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    • 36 Ratings
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    Be Jeweled

    JANUARY 18, 2012 4:38AM

    By Algis Kemezys


    Topics: for+sale, business, feminism, personality, fish, turkey, bitez, travel, fashion, design, animals, bodrum, photography, istanbul, turkey, bitez, jewelry, büsra velioglu

    • 0 Ratings
    • 309 Views
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    Exploits of a geriatric in China

    SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 3:11AM

    By Muhammad Zafrullah


    Topics: geriatric, china, beijing, chengdu, rigors, kidney, transplant, sichuan, hospital, yuan, summer palace, forbidden city, great wall, tea, shopkeepers, covered market, istanbul, shikarpur

    • 0 Ratings
    • 64 Views
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    A run-in with a shoeshine boy in Istanbul, Turkey

    SEPTEMBER 8, 2011 10:30AM

    By Matt Krause


    Topics: travel, middle east, istanbul, turkey

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1712 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Istanbul: Or How I Fell Under a Novel's Spell

    JUNE 28, 2011 6:50AM

    By Martha Nichols


    Topics: istanbul, the museum of innocence, orhan pamuk

    • 0 Ratings
    • 977 Views
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    The Hagia Sophia, Where Christianity and Islam Butt Heads

    APRIL 18, 2011 1:23AM

    By Barbara Falconer Newhall


    Topics: istanbul, pagan, hagia sophia, religious oppression, islam, christianity

    • Editor's Pick
    • 83 Ratings
    • 1602 Views
    • 92 Comments
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    A Stranger in a Familiar Land

    MARCH 18, 2011 12:02AM

    By FusunA


    Topics: young love, istanbul, open call, memoir, bosphorus, spring cleaning

    • 47 Ratings
    • 906 Views
    • 51 Comments
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    SUSPENDED

    DECEMBER 23, 2010 10:42AM

    By FusunA


    Topics: snow snow and more snow, thoughts of a snowy morning, loneliness, christmas, diyarbakir, istanbul, nostalgia, memories, open call, family, tradition, a different culture, missing roots

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    • 57 Ratings
    • 2723 Views
    • 82 Comments
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    Cats à la Moda

    SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 3:49AM

    By Algis Kemezys


    Topics: asia, europe, turkey, istanbul, awe, animals, travel, photography, cats, felines

    • 3 Ratings
    • 509 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    The BACHELORETTE. A Valentine to a Nation in Grave Danger.

    JUNE 28, 2010 10:14PM

    By jaku


    Topics: oh turkey don't allow these idiots in power to do this to you., islamic revolution take 2, flotilla, israel, kebab, istanbul, bachelorette, turkey

    • 8 Ratings
    • 1212 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Incognito in Istanbul (repost)

    JUNE 19, 2010 6:31AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: 9/11, istanbul, terrorism, longing for home, golden princess, ciragan palace, bosphorus, constantinople, travel, mediterranean, news, open call, saturday repost

    • 0 Ratings
    • 627 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Morocco Can Be Intriguing: Beggars Are Another Thing

    JUNE 4, 2010 5:36AM

    By Michael Russnow


    Topics: thailand, ram productions international, rabat, paris metro system, paris, nbc, muslim, msnbc, morocco, mohammed v mausoleum, mohammed v, michael russnow, medina, marrakech, los angeles, istanbul, india, hassan ii mosque, hassan ii, germany, fox news, egypt, cnn, cbs, casablanca, brazil, beverly hills, begging, beggars, bangkok, anderson cooper, agadir, abc

    • 7 Ratings
    • 1738 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    ISTANBUL to MONTRÉAL -- the story of an immigrant

    MAY 27, 2010 12:07AM

    By Byron Ayanoglu


    Topics: turning sixty, movies, fifties, immigrant, montreal, istanbul

    • 18 Ratings
    • 1390 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    I'm Listening to Istanbul

    APRIL 7, 2010 10:23AM

    By FusunA


    Topics: poetry, poetry month, translation, turkish music, classical turkish music sample, istanbul, open call, travel, orhan veli kanik, environment

    • 2 Ratings
    • 515 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Plants can Mess with your Mind!

    APRIL 5, 2010 8:52AM

    By kipouros


    Topics: environment, gardening, iris, pacific coast, seattle, istanbul, slugs, snails, frustration, bliss

    • 6 Ratings
    • 466 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Istanbul : Capital of Culture 2010

    APRIL 2, 2010 10:36AM

    By Algis Kemezys


    Topics: istanbul

    • 12 Ratings
    • 581 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    ISTANBUL ~ Cradle between two continents

    FEBRUARY 27, 2010 9:42AM

    By FusunA


    Topics: open call, a city of magnificence and history, turkey, my native country, europes culture capital 2010, pictorial essay, istanbul

    • 11 Ratings
    • 8086 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - Father of modern Turkey

    FEBRUARY 26, 2010 9:07PM

    By FusunA


    Topics: savior of a nation mustafa kemal atatürk, ottoman empire, open call, fusuna, books, biographies, turkey, istanbul, ankara, modern turkish history

    • 1 Ratings
    • 1414 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Nostalgia -- Part 18: Full Circle

    DECEMBER 17, 2009 5:48AM

    By Byron Ayanoglu


    Topics: lake bafa, moda, istanbul, home-coming, travel

    • 1 Ratings
    • 307 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    JOURNEYS WITH ELENI

    OCTOBER 1, 2009 3:06AM

    By Turgut Salgar


    Topics: antiquety, istanbul, agean, travel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 64 Ratings
    • 6088 Views
    • 56 Comments
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    September 11, 2001: A Memory of Muslim Tears

    SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 2:32AM

    By Stephen McGuire


    Topics: honor, terrorism, mujahadeen, mujahid, ozlem, breakroom, english teacher, istanbul, turkey, m

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