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TESTIMONY istanbul : Turkey through German eyes

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

by Katja Heise @ // 14/01/08

istanbul, islamophobia, sociology, religion, identity, germany, headscarf

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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

by Natalia Sosin @ // 29/11/07

istanbul, journalism, southern eu, central and eastern europe, travel, united states, blogs

PICTURES istanbul : Hrant Dink: Turkey remembers

Hrant Dink: Turkey remembers

The murder of Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist of Armenian descent and advocate of EU membership, has stirred emotions in Turkey

by mariella esvant // 30/01/07

istanbul, democratisation, caucasus, europe, hrant dink, armenia, turkey

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‘Santral Istanbul’, factory art

In the run-up to becoming European cultural capital in 2010, Istanbul reveals its artistic talents

by mariella esvant // 08/11/06

istanbul, multiculturalism, culture, art market, european capitals of culture, society

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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 ...

Georgios by Georgios on athens

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