http://imagineistanbul.com Imagine Istanbul - travel, photography, news, films, book, ideas from Istanbul, Turkey Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:00:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://imagineistanbul.com http://imagineistanbul.com/wp-content/mbp-favicon/favicon.ico ImagineIstanbulhttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ImagineIstanbul/~3/kIe00fUDzbA/turkish-cinema-featured-at-the-toronto-film-festival.htm http://imagineistanbul.com/turkish-cinema-featured-at-the-toronto-film-festival.htm#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:52:39 +0000 Imagine http://imagineistanbul.com/?p=348 What a joy and not a complete surprise that the Toronto Film Festival would feature Turkish films at the TIFF festival season this year, 2010. Over the last couple of years I have been lucky to attend the Toronto Film Festival and watch some of the movies which come from Turkey. This year, it is [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ImagineIstanbul/~4/kIe00fUDzbA" height="1" width="1"/> http://imagineistanbul.com/turkish-cinema-featured-at-the-toronto-film-festival.htm/feed 0 http://imagineistanbul.com/turkish-cinema-featured-at-the-toronto-film-festival.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ImagineIstanbul/~3/e1YkFE5dCxg/restoration-of-the-pera-palace-hotel.htm http://imagineistanbul.com/restoration-of-the-pera-palace-hotel.htm#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:53:33 +0000 Imagine http://imagineistanbul.com/?p=339 The restoration of the Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul has finally been completed and re-assumes its role as one of the great hotels of Istanbul.  Seeped in history with echoes and imprints of some of the most interesting personalities of 20th century history, it can now take back its old glory in modern day Istanbul. [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ImagineIstanbul/~4/e1YkFE5dCxg" height="1" width="1"/> http://imagineistanbul.com/restoration-of-the-pera-palace-hotel.htm/feed 0 http://imagineistanbul.com/restoration-of-the-pera-palace-hotel.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ImagineIstanbul/~3/a8ypV5RWUO4/internet-censorship-in-turkey.htm http://imagineistanbul.com/internet-censorship-in-turkey.htm#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:43:13 +0000 Imagine http://imagineistanbul.com/?p=328 It’s pretty pathetic that Turkey still censors the internet, banning YouTube or anything else for that matter. A true democracy allows people to decide for themselves what they themselves want to watch or read. If one does not want to watch or read something, the individual should decide for themselves. In this news article on [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ImagineIstanbul/~4/a8ypV5RWUO4" height="1" width="1"/> http://imagineistanbul.com/internet-censorship-in-turkey.htm/feed 0 http://imagineistanbul.com/internet-censorship-in-turkey.htm