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Turkish police tear-gas protest...
İstanbul :: Turkey | 17 days ago
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Turkish police tear-gas protesters Thursday, 02 May 2013 Turkish riot police use tear gas against protesters during the May Day rally in Istanbul, yesterday. Turkish riot police in Istanbul fired water cannons and teargas yesterday to disperse tens
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May Day rallies and strikes: LIVE UPDATES
İstanbul :: Turkey | 18 days ago
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Seventy thousand people are already taking part in the May Day rally in central Moscow, according to police. This means the organizers have already exceeded the number of agreed participants by 10,000 people. GMT: Public transport has been suspended
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Check In : Hotel Review: Georges Hotel Galata in Istanbul
İstanbul :: Turkey | 1 month ago
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April 2, 2013 Rates Georges Hotel Galata A deluxe room...Doubles start at 186 euros (about $230 at $1.24 to the euro). Basics The Georges Hotel Galata may be in Istanbul, but its sensibility lies farther west, from its croissants to its Champagne bar
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Three chapels and a mansion
Auckland :: New Zealand | 7 months ago
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S Hengshan Road in the former French Concession is a romantic strip. Lined with plane trees imported from France in the early 1900s, its newest five-star addition is Twelve at Hengshan. The five-storey building in the low-rise heritage district is
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Islands' appeal threatened by rapid rise in visitors
İstanbul :: Turkey | 11 months ago
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The seats shake, water thunders out from under the stern and the ferry eases out of its holding to back into the Marmara Sea. It's early on a Friday morning and the hundreds of chattering day trippers lining the ferry's railings are heading out to
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Pious Turks Push for Labor Justice
İstanbul :: Turkey | 1 year ago
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For the Turkish youths who set out to change the world last week, May Day began with prayers. Associated Press Protestors held a sign that read, "You cannot believe in God and money at the same time." Thousands gathered in Taksim Square for a May Day
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Turkish Police Brace For Huge May Day Rally On 35th Anniversary of Taksim Massacre
İstanbul :: Turkey | 1 year ago
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Turkish police and government are bracing for massive May Day rallies on Tuesday, with an expected contingent of 14,000 police officers to be deployed in Istanbul to ensure security. The Mayor of Istanbul Huseyin Avni Mutlu told reporters: The
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Genocide Commemorated in Turkey
İstanbul :: Turkey | 1 year ago
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Taksim Square Tuesday to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, reported Today's Zaman. A sit-down gathering organized by the Say No to Racism and Nationalism initiative in Taksim Square was attended by a group of public figures,
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Turkey: A Monster-sized Dessert Strikes the Heart of Istanbul
İstanbul :: Turkey | 1 year ago
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A popular dessert made with different variations across the Middle East, kunefe's Turkish version thin strands of shredded dough encasing a layer of soft cheese, baked and drenched in sugar syrup reaches its greatest culinary heights in Hatay, a
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Istanbul sees history razed in the name of regeneration
İstanbul :: Turkey | 1 year ago
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The Zorlu business centre, scheduled to open in 2013, is just one of many massive construction projects in Istanbul, Turkey. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty A few hundred metres from the bustling Taksim Square in Istanbul, the sound of jackhammers
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