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Tag Archives: Turkey
I Love Big Books
I wish we had an amazing institution like the fantastic Karabuk University’s library, in Karabuk, Turkey. Designed to look like a row of giant books on a shelf; it’s obvious from a distance what the building has to offer. Renowned … Continue reading
The Walk
Good Chance is a humanitarian theatre company founded in 2015 in the unofficial refugee camp in Calais, France that’s often called “The Jungle”. It is behind an exciting public art project that will travel across two continents and many national … Continue reading
Vacation in a Box
Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, most of us have been forced to postpone our summer vacation plans, but IKEA in Dubai has come up with a clever idea to offer “vacations in a box” to help send customers to far-flung … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Art, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Tourism
Tagged Cappadocia, Dubai, Ikea, Maldives, Tokyo, Turkey
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Bookstore Tourism: Istanbul
The recently opened Kitap Koala bookstore in Istanbul’s Şişli district offers 30,000 books to its customers with the commitment to give all of its profits to animal shelters and cover the medical needs of stray animals all over Turkey. The … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Tourism
Tagged Animal rights, animal welfare, Bookselling, Istanbul, Turkey
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My Kind of Recycling
During the last eight months, the trash collectors in the Çankaya District of Ankara, Turkey have rescued more than 5,000 books from the garbage. Thanks to their diligence, a lending library has been created in the townhall. The library is open … Continue reading
What It Says On The Tin
Last week, Karabük University in Karabük, Turkey inaugurated the new Kamil Gūlec Library. The impressive facade is composed of fifteen books up to 20 meters high. H/t to Ahmet Yildirim for the post.
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Love old books? Check-out the terrific new website Quill from book historian Erik Kwakkel.
Book Bench
H/t to Bibliodiverisidad for these pics of wonderful book benches in Istanbul.
Taksim Square Book Club
After weeks of demonstrations and clashes between protesters and police across Turkey, a new type of civil disobedience has emerged—the Standing Protest. Turkish performance artist Erdem Gunduz started it off by standing with his hands in his pockets facing the … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Books, Europe, Freedom of Speech, Writing
Tagged Erdem Gunduz, Istanbul, Taksim Square, Turkey
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Axonometric and Not
Posted in Asia, Europe, Maps, USA
Tagged Axonometric, Central Park, Ginza, Istambul, London, Maps, New York City, Rome, Tallinn, Thessaloniki, Tokyo, Turkey
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