Turkey's prime minister says the thousands of protesters gathering in Istanbul's Gezi Park are militant activists "living arm in arm with terrorism." This photo of a cop tear-gassing an unthreatening young woman in a simple summer dress implies otherwise.
Officials in Istanbul had planned to hold a soccer game in an empty stadium as punishment for ill-behaved fans, who wouldn't be allowed to attend the match. But then they decided to admit women and children only, and the game went off without incident. Now authorities want to give away more free tickets to ladies and…
[Istanbul, January 25. Image via Getty]
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[Istanbul, December 1. Image via Getty]
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[Istanbul, October 7. Image via Getty]
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[Istanbul, August 23. Image via Getty]
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Last weekend, the first mosque designed by a woman in Turkey opened in Istanbul. The interior of the Sakirin Mosque was designed by Zeynep Fadillioglu (shown at left). More awesome pictures here. [TheIstanbulian]
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New York? Yawn. Milan? As if. You see, the trendsetters, as reported by trendsetter bible Newsweek are looking beyond the four fashion capitals for new trends to Shanghai, Istanbul, Antwerp and Chicago. Ask anyone who thinks he's cooler than the people who think they're cooler than everyone: London is dead and Biloxi…
