Shemekia Copeland was the star of the show as the 20th edition of the Efes Pilsen Blues Festival lit up the weekend in Istanbul. Turkey’s oldest, if not its only, blues festival has been touring around the country since its opening concert in Antalya on Oct. 16, and arrived in Istanbul for back-to-back shows Friday [...]

ormer President Jimmy Carter was in Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 31, to join “The Elders,” a group of global leaders brought together by Nelson Mandela, to issue a statement underscoring their concern about climate change prior to negotiations on the issue coming up in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Istanbul is likely to enjoy a massive growth in popularity among European travellers as it becomes the continent’s Capital of Culture next year. That is according to the Turkish Culture and Tourism Office, which has reported that it has seen an 11% year-on-year increase in British tourists over the first nine months of 2009. However, [...]