Facebook Meets Brick-and-Mortar Politics 10 juin 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Arab Spring, Egypt, Facebook, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
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The New York Times (USA) Sunday, June 10, 2012, p. SR 11
By Thomas L. Friedman, Istanbul
I had just finished a panel discussion on Turkey and the Arab Spring at a regional conference here, and, as I was leaving, a young Egyptian woman approached me. « Mr. Friedman, could I ask you a question? Who should I vote for? » (suite…)
Tracking Turkey’s First Starchitect 10 juin 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, History / Histoire, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: architect, architecture, Edirne, History, Islamic architecture, Mimar Sinan, Ottoman Empire, Turkey
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The New York Times (USA) June 10, 2012, p. TR9
By Andrew Ferren
“The only way to arrive at Semsi Pasha Mosque is by water,” my guide said as our little boat dodged two tankers on the Bosporus. On every shore around us, the domes and minarets of some of Istanbul’s nearly 3,000 mosques delineated the skyline of a city that looks like no other. (suite…)
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