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Sep 26, 2020

It was a long journey from #Redcar to #Cizre on the Turkish-Syrian border. Following Gertrude Bell on her travels in what is now Turkey was exciting, demanding and very, very revealing.

Gertrude of Arabia: the great adventurer may finally get her museum

She was an explorer, an archaeologist, a writer and a spy. Now there’s a campaign to turn Gertrude Bell’s vandalised childhood home in Redcar into a museum

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Maalesef #Antakya'daki Azizler Petrus ve Pavlus Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi depremde tamamen yıkıldı. Ancak bugün Antakyalı Ortodokslar, Patrik Hazretleri 10. Yuhanna'nın önderliğinde Paskalya ayinlerini tamamen yıkılan kilisede gerçekleştirdiler.

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Hotel Bristol (later to be Pera Müzesi), İstanbul, 1925 Photo ht Necmi Paksoy

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#LauraKuenssberg back to describing a bit of chatting on a panel as “hard work” even as she’s reporting on on-going strikes by medical workers who do the real hard work for not enough recompense.

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Probably little outside world can do about this but it's a terrible story - and inevitably reminds me of Navalny as well.

Gaunt and ghostly, Georgia’s jailed ex-president nears death in hospital

Mikheil Saakashvili warned of Putin’s ambitions 15 years ago. Now he tells of torture by a regime that panders to Moscow

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Read this & weep. This is what giving up FOM (or having it stolen from you in case of those of us denied a vote in referendum) means for ordinary British travellers. Absolute folly of devaluing our own passports makes me want to scream.

Orient Express to axe UK section after 41 years due to Brexit

Luxury train operator cuts service ahead of biometric passport checks so passengers will have to join train in Paris

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Perfect way to start a new era for #istanbul’s gorgeous Casa Botter.

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Apr 14

#FountainFriday On coast road between Arnavutköy & bebek is the fine baroque-style Beyhan Sultan Çeşmesi, commissioned in 1804 by a daughter of Sultan Mustafa III but bearing tuğra of her brother, Sultan Selim III.

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In country without official ID cards, this is a clear case of voter suppression - especially as there has been no evidence of voter ID fraud. #brokenbritain

English polling stations to bring in extra staff as voter ID changes begin

Electoral Commission says ‘greeters’ will help ensure people are aware of rule and have photo ID ready on 4 May

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Name means 'Elephant Stables', hence the elephants standing in adjoining small park.

It may look like forgotten piece of Land Walls but in fact this is 5th-century Byzantine Fildamı, one of #İstanbul's open-air cisterns, way out in the Yenimahalle of Zetinburnu & now used as a football pitch/exercise track.

Ülkemizde bulunan en ufak baykuştürlerinden birisi. İshakkuşu Eurasian Scops Owl / Otus scops

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In the Islamic Republic of Iran MEN are forbidden to wear shorts in public. So bravo the hundreds of men showing a bit of leg🦵🏼to support women protesting ‘mandatory’ hijab. Coz of course no one is going to attack or abuse a man for wearing shorts 🩳 #GenderApartheid #MahsaAmini

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Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant dies 'peacefully at home' aged 93

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Old French Orphanage used to be pesceful oasis on Boğazkesen Caddesi. Of course it cldn’t just be allowed to stay like that. Now caught up in legal hassle.

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Beyoğlu Belediyesi mahkemeyi ve bakanlığı dinlemedi; tarihi Fransız Yetimhanesi’nde inşaat sürüyor kisadalga.net/haber/detay/be

She was a fashion icon- I remember buying Mary Quant nail varnish called grape purée as a teenager. It was revolutionary stuff! - Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant dies at 93 with tributes paid to queen of the miniskirt. RIP. RIP #MaryQuant

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Dame Mary Quant's family have confirmed the fashion designer has died aged 93

Görüntü çok acayip. IBB ekiplerinden korunan bir kafe. Aday adayı olarak siyasete atılmak isteyen bir sahibi var, aday olamamış ama belli ki nüfuzlu biri; doğal sit alanına, Mimar Sinan'ın Kuşkonmaz Cami'nin yanına kafe kondurup emniyeti koruma kalkanı yapacak kadar...

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So lovingly are a street cat & her kittens cared for in Yenimahalle station. #istanbullife

Bu da son kare olsun. Salacak sahilinde atlar da insanlar da mutlu görünüyor. Sahili mahveden yolun yapımına henüz daha çok var. İnsanlar kentin kıyılarıyla iç içe. Arada betonlar, yollar, kayalar, cafeler vs yok.

Musical inspiration over the next few weekends. Come & enjoy.

Geçmişte, Antakya’da çok fotoğraf çektim. Üç kez de workshop yapmıştım. Arşiv hard disklerimde, onları seçmeye başlayacağım. Şu an ki telaşımız bir geçsin. Daha sonra, öncesi ve sonrası diye bir paylaşım serisi yapacağım. Akşama kadar uzun çarşı civarında fotoğraf çeker, akşam… Show more

Antakya dar sokaklarda bisiklet binen çocuklar

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Kadıköy Kültür Atlası

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Mimar Vasfi Egeli #10Nisan 1962'de Moda Caddesi 107 numaradaki evinde vefat etmişti. Bir dönem Vakıflar baş mimarlığı yapan Egeli, Menderes istimlâkleri sırasında Eyüp Cami ve çevresi kurtarma çalışmalarını yapmıştı. Şişli, Feneryolu ve Moda Şifa camileri Egeli'nin projeleridir.

Orthodox schism shakes Turkish Riviera

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Missed this v interesting piece on impact of war on Russian & Ukrainian communities of #Antalya. Orthodox schism shakes Turkish Riviera - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East

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A major rift in Orthodox Christianity compounded by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven a wedge into a growing Orthodox community on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast.

Easter (Holy Wednesday) mass in #Antalya’s meticulously restored 19th Greek Orthodox Church of Agios Alypios. Happy Easter to everyone celebrating on this week!

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Tourism is ever more damaging to the planet unfortunately. Here co-founder of Intrepid Travel gives his thoughts. As usual, it’s all very general.

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"If there’s one call to action for this decade, let it be accountability and personal action, whether you’re an individual, a company or a society." @Intrepid_Travel co-founder Darrell Wade on how the travel industry can step up for the world's wild places.adventure.com/darrell-wade-i

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The tiles in the first picture are Iznik tiles, made by the tile master Hakkı İzzet. In 1955, he accompanied his tiles to be placed in the Washington Mosque and directed and monitored all the process. They still look fabulous!

Doğadan bizlere mesaj var:👁️ Keyfi avcılık adı altında öldürülen kuşların yavruları da annelerinin getireceği yiyeceği beklerken maalesef ölüyorlar…🦅 Avcılık asla bir spor değildir…

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Very interesting short thread on America's oldest mosques & stories behind them.

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1/ Six years ago I produced my award winning @bbcworldservice radio doc on mosques in America. For a #Ramadan2023 article for @HISTORY I revisited many of them. So here's a thread on America's Mosques (doc and article link at the end). Picture credit: Islamic Center website

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Beyoğlu Sıraselviler caddesi, yalnış hatırlamıyorsam Münir özkul bu apatmamda yaşıyordu.. Buraya girip çıktıgını çok gördüm. Dün

Just extraordinary to see Republican attack on women's right even to access abortion pills in the USA. Wld like to think it wld lead ALL American women to turn out to vote against them but of course it won't.

‘We will not cave’: governors stockpile abortion drugs as access is threatened

Massachusetts, California and Washington pledge to provide medication after a federal judge invalidated 23-year FDA approval

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Embrace the Middle East

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Healthcare for those now unable to afford treatment in Lebanon — Embrace the Middle East

The cost of medical care in Lebanon has risen dramatically in recent years, making it unaffordable for many. The medical programme we fund at the Karagheusian Health Centre is a lifeline for many - read one patient's story here:

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When Hagop developed breathing problems, he urgently needed to be admitted to hospital. But Lebanon’s economic crisis and the spiralling cost of medical treatment, meant he couldn’t afford it.

Sometimes I just want to scream at the folly of #Brexit. All the damage it has inflicted on so many people for - as far as I can see - absolutely no benefit to anyone except perhaps financiers in return.

German punk band ‘humiliated’ after being refused UK entry due to post-Brexit rules

Trigger Cut from Stuttgart were due to play seven venues in Britain but were turned away at Calais

Benzer bir Baraj da, bizim ülkemizden; Yusufeli Barajı, Artvin. 📷Anadolu Ajansı

Balık ekmek/Fish sandwich restaurant, Eminönü, İstanbul, 1965 Photo by Ara Güler

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Grrr. Somebody seems to have stolen one of the carved serpents (?) from the magnificent gates of the #Galatasaray Lisesi in #İstanbul.

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Galatasaray Lisesi kapısındaki ikiz yılan heykellerinden biri kayıp: Yönetimden açıklama yok gazeteduvar.com.tr/galatasaray-li

Summer hours #2023museumfees #BodrumMuseum of Underwater Archaeology. Tourist entry fee is now 350tl including all exhibition rooms. BUT if you qualify for free entry as a TC or ikamet holder of a Müze Kart, 60tl annual, you must pay 100tl at the important UW exhibit rooms.

Üsküdar meydanı, 30’lar..

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500-year-old tunnel discovered during course of excavations at site of St Polyeuktos church at #Saraçhane in #Fatih one of most important monuments in city to have been left unexcavated until now. #Istanbul

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İstanbul'da bin 500 yıllık yeraltı dehlizi bulundu Video Haber

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