Istanbul

Istanbul was a bit of a freaky game. Do you think this one is going to revert back to the dour old English-Italian one-goal-in-it affair?

On the streets of Istanbul, at least for now, there appears to be a positive response to his election.

"We suspect that these estimates will be just as high, " she said at a WHO-sponsored conference on obesity in Istanbul.

Or snaffle a sandwich while sending a few personal emails and checking the price of a week in Istanbul?

Hagia Sophia is the great architectural landmark at the heart of Istanbul, with its four minarets poised like moon-bound rockets.

Istanbul, once known as Constantinople, has for centuries been a meeting place between East and West.

Benjamin Franklin wrote of his desire to see the Mufti of Istanbul preach Islam to Americans from a pulpit in Philadelphia.

Istanbul's governor has said there's no doubt this was a terror attack, the target, a pedestrian street in a residential area of the city.

Considering the extent of his injury it will be very difficult for him to recover in time for the final in Istanbul.

She had seen many wonderful things and places; she was thinking of taking the train from Varna to Istanbul.

Only McLaren and Ferrari used KERS in Istanbul over the weekend, but even so BMW's Mario Theissen did not vote to ban the systems.

"Hello, my friend, " said the shoeshine man who sat down beside me as I smoked a cigarette near Istanbul's Blue Mosque.

The IMF, meeting in Istanbul, said the fears of a global depression had receded.

It's walking distance to almost every big attraction in Istanbul, they have free wifi and internet, and a great free breakfast as well.

The joy on your face when you travelled around the city after Istanbul will always stay with me.

State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said the political directors of the contact group will meet in Istanbul August 25.

Observers in Istanbul have wondered all weekend why some grandstands, built with multicoloured seats, had been covered at the last minute.

He is now in an Istanbul hospital, from where he gave an interview to the ABC.

He has also been linked with a return to Fenerbahce but insists he is not yet ready to move back to Istanbul.

He said that to me at a time when I was facing a litany of charges of being a spy in Istanbul.

Ashton said the Geneva talks had agreed that the Istanbul meeting would focus on detailed proposals.

They "argue like carpet dealers in Istanbul looking for the best deals, " she said.

One should be ready to haggle in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, the oldest closed market in the world.

The National Security Agency had a facility at an Air Force base near Istanbul.

The attacks took place in a residential district of western Istanbul.

Authorities in Istanbul say six people were killed in an attack on a police checkpoint protecting the U. S. Consulate.

"Let them have their own country and get out of ours, " growls Remzi Kok, a carpenter in Istanbul.

Tom's company is sending him to a business meeting in Istanbul. Should he take a crash course in Turkish?

The last small segment is of a Masonic wedding at a lodge in Istanbul. There is a masonic wedding ceremony.

There was speculation he might deliver a speech on U. S. relations with the Muslim world while in Istanbul.

Think of the players that are not afraid of any strike will not think of that night in Istanbul. Mian.

Inhabited for more than 2, 500 years, the old walled city of Istanbul was one of the most coveted places in the world.

The only one who may be missing the Istanbul final is [Massimo] Ambrosini who picked up an injury at Lecce.

"Istanbul is really attractive. The MiM degree allows me to stay in an emerging city, " says Decour.

Today, Istanbul is one of many destinations on varied elegant itineraries throughout Europe.

In keeping with Bond's globe-trotting legacy, the film has been shot in London, Shanghai, Istanbul and Scotland.

Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler, speaking at the scene, said he is determined to find all those responsible.

The article I wrote to help me move eastwards ultimately undermined my life in Istanbul.

Clinton spoke at a coffeehouse in Istanbul July 16 where she took questions from her Turkish audience.

Athens will be very similar to Istanbul in terms of the weather.

The next time the ground shakes, scientists expect that it will be even further west, just south Istanbul.

The film tells the story of a young boy who runs away to Istanbul to watch the game in memory of his dead father.

Rhys had sent her a cable from Istanbul, merely announcing that he would arrive the following day.

We travel to Istanbul for the first leg at the beginning of April, and Grant is already looking forward to the visit.

At least 14 people have been killed and around 100 injured in two explosions in the Turkish city of Istanbul.

Jerzy, when was the last time someone stopped you in the street to talk about Istanbul?

He started the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul, before helping the Reds to an FA Cup triumph a year later.

AP At least 23 people were killed in Turkey when floods swept through Istanbul, swamping houses and turning roads into fast-flowing rivers.

On Thursday, a U. S. State Department spokesman says the United States does not expect any "big breakthroughs" in Istanbul.

This partnership will ensure that the light of learning can continue to shine in Istanbul's neediest neighborhoods.

World Bank president, Robert Zoellick, talking in Istanbul, said it planned to lend more than $40bn over the next year.

The movie was a fantastic experience and it was good to work with such great people. Istanbul is an amazing city.

Two of my friends were among seven journalists arrested in an early morning police roundup in Istanbul and Ankara this week.

On Sunday night at least 17 people were killed and over 150 injured in two deadly bombings in Turkey's largest city Istanbul.

I met some people by chance on my way back to the airport. They worked for a travel agency, a subsidiary of Istanbul Airlines.

Customs officials in Istanbul, unable to afford a pipeful, routinely shook down visitors for smoking supplies.

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir is in Istanbul for a summit meeting on African Turkish economic cooperation.

One could spend a week in Istanbul and not taste even a tenth of what this amazing city has to offer.

Istanbul is one of the great architectural and cultural cities of the world.

Lucas Leiva will require an Istanbul style miracle if his Copa Libertadores dream is to be realised in Brazil tonight.

They want to be more than just a link in the chain between Istanbul and Europe .

Insua is thought to be in Istanbul finalising the details of the deal and undergoing a medical.

If we do go on and win it then the players here who weren't in Istanbul can look forward to the best couple of days of their lives.

Being a total stranger in that country, I found temporary lodging at a small, inexpensive inn behind the famous Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

It's got to be Istanbul. He's got loads though, hasn't he?

According to witnesses, the shooting incident took place in Istanbul Old City.

After the tough defeat in Istanbul, Rui like all his team-mates, feels a major responsibility to achieve something important.

Maybe I would say that when he needs to put his foot in, he does it. Look at Istanbul.

Life in Color: Yellow Rows of yellow deck chairs line the pool of the Ciragan Palace Kempinski hotel in Istanbul, Turkey.

Mr Pamuk plans to open his own Museum of Innocence next year in Cukurcuma, an Istanbul antiques quarter.

istanbul is an ancient city situated by the seaside , adorned with mosques , castles , and palaces of fairy tale beauty.

Although he was concussed by a bang on the head, he should be able to take part in the next race in Istanbul.

But rush hour never truly begins or ends in Istanbul; the anarchy just continues unabated around the clock.

And Israeli delegation is due to meet Turkish officials Monday to discuss the compensation issue. Peter Kenyon, NPR News, Istanbul.

The players don't have long to wait to put right what went wrong in Istanbul with the return leg next Tuesday.

All parties exchanged views on issues concerning the upcoming talk of EU and the six countries with Iran to be held in Istanbul, Turkey.

I have no warm clothes as I sent all mine home way back in Istanbul, so three of us head off to rent coats in the village.

According to the survey, London was more dangerous than Istanbul or New York.

PALE, bespectacled and polite, Bekir Berat Ozipek, a young professor at Istanbul's Commerce University, is no street-fighter.

Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir is set to arrive in Istanbul for a summit meeting on African Turkish economic cooperation.

Istanbul security forces supported by helicopters are engaged in a manhunt for the surviving assailant.

The Ferrari driver has won in Istanbul for the last three years, having started from pole position in all three races.

The next day Shaykh Sharafuddin wrote to people in Istanbul, and told them to dig in such and such place.

Next up for Liverpool is a return to Istanbul to face Galatasaray on Thursday night before Monday's trip to Norway to take on Valerenga.

The Arab League has already suspended Syria for failing to implement an Arab peace initiative. Jonathan Head is in Istanbul.

An alternative forum set up by dozens of non-governmental organizations is expected to open in Istanbul later this week.

And that's in VOA Special English, written by Brianna Blake with Robert Berger in Jerusalem and Dorian Jones in Istanbul. I'm Steve Ember.

AC Milan held an exciting soccer match against Liverpool FC in Istanbul and was beaten in the penalty shootout .

Located in both Asia and Europe, Istanbul has long been viewed as a city of exotic blends of cuisine, architecture, and culture.

Delhi, Guangzhou and Rio de Janeiro are all likely to rise rapidly up the table between now and 2025, PwC says, as are Istanbul and Cairo.

Part of the trip includes a stop in Istanbul, among the world's most beautiful cities.

Beijing was competing against Toronto, Osaka, Istanbul and Paris for the right to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

As universities proliferate across the country, students from places like Izmir and Istanbul infect locals with their freewheeling ways.

I travelled in the company of two teachers as far as Istanbul.

Lu stands in front of his photograph entitled " Early Spring on Lake Dong Ting, " currently on show at Istanbul Modern in Turkey.

Turkey says that as many as 70, 000 illegal Armenian migrant workers, mostly women, eke out a living as servants and nannies in Istanbul.

The Turkish Airlines flight lifted off from Albania and was expected to fly to Istanbul.

The only rapidly growing big city lies on the region's periphery: Istanbul.

Close to Istanbul, the hauntingly beautiful city of Edirne is Turkey's true gateway to Europe and the Balkans.

Arriving at Istanbul's Ataturk airport looking dazed and tired, they were mobbed by dozens of Turkish journalists.

I was fascinated by Istanbul and its rich history as the capital of both the Ottoman Empire and the Roman Empire in the East.

But on the streets of Istanbul, there are still mixed feelings about whether the army resignations are a step forward for democracy.

Before midday , four gunmen attacked a police checkpoint protecting the entrance of the Istanbul U. S. Consulate .

People have already made arrangements for foreign travel , anticipating the satisfactions of seeing the mosques of Istanbul .

I'm now taking a week off in Istanbul, having met up with a friend from home.

Istanbul's participation in WHO's Age-friendly Cities Programme has brought a range of measures to improve life for the elderly.

In Istanbul, the country's largest city, the trend was close to that nationwide, with 55% in favour and 45% against.

Q: It is reported that the UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries will be held in Istanbul recently.

Officials met an array of oil bigwigs from around the world last month in Istanbul to discuss terms.

He has fought Moscow's corner in a contest with the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate for sway over eastern Christianity.

Two years after that terrible night in Istanbul, Milan and Liverpool come face to face in the Champions League final yet again.

Campbell has visited Istanbul to play against the national team for England, and he was impressed by what he saw on that visit.

Israeli diplomats and soldiers are working the phones to Istanbul to try to prevent a complete rupture of relations with Turkey.

The names of the Turkish cities of Constantinople and Angora were changed to Istanbul and Ankara, respectively.

He is about to join the Brookings Institution in Washington and work with Sabanci University in Istanbul.

One day, some time after the Shaykh had gone on to Istanbul, the wife of Muhammad at-Tawil was cleaning the bed and she found two coins.

Istanbul, Turkey, is the only in the world that sits on two continents: Europe and Asia.

Being in Istanbul convinces me that we could be on our way to losing it if all these vacuums get filled in the wrong ways.

Karim Pasha left for Istanbul, where he would arrange accommodations before aunt Badri could join him.

Turks do not lack for style, and there is a lot of money in Istanbul.

Her portrayal of an Istanbul where the old clashes with the new is more workaday than evocative.

Security guards thwarted hijacking on an Egypt Air flight from Istanbul to Cairo.

Everyone's heard of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, which still plies the old route from Paris to Istanbul.

The Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time.

"SARAJEVO won today as much as Istanbul, " declared Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, after his election victory in June.

Istanbul lies between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmara, forming Strait of Bosporus and Golden Horn Bay.

To China's fury, Mr Erdogan, when mayor of Istanbul, named part of a central park after Alptekin in the 1990s.

was carpeted with a magnificent, seamless rug from Istanbul.

In newsrooms in Istanbul, downhearted pro-secular editors joked darkly about moving to Izmir, where "no" votes prevailed.

Suzy Hansen is a writer based in Istanbul. She last wrote for the magazine about health care in rural Mississippi .

The Libya Contact Group recognized the TNC as the provisional legitimate governing authority in Libya at its July 15 meeting in Istanbul.

And since my husband is in Istanbul, I started commuting between Arizona and Istanbul.

When they left him free in Siberia, he saw an officer and told him, "My son, I will see you in Istanbul, Turkey. We will meet you there. "

Luigi Ciocca: I created the corners of trends for the textiles fair in Istanbul, so to highlight the trends of the new Turkish fabrics.

A showdown in Istanbul between Arsenal and Barcelona would certainly be a final to salivate.

But Mr Weiss's arrival in Istanbul coincided with the burgeoning of Turkish curiosity about their Ottoman and Sufi roots.

In news rooms in Istanbul, downhearted pro-secular editors joked darkly about moving to Izmir, where "no" votes prevailed.

One part of it is rooted in Istanbul with strong Turkish roots.

One anti- smoking sultan roamed the streets of Istanbul in disguise and beheaded any tobacco seller he found .

International relations expert Soli Ozel of Istanbul's Bilgi University said this has put Turkey in a precarious position.

This week the government moved to help rescue a tiny newspaper still read by Istanbul's shrinking Greek population.

New York ranked sixth, followed by Istanbul in Turkey, Cape Town in South Africa, Oaxaca in Mexico and San Francisco.

And in Istanbul this week, dozens of prominent Islamic scholars delved into their tradition for answers to environmental problems.

Istanbul. City of legends. Capital of three former empires . It sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. . .

"The relationship has become very frosty, " said Hugh Pope, Istanbul director for the International Crisis Group.

Istanbul, Turkey is one of the oldest cities in the world.

The ship will remain overnight in Istanbul.

The celebrations have started in Istanbul. On Thursday, when the team parade the Cup through the streets, they'll be even bigger.

The uproar started when Istanbul's top prosecutor, Aykut Cengiz Engin, discovered his calls were being recorded.

Turkish design studio Autoban projected the retail store in the Nisantasi neighborhood of Istanbul for the fashion brand V2K Designers.

Earlier in the day in Istanbul he cautioned that fundamental changes to US policy would take time.

Then came a gathering of dissidents in Istanbul under the aegis of a National Salvation Council, spearheaded by a lawyer, Haytham al-Maleh.

Air Force One slipped unannounced into Baghdad International Airport after a roughly two-hour flight from Istanbul.

Iran's nuclear tour Saturday comes just five days before talks in Istanbul, Turkey between Iran, and major world powers.

The following year it is good to recall the last minutes played at Eindhoven, the two wins over Man UTD and the first half in Istanbul.

No wonder Turkish products have become popular in the Middle East in recent years and Arab tourists have flooded Istanbul.

Compared with our local city of Istanbul with a history of several thousand years , I am really a young university .

They are all versions of the so-called "salting rug" pattern from a collection of 17th century rugs at the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul.

We are pleased to invite you to Istanbul for the Acute Cardiac Care Congress 2012.

The other was transcribed by a Moldavian Christian, Prince Dimitrie Cantemir, who studied music in Istanbul.

Mr. Obama answered some criticisms at a meeting with Turkish students in Istanbul.

We are an IT consulting company located in Istanbul-Turkey and looking for someone who has creative imagination and works in discipline.

A fast-burning fire destroyed most of the cargo section in Istanbul's International Airport.

If you had to pick one highlight from the whole Istanbul experience what would you choose?

Other cities that have expressed interest in the 2020 Olympics include Istanbul, Budapest and atlantic a gold.

"We have double standards, " said Ali Murat Yel, a professor of sociology at Istanbul's Fatih University.

My Istanbul-Tehran trip was much quicker this time -- it took only three hours rather than three days.

A former mayor of Istanbul, Mr Erdogan was briefly jailed in 1998 for reciting verses from a nationalist poem that were deemed inflammatory.

Mustafa Sarigul, the mayor of a posh borough in Istanbul, offered free housing and education to 1, 000 children left homeless by the quake.

Developers are spending millions of dollars buying and restoring Istanbul's finest hammams, or steam baths, after decades of neglect.

Other cities that have expressed interest in the 2020 Olympics include Istanbul, Budapest and Delhi.

Contestants swim during the Women's 200m freestyle heat at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Istanbul December 13.

I was recently at a conference on luxury , organized by the Herald Tribune , in Istanbul .

Fourth U. N. Conference on Least Developed Countries convenes next week in Istanbul, Turkey.

Istanbul, Turkey's major city today, has a distinguished hello story and has changed her name several times.

As with himself and the picture of his "other, " Pamuk suggests, Istanbul is haunted by another Istanbul, a shadowy presence in the shadows.

The Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman empires made their marks on the city of Istanbul and her citizens.

Like Shanghai, Istanbul is a cosmopolitan city on the sea.

He had been at Credit Suisse for 17 years in Zurich, Geneva, Dubai and Istanbul.

"We do not have a full-blown crisis, but everything has got significantly worse, " says a Western economist in Istanbul.

I have been very impressed with the Istanbul circuit over the past two years and we have seen some exciting races there.

Together with enter into the candidacy city were: Turkey Istanbul, Japan daban, France Paris, Canada Troro.

Besides the Thai resorts of Koh Samui and Hua Hin, he visited Istanbul, Bali, Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi.

My brother and I still laugh when we remember our relief on realizing that this new country was, like Istanbul, built on level earth.

He will also meet with delegates of Turkish business community and hold talks with personnel from Turkish cultural community in Istanbul.

The resulting earthquake could be very bad news for the 12. 8 million people in Istanbul.

Further discussion occurred in October at the World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings in Istanbul, Turkey.

As Turks have flooded to Istanbul in search of economic opportunity, the pace of development in some neighborhoods has lagged behind.

A second so-called Ergenekon trial of 56 senior Turks, including two former generals, began in Istanbul.

And honour crimes are not a uniquely Kurdish phenomenon, says Leyla Pervizat, an Istanbul-based expert.

There are offices in New York, London, Paris, Moscow, Istanbul, Miami, Sheffield, Washington DC and Shanghai.

When you come to Istanbul, you must go to see its most famous attractions: Bosporus Bridge, Sultanahmet Mosque and Hagia Sophia Museum.

He first drew public attention when, running to become Istanbul's mayor in 2009, he exposed various AK-related corruption scandals.

The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, changed the history of architecture - it changed the way people saw space.

Q: The "Libyan Contact Group" meeting will convene in Istanbul, Turkey this weekend.

Any thoughts on the next race in Istanbul?

BBC News: Questions being asked why bomb detecting equipment didn't detect fake bomb on board plane which flew from London to Istanbul.

A tremendous effort by the players over in Istanbul has the football world talking about our club.

As far as we know, it was discovered in a monastery in Istanbul, Constantinople that is, now Istanbul.

The bodies were left near Istanbul, giving police (see picture) a grisly forensic task.

THIS week in Istanbul 13 European countries signed a Council of Europe convention on combating violence against women.

China Railway Construction Corp. is helping build a high-speed line in Turkey linking Ankara and Istanbul.

Participation in SFA in Istanbul, Turkey Takeover by Quadriga Capital Ltd.

It put up a tough if losing battle against AK in Ankara and Istanbul.

Q. You played this kid in Istanbul, I believe. Were you surprised by the way she played today?

Lvov new route will operate 3 weekly classes, one in every Monday, Thursday and Sunday in the round-trip between Istanbul and Lvov.

Arriving in Istanbul at night is thrilling and the Blue Mosque dominates the skyline from our hostel.

Do you keep in touch with any of the players who were there in Istanbul but have since left the club?

Performers from Montenegro perform on a street in Istanbul.

Little Luis played all 120 minutes in Istanbul as the Reds emerged victorious against AC Milan.

We are heading towards the first race in Europe now and will bring some upgrades to Istanbul which should help us to improve even more.

That night in Istanbul was the best night of my footballing life so far and I want to match that in Athens.

The Turkey-based BEP Hologram, headquarted in Istanbul, commenced production activities in 2005 in Manisa Organised Industrial Zone.

The attack started around 10: 00 p. m. local time, when a small explosion occurred in the Gungoren district of Istanbul.

Now the Turks and Chinese talk of a rail service linking Istanbul (and so Europe) to Urumqi in western China.

Istanbul chief prosecutor Ayhurt Cengiz Engin spoke at the scene .

Secular Istanbul editors joke darkly about moving to Izmir, which voted no.

Bogota, Lagos, Calcutta, Istanbul, Manila, Tehran and other cities to adopt this strategy.

He moved to Istanbul last year with the mission of returning Turkish music to its roots, which he argues are undeniably Arab.

Finally, Obama concludes his first trip to Europe with separate meetings April 6 in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey.

Eight universities in Istanbul have also set up special operations to gather and deliver aid to those in need in Van province.

Zhang Qianyuan held several solo art exhibitions while residing in Istanbul, Turkey in 1995. Turkey General Radio TV Station interviewed Mr.

The two teachers just returned from a three-year stint in Istanbul.

It is a great pleasure to invite you to Istanbul for the 5th ConsEuro meeting in 2011.

He was buried in Istanbul, near the family of Imam Shamil, in Uskudar.

In the end, all these attempts at definition become Istanbul as a self-portrait, Istanbul as Pamuk himself.

"We were rescued by Turkish fishermen, " says Mr Homadu, who now earns $4 per day doing odd jobs in Istanbul.

On October 9, 2010, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held discussions with celebrities from Chinese and Turkish cultural circles in Istanbul.

A banker, meanwhile, said Mr Bengdara visited London last week, possibly later moving to Istanbul.

Putting our passports in our hands, they sent us away from Geneva, back to our grandmother in Istanbul.

The trip: Board a provincial bus in Istanbul and see where your journey takes you.

Today it takes more than 60 hours to move freight from the border of Slovenia and Croatia to Istanbul.

From Iran's side, the message going into the Istanbul talks is clear.

A Turk from Istanbul, who insinuates he is a Muslim Brother, says that other donors are less open.

He was particularly taken with the Istanbul Rose and the old Tea Rose.

They might take heart from a parade in Istanbul's main square on June 28th to mark international gay pride day.

The prime minister says there are alternative locations in Istanbul to Taksim square to celebrate May Day.

"He's hollow, " said one leading businessman in Istanbul.

The fifth World Water Forum opened on Monday in Istanbul, Turkey.

Istanbul as a place of first loves and last rites.

They are in Istanbul, after all, capital of the tea-drinking world.

In fact, that's what the Istanbul application is designed to do (see the Resources section).

A substantial showing of his work was included in the Third International Istanbul Biennial in 1992.

I could always catch the bus up later in Istanbul or Sofia.

The first store in Istanbul opened in Osmanbey Gazi Shopping Arcade.

and Red Bull's Mark Webber on his early exit in Istanbul.

Security forces rounded up 250 Armenian intellectuals and leaders in Istanbul in 1915, and eventually executed them.

The 37-year-old - who appeared 283 times for the Reds and played a key role in Istanbul - replaces Ray Mathias at Edgeley Park.

I spoke to Voitenko last week. At the time he was hiding in Istanbul; now he has gone to ground in Bangkok.

Travel note: I am back to the Balkans this week, attending conferences in Istanbul and Athens.