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• GAY MAN KILLED IN HONOUR KILLING

  
  Gay London videos and news, gay interviews, gay clubbing, gay health, gay comment and gay views on HOMOVISION.TV Gay TV, gay London videos and news, gay interviews, gay clubbing, gay health, gay comment and gay views on HOMOVISION.TV — Authority: 137
  The New York Times today reports on the death of a 26 year old gay guy in Istanbul, the victim of what sociologists say is the first gay honour killing in Turkey.According to prosecutors Ahmet Yildiz, an openly gay man, was shot five times as he left his apartment. His killer allegedly his father, who [...]
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• Metin Bilgin

  
  CSSFury | CSS Website Gallery — Authority: 135
  Metin Bilgin is a new site in our CSS website gallery. Please take the time to rate it by clicking on the title..
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• Great Bayrams of History

  
  Carpetblogger — Authority: 93
  Its a bad week to be a sheep, goat or cow in Muslim countries. Friday is Kurban Bayram ( Eid Al Adha in Arabic), or the Feast of the Sacrifice. Its a time for charity and paranoia , reflection on topics such as "Is it better to be the first sheep or the last sheep?" and annual visits to Cowshwitz . After ...
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• Dolapdere Big Gang

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 622
  Download audio file (11242009.mp3) Download MP3 Cover bands aren’t usually musical innovators. But Dolapdere Big Gang of Turkey might be the exception. Most of the group lives in Dolapdere, an Istanbul neighborhood with a rough reputation. This eight-piece band of young Roma musicians, plays Western pop hits in ...
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• Losing the Democracies: Obamas Heart is With the Hooligans

  
  The New Republic - The Spine Feed — Authority: 123
  At least, thats what many of our old and deeply democratic friends seem to feel. Now, its hard to accept that the president of the United States would actually make that choice. He probably feels--but how do I really know? I actually dont--that the hooligans and especially the hooligans who produce our oil and the ...
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• Carpetblog Reruns: Thanksgivings in Crapistan

  
  Carpetblogger — Authority: 93
  Because we post once a month on this blog whether we have something to say or not and because its Thanksgiving and because we like to remember better days, here are some of our favorite Thanksgiving posts from years past. You may have heard some of these stories once or twice but perhaps you dont already know: Why ...
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• World’s Largest Earthquake-Proof Building Completed in Istanbul

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 743
  Istanbul’s brand new Sabiha Gökçen International Airport airport terminal opened on October 31st of this year and is now the world’s largest earthquake-proof building. Named after the world’s first woman combat pilot, the new 2 million square-foot structure is capable of not only withstanding a magnitude ...
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• Rafa Benitez can get set for another Liverpool miracle

  
  Telegraph.co.uk Sport Blog — Authority: 610
  Without too much effort, you can find odds of 11/2 against Liverpool qualifying for the knock-out stages of the Champions League.With David Ngog set to lead the line for Rafael Benitez’s team against Debrecen in Budapest on Tuesday evening, it’s a surprise those already generous odds haven’t lengthened even ...
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• Istanbul – Where you should be Part II

  
  A Canvas Full of Dreams — Authority: 112
  Once you are done with the Byzantines, you must meet the Ottomans. Ideally you should start with the Blue Mosque. One of the few (perhaps only) mosques with 6 minarets, the Blue Mosque is the religious heartland of Istanbul . Standing in it’s courtyard in the evening with gulls crying out from its minarets, their ...
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• 5 Top Food Blogs for Delicious Traveling

  
  Where's the Travel Answer Man — Authority: 428
  While in a foreign land who can resist the lure of a spicy aroma wafting from a restaurant? The beauty of exotic fruits ripening in the sun on the roadside? Or, if you live dangerously, the excitement of indiscriminate meat-products roasting for hours on end next to an open fire? Coupled with the well known fact ...
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• Galatasaray draw with Manisaspor

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 158
  Galatasaray failed to close the gap with Turkish leaders Fenerbahce, being held to a 1-1 draw by Manisaspor. Initially, things went according to plan for Galatasaray as Harry Kewell put the Istanbul outfit ahead after 38 minutes at Ali Sami Yern stadium. ‘Gala’ failed to hold on to that lead however as ...
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• 20th Anniversary of the Rights of the Child

  
  Imagine Istanbul — Authority: 93
  It’s the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.  Just how well is the world doing in regard the rights of children?  I started this website because of a little boy I found shining shoes on the streets of Istanbul.  I was moved by his difficult life and by [...]
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• Besiktas beat Fenerbahce in Turkish classic

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 158
  Defending Turkish champions Besiktas remain near the top of the Super Lig following Saturday’s 3-0 victory over local rivals Fenerbahce. The Istanbul classic remained goalless until the 54th minute, when Michael Fink put home side Besiktas ahead with what turned out to be the start of much more to come. Fans at ...
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• The World’s Biggest Earth Quake Proof Building Is An Airport

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 599
  The biggest and the most secured building in world, at least in terms of seismic attacks or in laymen terms, earthquakes is the brand new international terminal at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport which is now operational. The foundations of this state of the art airport aren’t in based in the ground but have ...
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• The World’s Largest Earthquake-Safe Building

  
  autotechie.com — Authority: 158
  The new terminal at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport is the world’s largest earthquake-safe building. You’re looking at over 185,000sqm of scaffolding that supports it, all resting on top of giant geological roller skates. (more…) Read more here:  The World’s Largest Earthquake-Safe Building
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• The World’s Largest Earthquake-Safe Building [Architecture]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 892
  The new terminal at Istanbuls Sabiha Gökçen Airport is the worlds largest earthquake-safe building. Youre looking at the over two million square feet of scaffolding that support it, all resting on top of giant geological roller skates. Instead of being built on top of the soil, the whole structure rests on over ...
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• Gifts For Retro-holics Who Yearn For The Old Days

  
  autotechie.com — Authority: 158
  Are you trying to find a gift for one of those crazies who’s always going on about the superiority of vinyl, or who dresses like a character on Mad Men ? Here are some ideas for the retrophile in your life. (more…) Read the original here: Gifts For Retro-holics Who Yearn For The Old Days
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• A particle off the old block

  
  Managing Leadership — Authority: 112
  As we saw last week, quantum physicists can be pretty strange folk – every bit, perhaps, as weird as the models they posit for how the physical world really works. One of them is unshakably convinced of the validity of, essentially, the whole of the science. He declares his faith in this as yet highly speculative, ...
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• Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen opens new terminal; demand up 40% so far in 2009

  
  anna.aero — Authority: 130
  One of Europe’s fastest growing airports has a great new terminal. How is demand split between domestic and international flights and how do the three major Turkish carriers compare? Which European and Middle Eastern LCCs serve the airport?
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• Turkish airports report double-digit growth this autumn; Istanbul leads way

  
  anna.aero — Authority: 130
  Turkish airports will handle over 80 million passengers this year and most (but not all) are growing. But is it domestic or international traffic that is driving the growth? How dominant are Istanbul’s two airports?
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