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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travel in Istanbul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello my friends, today I would like to give you an idea for a great holiday: Sürgün. Sürgün it&#8217;s a 27-metre caicco with 4 standard cabins and 1 master cabin, air condictioning and 220-volt electrical supply. The extremely hospitable and tactful crew will guide you in the Southeast coast of Turkey, exploring many archaeological sites, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=travelinistanbul.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9568364&amp;post=346&amp;subd=travelinistanbul&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Travel in Istanbul&#8221; fell in love with Syria&#8230; (part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travel in Istanbul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m right back from a fantastic week in Syria, and although this is a space dedicated to Istanbul, I&#8217;d like to share with you just some ideas and pics about my trip, and hope you&#8217;ll enjoy them! My trip started from Damascus, one of the most important cities of the Middle East. I had the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=travelinistanbul.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9568364&amp;post=302&amp;subd=travelinistanbul&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Istanbul Pictures</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travel in Istanbul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Istanbul Pictures: today I would like to share with you some of the photographic views I collected in Istanbul. No need to explain that my favourite pictures are the ones with the Sultanahmet Mosque, which is one of my best view in the city, a subject I love to admire, to gaze at, and to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=travelinistanbul.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9568364&amp;post=279&amp;subd=travelinistanbul&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travel in Istanbul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The time has come. Istanbul is now officially the 2010 European Capital of Culture. Through various activities and festive celebrations held on 16 January 2010 in 7 different centres of the city, Istanbul celebrated its new title as 2010 ECOC. The celebrations started with a protocol event taking place at the Haliç Congress Centre, with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=travelinistanbul.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9568364&amp;post=247&amp;subd=travelinistanbul&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Opening of the European Cultural Capital of 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taksim Square &#8211; 16th of January&#8230;big big big concert organized by the city hall of Istanbul, for the grand opening of the European Cultural Capital of 2010. announced time for the Tarkan concert &#8211; 21:15. Posted in 1, Miscellaneous Tagged: Istanbul, opening of the European Cultural Capital of 2010, Tarkan<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=travelinistanbul.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9568364&amp;post=243&amp;subd=travelinistanbul&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On my Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m used to fly with Turkish Airlines when I&#8217;ve to go to Turkey. Every trip starts from here for me. The service on board is perfect, you can ask whatever you want and a kind hostess or steward will come to help you. Nowadays the airline companies are getting worse, trying to save money and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=travelinistanbul.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9568364&amp;post=227&amp;subd=travelinistanbul&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The last hours in Istanbul: art and culture!</title>
		<link>http://travelinistanbul.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/my-trip-in-istanbul-is-coming-to-an-end/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi followers, This is just to have a sample of what you&#8217;re going to read in the next posts&#8230; I&#8217;m writing from Istanbul right now, I&#8217;m on the terrace of my hotel looking the Blue Mosque in front of me. Unfortunately this great trip is coming to an end, and these are my last hours [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=travelinistanbul.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9568364&amp;post=189&amp;subd=travelinistanbul&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Flag of The Republic of Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a couple of days I&#8217;ll be in Istanbul again. In this post I&#8217;d like to talk a little bit about something you&#8217;ll see many times during your turkish stay: the flag of the Republic of Turkey. It is a red flag with a white crescent moon and a star in its centre. The flag [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=travelinistanbul.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9568364&amp;post=178&amp;subd=travelinistanbul&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Spoonmaker&#8217;s Diamond in the Topkapi Palace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travel in Istanbul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story I&#8217;d like to tell you now is the story of the Spoonmaker&#8217;s Diamond (Turkish: Kaşıkçı Elması), the pride of the Topkapi Palace Museum. Although the Imperial Treasury is full of ancient daggers, pendants, book covers, chests, rings, and various other ancient artifacts artfully decorated with beautiful stones, the Spoonmaker&#8217;s Diamond rests its most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=travelinistanbul.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9568364&amp;post=174&amp;subd=travelinistanbul&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Spice Bazaar of Istanbul: a temple of taste</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travel in Istanbul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Istanbul, which seduces on even a brief stay, is now beginning to emerge as a &#8220;capital of tastes&#8220;. Its culinary richness is probably due to the role the city played in the time of the Eastern Roman Empire first, when it was the giant cellar and spice depot for Western Rome, and in the Ottoman [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=travelinistanbul.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9568364&amp;post=169&amp;subd=travelinistanbul&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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