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June 8, 2015 •
Balkans 2015, Online Content, Reporting Trips •
Views: 3555
By Dianne Kaiyoorawongs “Do you think I am supposed to drink the stuff at the bottom? Maybe it’s sugar,” I asked Olivia, sitting next to me, as I swirled a mass of muddy coffee grounds in the bottom of my espresso cup. I had...
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December 23, 2013 •
Features, Print, South Africa •
Views: 1827
By Emma Banchoff On my first Friday night in Istanbul, shouting and chanting drew me outside my apartment and into the street. At 1:30 am, masses of young men and women waved Turkish flags, and I listened as their anti-government slogans...
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July 10, 2013 •
Online Content, Summer 2013 Blog, Summer Blogs •
Views: 1695
BY FIONA LOWENSTEIN At the bottom of Galata Tower, a medieval stone landmark built in Istanbul by the Genoese in 1348, young Istanbullus sit and drink beers late into the night. Chatter from nearby outdoor restaurants floats through the...
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October 5, 2011 •
Reporting Trips, Theme, Turkey •
Views: 2591
A Look into the Decline of “Traditional” Turkish Carpets
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October 5, 2011 •
Theme, Turkey •
Views: 1789
Recent reforms ended the longtime ban on the Kurdish language in Turkey. But some Kurds continue the struggle to gain full language rights....
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October 5, 2011 •
Theme, Turkey •
Views: 1822
Faced with a melancholy music industry, Turkish rock band Multitap wants to give Turkish youth the sound of choice.
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October 5, 2011 •
Theme, Turkey •
Views: 1788
Worsening environmental conditions in the Bosphorus Strait redefine the struggles of small fishermen.
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October 5, 2011 •
Theme, Turkey •
Views: 1579
A Turkish political youth group reacts to the conservative AK Parti majority....
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June 7, 2011 •
Reporting Trips •
Views: 1653
by Mariana de Lanzas Goded A new wave of pride and optimism is spreading through Turkey: it’s called 2023. It’s a plan endorsed by Prime Minister Erdogan and his ruling party, the AKP, consisting of a variety of projects to be...
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May 30, 2011 •
Reporting Trips •
Views: 1187
by Eli Markham During our second to last morning in Istanbul, a number of Globalist reporters met with David Judson, a columnist for Hurriyet, Turkey’s largest English-language daily. A self-described “heretic among the Christians,”...
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