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FESTIVALBursa hosts folk dance shows from 21 countries Over 600 folk dancers from 21 countries will be presenting their national folk dances in various locations around Bursa until Friday in the 27th...
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Rolling Stones return to Hyde Park after 44 years
The Rolling Stones returned to London's Hyde Park after 44 years with a concert that saluted both the band's past and the fleetingly idyllic English summer.Mick Jagger even donned a frock for the...
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‘The Call': Code red for Hollywood
Oscar winner Halle Berry and talented director Brad Anderson team up for this very classic Hollywood thriller that chooses to downplay both artists' talents.Sadly, I cannot remember any substantial...
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Timothy Hallinan's 'Fame Thief' is taut crime fiction
Junior Bender is a professional burglar, and he's very good at it.He's been breaking into houses and making off with valuables for a long time and has never been arrested. Along the way, though, he's...
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Sultan Murad IV closes İstanbul Opera Festival at Topkapı
The fourth İstanbul International Opera Festival wrapped up on Monday night with a performance of “IV. Murat” (Sultan Murad IV), ending the 15-day festival at the courtyard of the historic Topkapı...
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New book by Orhan Pamuk due out in August, publisher says
A new book by Turkish author Orhan Pamuk is set to be published in August, the Nobel laureate's new publisher, Yapı Kredi Publishing (YKY), announced this week.The upcoming book, titled “Seçmeler” (A...
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Turkish masters to hit auction block at Artium's ‘Chamber Sale'
Artium Sanatevi will hold the first of its new monthly art auction series called “Chamber Sale” next week, offering a selection of paintings by Turkish masters “with affordable prices,” according to a...
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Springsteen challenges his band with fan requests
Bruce Springsteen jumped off the stage and into a frenzied German crowd of 45,000 fans on Sunday in Leipzig to pluck a sign with a handwritten request scrawled on it -- as he has been doing all summer...
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Two German artists present the face of İstanbul youth in new exhibition
İstanbul's Co Pilot Galeri opened its doors to visitors on Monday with a thought-provoking inaugural exhibition featuring two renowned German artists who joined hands to see what kind of realities lie...
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Arctic Monkeys, Hurts to headline September's Rock'n Coke Festival
The Arctic Monkeys will be performing in Turkey for the first time this fall when they take to the stage as one of the headline acts of this September's Rock'n Coke festival in İstanbul.The British...
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Sophia Loren to return to big screen in son's film
Italian actress and long-time Hollywood star Sophia Loren is set to return to the big screen in a short film directed by her son, which they are shooting in Naples this week.Loren, 78, will star in her...
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Fazıl Say honored at music festival in Germany
Turkish classical pianist-composer Fazıl Say has been honored at the international Zelt-Musik-Festival, which is marking its 31st edition from June 26 to July 14, in the German city of...
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Ayvalık Music Festival marks 16th year with classical music concerts
The Aegean resort town of Ayvalık held the 16th edition of its annual Ayvalık Music Festival this week, featuring classical music concerts by acclaimed musicians from around the world.Organized by the...
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Robert Plant takes Led Zeppelin songs to new places
Robert Plant knows his fans want Led Zeppelin and he's happy to comply. On his own terms.Plant is on the road this summer with a new band, The Sensational Space Shifters, and he's offering up fan...
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Group comes up with architectural responses to social challenges
The common thread most of the hot debates concerning İstanbul in recent years, ranging from the notorious Topçu Barracks in the place of Gezi Park in Taksim, which sparked an ongoing countrywide series...
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‘Fantastic' Turkish films from '70s being screened at İstanbul Modern
İstanbul Modern Cinema is offering a three-day film program, presenting a selection of “fantastic” Turkish movies, from July 11 to 13, as part of the museum's “YAP İstanbul Modern: Young Architects...
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Zooey Deschanel switches from acting to singing
During a summer tour with her musical duo She & Him, Zooey Deschanel has performed songs about tortured love and broken hearts.Since she's recently gone through a divorce herself, she's obviously...
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‘Pain & Gain': Pump it up
Apparently “Pain & Gain” is director Michael Bay's lowest budget film with an approximate budget of $20 million.Remember, this man has directed multi-million-dollar Hollywood entertainment...
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Workshop on Hacivat and Karagöz in Beyoğlu
The TÜRVAK Cinema-Theatre Museum and Art Library in İstanbul's Beyoğlu district is offering a series of educational workshops on puppetry and cinema and the two well-known lead characters of...
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Award-winning Turkish films head to Serbian festival
Serbia's European Film Festival Palic, marking its 20th edition from July 13-19, has devoted its Cinema in Focus Program -- a section that presents a selection of promising movies from a different...
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