Istanbul
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
istanbul, cities, communism, berlin wall, tourism, history, anniversary
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
istanbul, visa, education, bands, joy division, concert, myspace
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
istanbul, literature, economical crisis, reading, history, culture, turkey
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
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
istanbul, greece, blog review, france, western eu, blogs, central and eastern europe
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
istanbul, odense, love, european union, integration, denmark, immigration
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
istanbul, students, employment, testimony, germany, society, turkey
Turkey through German eyes
The first world forum for the Alliance of Civilizations, launched also by the moderate islamist Turkish PN Erdogan, promotes mutual understanding between different cultures
istanbul, sociology, headscarf, islamophobia, recep tayyip erdogan, tolerance, identity
God bless our babelblogs
From Prishtina to Kiev with our new reporters project, via Istanbul and the US along the comic soundtrack of Europe - by Groucho Marx and Tim Burton
istanbul, balkans, eurotik, travel, united states, journalism, southern eu
Hrant Dink: Turkey remembers
The murder of Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist of Armenian descent and advocate of EU membership, has stirred emotions in Turkey
istanbul, democratisation, caucasus, armenia, europe, turkey
‘Santral Istanbul’, factory art
In the run-up to becoming European cultural capital in 2010, Istanbul reveals its artistic talents
istanbul, art market, culture, european capitals of culture, multiculturalism, society
