The wish to change the direction of flowing waters or tamper coastlines are symptoms of a disease typical only to humans: megalomany. Josif Stalin wanted to turn the waters of River Volga, sheikh Mohamad ibn Rashid Al Maktum has changed the coastline of his desperate piece of desert into a patchwork quilt. The environmental impacts of this disease are enormous. This is what happens when you have too much riches and power and no culture.

Why Istanbul?

Birds in the sky are going to be confused.

hands, why are you hiding important Istanbul issues in the offtopics?

You have been here since the times of Hz. Nuh, I wish you would learn how to use this website.

Grrrr..

I am not a person who would compete for ´New in Forum´ section. I believe New in Forum section is over rated

Fazil Say gets 10-month suspended jail term for blasphemy..

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The court handed down the sentence after finding Say guilty of "insulting religious values of a part of the population" for a series of provocative tweets that critics said had insulted Islam and Muslims. The pianist was not present in court during the sentencing.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-pianist-fazil-say-gets-10-month-suspended-jail-term-for-blasphemy.aspx?pageID=238&nID=44926&NewsCatID=341

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My huge OHAAA goes to the court and the government..

An Exhibition in Istanbul:

Bearing Witness to the Lost History of an Armenian Family
Through the Lens of the Dildilian Brothers (1872-1923)

Source : http://www.depoistanbul.net/en/activites_detail.asp?ac=88

And two videos from Survivers Oral History Project:

http://webtv.radikal.com.tr/Turkiye/3315/dildilian-lar-sergisi.aspx

http://webtv.radikal.com.tr/Turkiye/3314/dildilian-lar-sergisi.aspx

Rubber Duck

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/02/travel/hong-kong-giant-duck/

We want to see it in Istanbul too.

Infact, I want one of these in my garden ..

Couldn´t you take the Posankka of Turku instead?

Please.

Omg..

What the heck is that??

It can give you nightmares!!!

And why do you call it Turku? Just to say something to us? eh?

Hey if we called it Turkey we would exhaust from explaining people we don´t mean that bird with a fleshy wattle hanging from the top of its beak.

But what sort fo creature is that?

An unfreathered hybrid cross-species animal? Half pork and a half pelican?

Justin Bieber abandons stage due to raining toys

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Fans were throwing toys and scarves at the beloved singer as a show of appreciation, but the teen magnet decided he wanted no more of it, and abandoned the stage.

He stayed backstage and refused to come out until an announcement was made in Turkish, informing fans that the show would not go on until the toys stopped coming in.

Bieber then continued on with his show.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/justin-bieber-abandons-stage-due-to-raining-toys.aspx?pageID=238&nID=46154&NewsCatID=383

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I read that girls throw  bras, knickers and even shoes to the stars, but it was the first time I heard head scarves thrown to them.