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Istanbul: A straining metropolis dreams big
İstanbul :: Turkey | 1 year ago
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On a moonlit night in the backstreets of Beyoglu, one of Istanbul's oldest districts, the worn facades and sharp-angled shadows recall the mournful character of the city that Nobel-prize winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk described in a memoir.
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Avrasya Tunnel Project might trigger problems in İstanbul
İstanbul :: Turkey | over 1 year ago
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World Heritage List, and trigger disorderly construction in the peninsula's neighborhoods. Istanbul's first tunnel project under the Bosporus, better known as the Marmaray railway tunnel project, was launched in 2004 and is scheduled to open on Oct.
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Archaeology: Black Sea's ancient coast found - report
İstanbul :: Turkey | almost 2 years ago
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The team, led by Professor Petko Dimitrov of the Institute of Oceanology in Varna, which is part of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), returned from an expedition aboard the research vessel Akademik, saying that they have found the ancient
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Turkish police helicopter crashes in Bosporus Strait, 4 missing
İstanbul :: Turkey | 2 years ago
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State media say a Turkish police helicopter has crashed into the waters of the Bosporus Strait, leaving four people missing. The state-run Anatolia news agency says five people were aboard the helicopter that went down Friday off the coast of Beykoz
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Turkey signals it may reconsider Bosporus fees
Ankara :: Turkey | 2 years ago
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Turkey (AP) — Turkey is studying ways to make it more attractive for commercial ships to travel through a proposed canal that would be built in the next decade as an alternative to the heavily congested Bosporus Strait.
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Turkey signals that discounted transit fees for ships Bosporus passage may be reconsidered
İstanbul :: Turkey | 2 years ago
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Turkey is studying ways to make it more attractive for commercial ships to transit through a proposed canal that would be built in the next decade as an alternative to the heavily congested Bosporus Strait. Transportation Minister Mehmet Habib Soluk
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İstanbul’s second tube tunnel to open in 3.5 years
İzmir :: Turkey | 2 years ago
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Istanbul's second tube tunnel to open in 3.5 years Prime Minister Erdogan is seen in the Marmaray tube tunnel. He said construction for the Avrasya Project is expected to be completed in 3.5 years. Istanbul's second tube tunnel project under the
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Heavy storms hit Turkey, Bosporus closed
İstanbul :: Turkey | over 3 years ago
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Heavy snowfall in the north has blocked road access to more than 550 villages, while temperatures have plummeted to -15 Centigrade. Municipality workers have been striving to keep the roads open despite the continuing snowfall, which is expected to
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