traditional folk song performed live by Özlem Bulut: voice,
Juan Carlos Sungurlian Barsumian: Oud,
Marco Annau: piano
via Yağmur yağar taş üstüne – Özlem Bulut live performance – YouTube.
Category: Culture/Art
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Jennifer Lopez comes to Istanbul this time not for a concert but for buying a house
Jennifer Lopez is Coming to Istanbul, Not to Perform but to Live
ISTANBUL, November 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The world-famous Latin singer Jennifer Lopez, who performed three concerts in Istanbul recently, has returned to Turkey after her performance in Sofia and become one of the residents of Metropol Istanbul in Atasehir Finance Centre. The pop star received the key to her flat with a Bosphouros and islands view during a ceremony organized in the sales office.
Lopez said that she was very impressed by the Metropol Istanbul Project and that she could see at first sight that it will be the new fashion and finance centre of Istanbul. Certain that she wanted to have a flat in this Project, she returned to Istanbul without delay after her performance in Sofia.
Metropol Istanbul, which consists of a 250 metre high tower that will be one of the highest buildings in Europe, residence blocks and a luxury 400 metre shopping street, is located on a two storey shopping complex over an area of 200 thousand square metres, and continues to draw attention in the international area.
“I am very curious about the Catwalk”
Jennifer Lopez visited the Metropol Istanbul sales office on November 19th, 2012, and closely examined the Project. before buying a property on the same day. A key delivery ceremony was performed with the participation of the press members and to great interest of Lopez fans.
In the ceremony, the Chairman of the Çalik Construction Group, Mr. Ahmet Taçyildiz, and Varyap CEO, Mr. Erdinç Varlibas, delivered the key and the title documents to Jennifer Lopez. Lopez, stating that she is very happy to have a flat in Metropol Istanbul, said: “In the future, I want to spend more time in Istanbul which I admire. I will use my flat in Metropol Istanbul during these visits. I am already excited about looking at the unique view of the Bosphorus and Prince islands from my flat. I am very curious about the 400 metre long shopping street, the Metropol Catwalk in the Project”.
About Metropol Istanbul
Metropol Istanbul, to be completed in 2015, will be one of the biggest mixed projects in the world in its class with its residence, shopping centre and recreation areas. Metropol Istanbul is rising as one of the biggest projects of the world with the single plot construction area of 700 thousand square meters, consisting of three high buildinsg and about 2000 independent units. In the project, where the 250 metre (without antenna) tall Metropol Tower will be launched, 75 % of the residence blocks marketed have been sold. Metropol Istanbul is preparing to be the new centre of finance, business world and fashion. Metropol Shopping Centre contains the Metropol Catwalk which is the 400 metre long shopping centre that can be easily accessed in an integrated structure and is expected to accommodate 22 million visitors annually.
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via Jennifer Lopez comes to Istanbul this time not for a concert but for buying a house.
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University researchers take part in study of Ancient Istanbul
Istanbul – The Hagia Sophia
Image: Greenwich Photography
A team partly made up of British researchers, including some from the University of Edinburgh, opened an exhibition on Friday 9 November to display their work mapping the enormous network of ancient aqueducts, cisterns and channels under and around Istanbul.
The 20-year project, led by Professor James Crow of the University of Edinburgh archaeology department, began with the investigation of an ancient wall near Istanbul. It then moved on to mapping the network of aqueducts and channels that transported water to and around ancient Constantinople in the fourth century AD and for several centuries after.
Using GPS and satellite imagery above ground, the team of Turkish and British researchers mapped the enormous system of 160 cisterns under Istanbul, by far the largest of the ancient world, and the channels that delivered water to it.
Mr Riley Snyder, who is finishing a doctorate at the University of Edinburgh this year and is currently working in Ankara, was responsible for determining the nature and scale of material used. The channels, cut into hillsides and covered to protect the water, are about 1.5m across and up to 2m high and “composed of a combination of sand, crushed brick and lime… [that] created water-tight and significantly stronger structures,” Mr Snyder said.
Mr Snyder estimates that the extensive stone waterways and aqueduct bridges are 501km in length, only one kilometre short of the combined length of the 11 aqueducts that supplied ancient Rome with water.
“The total stone necessary for the construction was equivalent to the Great Pyramid of Giza, around 2.5 million cubic metres.” The scale and technological sophistication of the construction, in a period generally believed to be one of decline in construction, “shows we have much more work to do,” said Mr. Snyder.
“We sort of vaguely knew they were there,” said Professor Crow of the channels, noting that very little had been published about the system when he began work on an ancient wall in the area in 1994 while a teacher at the University of Newcastle, “they’re not in tourist books or anything.”
Professor Crow sees the potential for sustainable tourism at the sites as part of a conservation effort; “the structures are recognised but they’re not properly protected.” To this end he hopes that the exhibition, hosted by the Istanbul Research Centre for Anatolian Civilisations and housed on one of Istanbul’s busiest thoroughfares, will increase public awareness of the structures.
via University researchers take part in study of Ancient Istanbul » The Journal.
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Seeking Shi’ism to Istanbul to be released
Authored by Davoud Bohlouli, Seeking Shi’ism to Istanbul has been printed and will be released by the University of Religions and Denominations.IBNA: The is an effort to picture the current state of Shias in the city of Istanbul given the city’s strategic position as the most important Islamic city near borders of the Christian world, said caretaker of the public relation and publications department of the university, Alireza Babaei in an interview with IBNA.
The book provides an overview of the lives of Shias and their signs and emblems in Istanbul.
via Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) – Seeking Shi’ism to Istanbul to be released.
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J-Lo invests in Istanbul?
Rumours abound that Jennifer Lopez has invested in Istanbul, having fallen in love with the city after playing a concert in the Atakoy Arena as part of her “Dance Again” world tour.
The singer is said to have snapped up an apartment in Metropol Istanbul, one of the city’s most exclusive addresses, which is drawing attention from foreign and domestic investors alike.
The project consists of three high rises with 2,000 units with office space, homes, an enormous residential shopping centre and a tower vying to be the tallest in Europe all part of the development.
49 – 55 m² flats in the development’s B block start from £126,000, while 252,430 m² flats can be bought for around £552,000.
The Metropol is located in the Atasehir district, centrally located in the Asian side of the city, and Çalık Real Estate General Manager Feyzullah Yetgin has said that the singer was interested in flats with views of the Bosphorus.
Find out more about great investment opportunities in our article on Istanbul in the November 2012 issue of A Place in the Sun magazine, on sale on the 29th November 2012.
via A Place in the Sun | News and features – J-Lo invests in Istanbul?.
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Culinary Backstreets on CBS Sunday Morning
Culinary Backstreets’ co-founders Ansel Mullins and Yigal Schleifer recently spent a few days introducing a crew from the CBS Sunday Morning show to Istanbul’s gastronomic underbelly, at one point journeying in a rickety wooden boat on the Golden Horn in order to get to the next meal. Tagging along on one of CB’s culinary walks, the CBS crew found themselves feasting on grilled lamb’s intestines, artisanal pide and Turkish Delight that’s been made by the same family in the same shop for three generations.
via Culinary Backstreets on CBS Sunday Morning | Culinary Backstreets.