New #Turkish students in our September 2013 classes

Rumi Forum has enrolled 50+ studemts in its current season of Turkish courses. Levels 1-5.

Istanbul: a new jazz hub?

Istanbul is becoming an international centre of music. [Reuters] 

Istanbul is celebrating its 18th annual jazz festival this month with 300 local and foreign musicians playing over 40 concerts. The 19-day festival, which opened July 1st, is being held in different parts of the city and is sponsored by the Istanbul Culture and Art Foundation (IKSV).

Students come to Turkey for Turkish language summer school

Culture Minister Ertuğrul Günay posed with international students who came to attend the Turkish Summer School.

The annual Turkish Summer School, organized by the Culture and Tourism Ministry's Yunus Emre Institute, kicked off at Ankara's Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges Economy and Technology University (TOBB-ETÜ) on Monday.

Memories of İstanbul

A nice piece about Istanbul that we are sure you will enjoy !

[EXPAT VOICE] Memories of İstanbul

05 November 2010, Friday / Chris Deliso*

I don’t remember much of the things that have happened to me in İstanbul or, at least not the circumstances surrounding them.

I cannot recall them in an ordered narrative; more than any other place, what comprises my memories of İstanbul is independent images, dreams that glow brightly but then disappear, luminous objects that just slip away when you reach for them.

I had never expected to go to İstanbul, much less to live there. It was a coincidence, or fate, that sent me the first time. But the second time, the third, the fourth and so on? Perhaps there is some irresistible magnetism…

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How an American Bird Became Known as a Turkey

How an American Bird Became Known as a Turkey
by Stephen Messenger, Porto Alegre, Brazil on 11.23.10

For a species of bird found only in the forests of North America and so symbolic of a U.S. holiday, the humble turkey sure has an oddly Eurasian name -- but have you ever stopped to consider why? Well, it turns out that the origins of how this jowly bird arrived at its strikingly Turkish title reflect the history of its international popularity. The misnomer, as you well know, has yet to be corrected -- making turkeys one of the most curiously named birds on the planet.

To pin down an answer to why one of North America's most celebrated birds came to be named after a distant nation all one has to do is look at the history of global commerce.

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