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Byzantine
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 Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 4:06 pm Post subject: Newsweek article on Istanbul |
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Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere. Newsweek's current issue has a long article about Istanbul. This link should work. If not, you can find it by going to MSNBC and digging through their Newsweek links.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9024840/site/newsweek/ |
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whynotme
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| And then there are the clubs�Mojo, say, or Babylon�where the young and beautiful rise spontaneously from their tables to link arms and perform a complicated Black Sea line dance, the horon |
really? "horon dancing" Mojo and Babylon.... things have changed alot i think. |
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Byzantine
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Heh, yeah, I wondered about that, too. |
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dmb
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| "So many people have crossed Istanbul and left their culture here." |
Like EFL teachers?  |
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FGT
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| The first paragraph put me off - since when was a "saz" a type of flute? |
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FGT
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| Got a bit further. Isn't the correct plural of "metropolis" "metropoles"? |
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dmb
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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I like the message the writers are trying to put across. But I wonder how long they spent in Istanbul.
(Actually it reminds me of the recent bomb in Kusadasi, and Johhny Dymond(BBC) couldnt even pronounce it when reporting it. How long has he been here?) |
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molly farquharson
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:20 am Post subject: |
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| hey i knew it was a cool place. about time the rest of the world discovered it, though there are plusses and minusses to that |
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:20 am Post subject: Re: Newsweek article on Istanbul |
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| Byzantine wrote: |
Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere. Newsweek's current issue has a long article about Istanbul. This link should work. If not, you can find it by going to MSNBC and digging through their Newsweek links.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9024840/site/newsweek/ |
I'm very dissapointed that there was no mention of my goodself. 
Seriously though, Istanbul is going to be a very important city in the future. Buy property now, before the prices rocket. |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:00 am Post subject: |
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| Turkey teflers have no money to invest. |
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molly farquharson
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:53 am Post subject: |
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| i thought it was still not possible for us foreigners to buy property here these days. has that changed again? I did buy a place but i want to sell it and buy THE one. |
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:24 am Post subject: |
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| 31 wrote: |
| Turkey teflers have no money to invest. |
sorry. |
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dmb
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:42 am Post subject: |
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| I'm very dissapointed that there was no mention of my goodself. |
Have you sent an email of complaint yet to Newsweek pointing out their lack of research in how influential you are in turning Istanbul into the new Berlin. You'd think the writers would have known you have been on the telly and everything. |
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Byzantine
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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If teachers in Istanbul suddenly found themselves raking in the cash, where would one buy?
A cool apartment in Beyoglu?
Something more toward Etiler?
Some beat up wreck closer to Sultanahmet?
(Hey, it's fun to think about. Heck, for me, it's fun thinking about being back in Istanbul) |
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dmb
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Dolmabache Palace. |
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