The 9th Istanbul Biennial’s title is easy to remember: “Istanbul”, a city which is thought to be lots of things. There are 53 artists and half of them have been invited to live in the city and experience it. The other half chose to exhibit their works which are elsewhere around the world. This functions as a compare and contrast and makes it easier to read the city for the visitors. The locations selected for the exhibition are of taste: the buildings are scattered around the historic peninsula, the walk between these locations is a part of the biennial experience itself. As an Istanbuller, you look at Istanbul from an other’s eyes and see there your self.

We have a thing called blog kardeşliği (which means fraternity of blogs) that tries to unite turkish bloggers. Since blogging is a new thing in Turkey, we try to help people to find their way in blogging. Blog Kardeşliği has been online for 3 months and it already has nearly 600 members. İf you want to chech out some Turkish blogs, please visit Blog Kardeşliği.

One of the aim of this fraternity is to make bloggers meet, discuss face to face and start new projects with each other. For this, we organize some meetings. Last sunday third meeting was held in Bizz Cafe, Istanbul. People met, laughed, talked, and discussed alot. You can find some photos in Flickr from the meeting.

we have a Flickr group and a blog.

since this monday, the traffic in istanbul is a mess because of the opening of public schools. When I want to use the public transportation, I first of all find out the bus lines, the route, nearest bus stops from the map and the alternatives from Istanbul Public Transportation Information Service (which is also named,

the capture is taken from istanbul.com, the so-called official city guide of istanbul. i really have no idea what kind of city istanbul is, but obviously those who would like to have it labelled as a “modern, european” one outnumber the orientalistas. i need guidance from the city guide; i demand a clarification of the terms “modern” “european,” and “oriental,” with examples when possible. thank you.

A photography exhibition in Karsi Sanat art gallery in Beyoglu, recalling the anti-Greek riots in Istanbul on September 6-7 1955, was attacked by a group of ultra-nationalist Turkish militants yesterday, ripping photos off the walls and throwing eggs at the display

Individual disarmament seems to be one of the most urgent social issues in Turkey, as 600-700 people a year happen to be shot by stray bullets from guns fired in either street fights or some celebration occasions, such as mayhems after football successes, rural weddings or send-off gatherings for new soldiers