

Babelblogs: Macedonia, cloning and praying in Berlin

Europe is often seen as boring and bureaucratic - not the case with cafebabel.com’s community blogs. European debate is in full swing, bloggers are up in arms and words are flying

by jean-sébastien lefebvre // 28/03/08

istanbul, religion, greece, blogs, blog review, central and eastern europe, france

PORTRAIT

Turkish love story on Danish shores

With 3.8 million Turkish immigrants in the EU, we head to Denmark with the seventh largest Turkish population in Europe. Aydin Ozturk, 50, settled in Odense with a Danish partner and found his place in society

by duygu korhan // 28/02/08

istanbul, european union, identity, odense, europe, love, denmark

PORTRAIT

Turkey-Germany: springboard into jobs abroad

More and more young jobseekers are attracted to careers abroad due of either a lack of jobs in their own country or a desire to widen their personal horizons

by ann-christin doms // 19/02/08

istanbul, testimony, students, employment, germany, society, turkey

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Remember, remember the 6 of September..

It was characterised as the ''Second St. Bartholomew's night'' because of the wrath of the masses and the total destruction. After that night nothing was the same for the Greeks of Istanbul, the ''Constantinopolites''.. 55 years after the ''September events'', Cafebabel Greece remembers and calls the whole of Europe ...

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Turkey and the EU: “In varietate concordia”

The opposition to Turkey’s EU membership is often based on the country’s vast population, their wrongly publicized religion, their unconsolidated economy, their uncertain politics, their critical geographical location and their stereotyped culture. I argue that those, with few exceptions, must be seen as dynamic, thus prone to inevitable ...

Fabio Pereira by Fabio Pereira on bdev