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Readers recommend: Turkish guide Bes Simsek
A great guide for Istanbul "If you're thinking about traveling to Istanbul, and I highly recommend that you do, we have an outstanding guide to recommend. On a recent trip to this magnificent city, we hired the best guide we've ever had. Bes speaks... -
This guy can dance but not to their tune
Times Staff WriterNo one goes to Istanbul at Christmastime. No one but us. An American couple who occasionally display a stronger sense of adventure than sense. Like most tourists, we stayed in Sultanahmet, the peninsula where Byzantine emperors and Islamic sultans built...Tags: Minority Groups, Dining and Drinking, Dance, Trips and Vacations, Entertainment
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Thoroughly modern meze
Special to The TimesBy 11 p.m., the street theater on Nevizade Street, a narrow lane lined with outdoor restaurants around Istanbul's fish market, works up to a kind of Felliniesque mayhem. Flower sellers push big thorny roses at passersby's noses, while a Gypsy quartet...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Baking Powder, Dining and Drinking, Garbanzo Beans, Zucchini
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TRAVEL LOG
Compiled by Jane EngleIstanbul is still a cruise call Several cruise lines last week were sticking with plans to call on Istanbul despite recent hotel bombings there that killed at least two people and injured at least 11, including foreign tourists. No Americans were...Tags: Transportation, Labor Day, U.S. Department of State, Trips and Vacations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Patron of fear
Times Staff WriterFew modern dictators have been more enamored of architecture or have used it to greater harm than Saddam Hussein. During nearly a quarter-century of absolute rule, he launched a series of building programs whose ambition and scale fundamentally altered...Tags: International Military Interventions, Dining and Drinking, Baghdad (Iraq), Iraq, Metal and Mineral
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Classic novel stirs Byzantine dreams
I have long suspected that the two best things in life are travel and good books. Sometimes you get both in one package: a good book about travel. I'm happy to report that I just found a classic, "The Towers of Trebizond," by Rose Macaulay, an upper-...Tags: Anglicanism, U.S. Department of State, Trips and Vacations, England, Travel
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READER SUBMITTED: Five Trinity Students, Alumni Win Fulbrights For Research Or Teaching
HartfordTrinity College reaped a bounty of Fulbright awards for the 2013-14 academic year, with two graduating seniors and three alumni being awarded fellowships to conduct research or teach. In addition, three others -- two members of the Class of 2013 and an...Tags: Germany, Cape Town (South Africa), Students, Human Rights, Schools
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An orthodox view: A closer look at the Eastern Orthodox church in Normal
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.Ginny Bartges kissed one of the many holy icons at Holy Apostles Orthodox Church as she entered the chapel. Such prevalent icons are just one of the characteristics that distinguish the Orthodox church, which has had a building in Normal, at 1670 W....Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Turkey, Lent, Christian Orthodoxy
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Best Travel Deals
$263 WINE TOUR – FINGER LAKES Experience a weekend in Finger Lakes Wine Country, New York, destinations with breathtaking scenery, rich history, and world class wine Nov 2-3. Includes transportation, hotel on Lake Geneva, tour of four wineries...
Tags: Eastern Africa, Trips and Vacations, Gardens and Parks, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Travel
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State senators may take a stand on Turkey's treatment of Orthodox
Springfield is a long way from Istanbul — 5,660 miles, in fact — but Illinois state senators are considering a resolution that would criticize Turkey's treatment of the Eastern Orthodox religious hierarchy. Even though a majority of senators...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Minority Groups, Belief and Faith, Interreligious Dialogue
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Justin Bieber stops Turkey concert twice for Muslim prayer call
Zap2itThough Justin Bieber usually makes headlines over his antics, from his numerous shirtless photographs, to his questionable tattoos, and even fighting photographers, sometimes he does a good deed. During a concert in Istanbul, Turkey Thursday (May 3),...Tags: Turkey, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez
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DC Roundup: Investigation continues
Tulsa WorldRep. James Lankford, a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Republican scrutiny of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, "is far from over." Lankford is also a member of the GOP congressional committee...Tags: Tom Cole, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Hillary Clinton, Aspen Institute, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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