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Postcard from Istanbul: Prayer and silence at Eyup Sultan Mosque
Heba Helmy 09 Aug 2012
It was Friday prayer time. The resonant, melodious sound of azan, the call to prayer, overwhelmed the vast marble plaza...
Aya Sofia Water Fountain.
Blast near Turkey's ruling party headquarters injures 10
Reuters 01 Mar 2012
ISTANBUL — A remote control bomb wounded 10 police officers near the Istanbul headquarters of Turkey's ruling...
Pakistani Islamists shout slogans during a protest in Karachi on May 19, 2010, against the published caricatures of prophet Mohammed on Facebook. Pakistan temporarily blocked access to Facebook on a court order over a competition encouraging users to post caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed on the social networking site. The
Islamic social networking site to launch in Istanbul
Mohamed Mustafa 14 Nov 2011
A new Islamic social networking website is set to launch in Istanbul, Turkey. It is funded by prominent Muslim...
Passengers disembark from the hijacked Kartepe ferry in the Marmara sea in the western Silivri district of Istanbul, November 12, 2011. A Kurdish rebel, who hijacked the Turkish ferry with 24 people aboard on November 11, was killed early on Noovember 12 and all his hostages brought to safety after an ordeal of more than 12 hours. Istanbul Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu said the hijacker, about 30 years old, was "a member of the terrorist organization", referring to the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Turkish commandos shoot dead lone ferry hijacker
Reuters 12 Nov 2011
Turkish commandos killed a lone hijacker, believed to be a Kurdish militant, in a pre-dawn operation on Saturday to...
In "Becoming Istanbul: The making of Beyoglu," SALT presents its video archive relating to the making of modern Beyoglu. To the right of the viewing room, visitors navigate a room full of hanging vertical banners, each crammed with phrases like "Hazard is an everyday practice" and "Incoherence and Istanbul share the same initial." 
'Becoming Istanbul' art exhibit: On the making of Beyoglu
Jenna Krajeski 22 Sep 2011
ISTANBUL - Istanbul's SALT Art Institute has, according to a recent interview with Research and Programs Director...
A lady walking through a mosque in a bustling area of Istanbul, August 11, 2010. At night, everything changes as Istanbul’s neighborhoods fill with Turkey’s pious. Splashing parched tongues with frozen mineral water or grazing on violently purple cotton candy and McDonald’s takeaways, religious locals and visiting Arab and Iranian tourists alike relax in the shadow of the Blue Mosque and at crowd-pleasing performances organized by Istanbul municipality. Demotix / Iason Athanasiadis.
Ramadan in Turkey: Where relaxed fasting rules meet religiosity and tradition
Hugo Massa 20 Aug 2011
  Throughout these last two weeks of Ramadan, the travel section will look at Ramadan in a number of countries...
Rainy streets of Istanbul
Postcard from Turkey: The rainy streets of Istanbul
Ahmed Ramadan 16 Jan 2011
In junior high school, I learned the historical value of Constantinya (Constantinople), the city now known as Istanbul...
The Blue Mosque.
Istanbul Getaway: Visiting the City of Light and Rain
Ahmed Ramadan 01 Apr 2010
When I went to Istanbul for the first time I was eight years old. I vaguely remember black rock-paved streets, huge...
IStanbul8
01 Apr 2010
Goodbye Istanbul.
IStanbul8
01 Apr 2010