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İstanbul’s Marmaray to connect Beijing and London

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(IT) A long-expected Turkish rail transport corridor called Marmaray will see the major cities of Beijing and London be connected with a rail line for the first time, a senior official said on Thursday.
25.04.13 → Mobility and logistic

Record number of tourists visit İstanbul

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(IT) Nearly a million people preferred Turkey’s financial and cultural capital İstanbul as their touristic venue this quarter, a record number in the past ten years.
03.04.13 → City branding, big events and tourism

Unplanned urbanization damages İstanbul’s silhouette irreversibly

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(IT) Newly erected high-rise buildings in Zeytinburnu have been criticized for marring İstanbul’s historical silhouette. As Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned mayors against unplanned and improper urbanization, experts have been quick to say that İstanbul’s historic silhouette has been irreversibly and irreparably damaged.
01.04.13 → Governance, government and cooperation, Urban changes

İstanbul 2020: more than the Olympics

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(IT) İstanbul has applied to host the 2020 Olympics, and the decision-making process is under way. The other contenders are Madrid and Tokyo, and the decision will be announced in September.
08.03.13 → City branding, big events and tourism

NGOs share outcomes of projects for women, youth, disabled in İstanbul

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(IT) Nine nongovernmental organizations working for the rights of women, youth and people with disabilities have shared the results of projects they ran with funding from the Sabancı Foundation in İstanbul.
18.10.12 → Inclusion, social cohesion, poverty
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