<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Istanbul: News &amp; Videos about Istanbul - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Istanbul</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Istanbul from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:22:07 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Istanbul: News &amp; Videos about Istanbul - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Istanbul</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Istanbul from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Making the most of international travel</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/29/magazines/fortune/management/linda_rottenberg.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/29/magazines/fortune/management/linda_rottenberg.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>It's called "mentor capitalism": Through her nonprofit Endeavor, Linda Rottenberg pairs budding businesspeople in countries such as Brazil, Egypt, and South Africa with global expertise and sources of funding (her board includes the likes of Edgar Bronfman Jr. and venture capitalist Tim Draper).</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Greg Lalas: MLS needs its Los Angeles derby to become more fierce</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/greg_lalas/10/26/galaxy.chivas/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/greg_lalas/10/26/galaxy.chivas/index.html</guid><description>If you had told me before this past weekend that, of the six teams gunning for the final two MLS playoff spots, Real Salt Lake and New England would emerge as winners, I would've responded, "Yeah, and I have a date lined up with Keira Knightley on Tuesday."</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cab-driving shutterbug chronicles Istanbul's underbelly</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/05/sevket.sahintas.taxi.photographer/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/05/sevket.sahintas.taxi.photographer/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sevket Sahintas works the night shift driving his taxi around Istanbul, Turkey, from midnight until dawn.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shoe thrower targets IMF chief in Istanbul</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/01/turkey.imf.shoe.thrower/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/01/turkey.imf.shoe.thrower/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A protester threw a shoe at the IMF director at the end of a question-and-answer session Thursday at a university in Istanbul.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tunnel links continents, uncovers ancient history</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/21/turkey.bosphorus.tunnel.marmaray/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/21/turkey.bosphorus.tunnel.marmaray/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>It's a common sight in the traffic-clogged streets of Istanbul, a city that straddles two continents.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A 48-hour tasting tour of Istanbul</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/09/11/istanbul.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/09/11/istanbul.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Breakfast, beer breaks and goat's-milk ice cream: The ultimate two-day tasting itinerary in Turkey's largest city.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Istanbul buries dead after fatal floods</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/11/turkey.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/11/turkey.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A day after deadly water roared through this city, killing dozens of residents, hundreds of mourners gathered at a mosque for the funerals of seven women who drowned in a minivan.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dozens killed as devastating floods hit Turkey</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/09/turkey.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/09/turkey.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 31 people were dead after two days of torrential rains triggered flash floods in northwestern Turkey, sweeping cars into the sea and sending gushing water into homes and businesses, authorities said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Death toll rises in Turkish train crash</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/28/turkey.train.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/28/turkey.train.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The death toll in a train crash in Turkey has risen to five, Turkish State Railways said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Four dead in Turkish train crash</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/27/turkey.train.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/27/turkey.train.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Four people were killed and five were seriously injured in a train crash in Turkey, Turkish State Railways announced Thursday. Twelve people were lightly injured, it said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Women take lead in building mosque in Turkey</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/13/turkey.mosque.women/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/13/turkey.mosque.women/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>There is a shiny addition among the Ottoman mosques and palaces that make up Istanbul's stunning skyline: the metallic, mirrored dome of the new Sakirin Mosque, a Muslim place of worship built with a woman's touch.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>This week on Marketplace Middle East</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/07/08/show.july8/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/07/08/show.july8/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>IN FOCUS: Jordan's Nuclear Hopes</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: Does Obama diplomacy work?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/03/obama.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/03/obama.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Nearly two months ago, President Obama embarked on a two-day, two-city charm offensive in Turkey, a predominantly Muslim country and NATO military ally whose people give the United States abysmal approval ratings.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A New Exhibition Uncovers the Secrets of Byzantium</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1853629,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1853629,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Even in every day works, Byzantine artists showed the humanity behind the Empire's Splendor</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Drunk tries to hijack Turkish Airlines passenger jet</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/15/turkey.russia.hijack/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/15/turkey.russia.hijack/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A drunk passenger tried to hijack a Turkish Airlines flight to Russia on Wednesday before he was brought under control, the head of Turkey's civil aviation authority said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turning my lens on Istanbul</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/09/05/istanbul/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/09/05/istanbul/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Staring into a TV camera, I say, "Istanbul is one of the world's great cities, period. For thousands of years, this point, where East meets West, has been the crossroads of civilizations. Few places on earth have seen more history than this sprawling metropolis on the Bosphorus."</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>13 arrested in Istanbul bombings</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/02/turkey.bomb.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/02/turkey.bomb.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkish authorities have arrested 13 people in connection with blasts that killed 17 people in Istanbul last week, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thousands mourn Turkish bomb victims</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/28/turkey.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/28/turkey.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Thousands of mourners were joined Monday by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the funerals of victims killed in Sunday's double bombing in Istanbul.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Two blasts rock Istanbul, killing 15</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/27/turkey.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/27/turkey.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The death toll from two deadly explosions in Turkey continued to rise early Monday as government officials confirmed 15 deaths and more than 150 injuries.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Explosions Rock Istanbul, 17 Killed</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826998,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826998,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Two consecutive bombs struck a residential neighborhood of Istanbul Sunday, killing 17 people</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey: Probe into Consulate Attack</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821487,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821487,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A Turkish government official says there are signs that the gunmen who attacked the U.S. consulate in Istanbul might have been inspired by al-Qaeda but there is no firm evidence yet</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey consulate attack 'terrorism,' says U.S. envoy</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/09/turkey.usconsulate/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/09/turkey.usconsulate/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The shootout outside the U.S. consulate in Istanbul which left six people dead  was an "obvious act of terrorism," the U.S. ambassador to Turkey says.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>6 Dead in Turkey US Consulate Attack</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821447,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821447,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Gunmen believed inspired by al-Qaeda stormed a guard post at the U.S. consulate in Istanbul Wednesday, touching off a firefight that killed three police and three assailants</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey: 6 Killed Near US Consulate</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821171,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821171,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Armed men attacked a police guardpost outside the US consulate in Istanbul. Turkish officials called it a terrorist attack and said three officers and three of the assailants were killed</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Riot cops rout Turkish May Day protesters</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/01/turkey.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/01/turkey.riots/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkish riot police attacked hundreds of workers with clubs, tear gas and water cannons to prevent them taking part in a May Day march in Istanbul that was banned by the government.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>19 die in Turkish fireworks building blast</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/31/istanbul.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/31/istanbul.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A blast ripped through a building in an industrial neighborhood of Istanbul on Thursday, leaving at least 19 people dead, authorities told CNN.</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey Busts Alleged Murder Network</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1707482,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1707482,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A Nobel-winning novelist is on the alleged hit list of targets singled out for speaking about Turkey's treatment of its minorities</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey train crash kills 9</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/27/turkey.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/27/turkey.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A passenger train derailed in Turkey Sunday, killing at least nine people and injuring about 50 others, CNN-Turk reported.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Old Istanbul on the fringes of the Grand Bazaar </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/01/04/istanbul/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/01/04/istanbul/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Dodging four men pushing a cart full of honeydew melons, I step out of the noisy traffic of Istanbul, pass through the horseshoe-arched door, and trade one commotion for another. Suddenly the air -- heated by millions of watts of electric bulbs -- is several degrees warmer. Like carnivorous flowers, merchants seduce from glittering shops. They say, "Welcome to the Grand Bazaar."</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turks foil bomb attack</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/24/turkey.explosive/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/24/turkey.explosive/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkish authorities said they foiled an apparent bomb attack in Istanbul on Monday when they discovered plastic bags with explosives near a ticket stand.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A travel homecoming in Turkey</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/10/26/istanbul/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/10/26/istanbul/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sitting down in the yellow "taksi" at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport and seeing the welcoming grin of the unshaven driver who greeted me with "Merhaba" (hello), I just blurted out, "Cok guzel." I forgot I remembered the phrase. It just came to me -- like a baby shouts for joy. I was back and it was "beautiful" indeed.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Greece hold their nerve in Istanbul</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/10/18/team.greece/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/10/18/team.greece/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The world champions might not yet make it, but the champions of Europe at least will definitely be waltzing their way towards Austria and Switzerland next summer to defend their crown.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>World Soccer: Kak&amp;#65533; reflects on Milan's Champions League triumph</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/world_soccer/07/30/kaka.qa/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/world_soccer/07/30/kaka.qa/index.html</guid><description>European Sports Magazines' Andrea de Pauli recently caught up with AC Milan star Kak&amp;#65533; about the team's sensational run to last season's European Cup triumph, the Brazilian national team and those nagging Real Madrid rumors.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fenerbahce celebrate centenary in style</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/06/07/team.fenerbahce/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/06/07/team.fenerbahce/index.html</guid><description>Recent visitors to Istanbul could hardly have failed to notice the predominance of flags and banners in blue and yellow stretched out amid the bazaars of Sultanahmet, and fluttering from seafront terraces along the Bosphorus.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Two freed from collapsed apartment building</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/26/istanbul.building/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/26/istanbul.building/index.html</guid><description>Rescuers Thursday freed a girl and a man from the rubble of a multistory apartment building that collapsed in Istanbul,  apparently as construction workers tried to tear down a building next door.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkish murder suspect: No ties</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/22/turkey.dink/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/22/turkey.dink/index.html</guid><description>The teenage suspect who confessed to gunning down a Turkish-Armenian journalist last week has no connection to any organized group, Istanbul police chief Celalettin Cerrah said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Teen admits killing Turkish journalist</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/21/turkey.dink/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/21/turkey.dink/index.html</guid><description>The teenage suspect arrested for allegedly gunning down a controversial Turkish journalist has confessed he killed him and has no regrets, the official state-run news agency Anatolia reported Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Youth arrested in Turkish journalist's killing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/20/turkey.dink/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/20/turkey.dink/index.html</guid><description>Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of outspoken Turkish journalist Hrant Dink after a 32-hour search, authorities said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope Benedict arrives in Turkey </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/28/turkey.benedict/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/28/turkey.benedict/index.html</guid><description>Snipers and police security teams took up positions around Ankara airport as Pope Benedict XVI arrived for his first visit to a Muslim country.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope calls for Christian-Muslim dialogue</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/28/turkey.pope/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/28/turkey.pope/index.html</guid><description>Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday began his visit to Turkey -- his first to a Muslim country -- with a message urging "dialogue" between Christians and Muslims as he moved to ease anger over his perceived criticism of Islam.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkish PM agrees to meet pope</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/27/pope.turkey/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/27/pope.turkey/index.html</guid><description>Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accused of snubbing Pope Benedict on his first official trip to a Muslim country, says he has agreed to meet the pontiff when he arrives in Ankara on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Shortcuts: How to beat a hangover</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/19/shortcuts.hangovers/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/19/shortcuts.hangovers/index.html</guid><description>Planning to over-indulge this weekend? Here's how to avoid the worst of it.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pamuk wins Nobel literature prize</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/12/nobel.literature/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/12/nobel.literature/index.html</guid><description>Turkish author Orhan Pamuk -- recently facing prosecution in a Turkish court for remarks he made about the killings of Armenians nearly a century ago -- won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Istanbul: City overview</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/10/05/istanbul-cityoverview/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/10/05/istanbul-cityoverview/index.html</guid><description>From under a Byzantine cloak proudly emblazoned with ancient treasures, Istanbul is emerging as a modern metropolis to rival the capitals of the two continents it straddles. While the present-day incarnation of Constantinople remains a gateway between Europe and Asia as well as Christianity and Islam, the cluttered shores of the Bosphorus are as likely to echo to the sound of modern dance beats as they are to the mystic chants of twirling dervishes. Modern Turkey's founding father Ataturk may have transferred the power to Ankara, but his efforts to thrust the country into the modern age revived Istanbul's fortunes, securing it a future place in the European Union. The cafes where life once passed lazily by are now buzzing with creativity borne of the city's cultural melting pot, nevertheless, traditional Turkish hospitality survives, as do the bustling bazaars where vendors haggle hard to extract their tourist dollars.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Officers question Turkish hijacker</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/03/turkey.hijack/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/03/turkey.hijack/index.html</guid><description>Italian officials are questioning a Turkish man who hijacked a Turkish jetliner with 113 people aboard Tuesday and forced it to fly to Italy, where the passengers and crew were released unharmed.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>27 hurt in string of Turkey blasts</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/27/turkey.blasts/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/08/27/turkey.blasts/index.html</guid><description>A series of bombings on Turkey's Mediterranean coast and in the commercial center of Istanbul has left 27 people wounded, including 10 British tourists, officials report.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Istanbul's sultry groove</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/08/22/istanbul.nightlife/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/08/22/istanbul.nightlife/index.html</guid><description>On Saturday evenings, all of Istanbul seems to stroll along Istiklal Caddesi, a pedestrian avenue in the Beyoglu district. Couples, packs of young men, and extended families share the sidewalks with lottery ticket vendors, men roasting corncobs on street carts and café singers belting pop tunes.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkish rifle range blast: 14 hurt</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/06/01/turkey.explosion/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/06/01/turkey.explosion/index.html</guid><description>An explosion at a rifle range in Istanbul left 14 people injured on Thursday, according to local media reports.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Inferno engulfs Istanbul airport</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/24/turkey.fire/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/24/turkey.fire/index.html</guid><description>A massive fire that swept through a cargo area at Ataturk International Airport has been blamed on sparks from a welding operation.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 12:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharapova will miss Istanbul event</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/05/19/tennis.sharapova/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/05/19/tennis.sharapova/index.html</guid><description>Former world No.1 Maria Sharapova will arrive for the French Open, starting in just over a week, without having played a match on clay this year.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 12:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>14 injured in Turkish bomb</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/09/turkey.blast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/09/turkey.blast/index.html</guid><description>A bomb blast in Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, has injured 14 people, police say.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Istanbul Forum</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/09/istanbul.forum/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/09/istanbul.forum/index.html</guid><description>The Scene spent the day in Istanbul with fashion designer Hussein Chalayan. Do you have a favorite hangout in the Turkish city? Send us your suggestions and read your comments below.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Istanbul Director's Blog</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/02/istanbul.blog/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/02/istanbul.blog/index.html</guid><description>In Istanbul, ancient and modern collide on the banks of the Bosphorus. But it's not just where Europe and Asia meet. I meet Hussein Chalayan at his hotel to talk through the film. He introduces me to his mother, his aunt, his partner and then his personal assistant. They are all coming on the shoot!</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hussein Chalayan's Top Picks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/02/istanbul.toppicks/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/02/istanbul.toppicks/index.html</guid><description>Do you agree with Hussein Chalayan's Istanbul selections? Send us your comments and ideas below.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 17:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Q &amp;amp; A: Hussein Chalayan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/02/istanbul.qa/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/02/istanbul.qa/index.html</guid><description>The Scene talks to maverick designer Hussein Chalayan about being inspired by Istanbul's collision of cultures.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Istanbul Insider Tips</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/02/istanbul.insidertips/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/02/istanbul.insidertips/index.html</guid><description>Do you have any inside tips on Istanbul? Send us your comments below.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Istanbul City Guide</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/02/istanbul.guide/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/02/istanbul.guide/index.html</guid><description>Check out The Scene's recommendations for Turkey's cultural and historic capital and send us your ideas and suggestions below.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blatter suggests scrapping anthems</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/football/11/22/switzerland.blatter/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/football/11/22/switzerland.blatter/index.html</guid><description>FIFA could consider scrapping the playing of national anthems before international matches, said president Sepp Blatter in Zurich.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How shantytowns become real cities </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/10/17/8358045/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/10/17/8358045/index.htm</guid><description>COME WITH ME TO KIBERA: THE LARGEST SHANTYTOWN in sub-Saharan Africa. More than 500,000 people live in this vast illegal section of Nairobi, in mud huts on mud streets, with no fresh water or sanit...</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Two reported dead in Turkey blast </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/03/turkey.blast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/03/turkey.blast/index.html</guid><description>A couple leaving a wedding party was killed and five people were injured early Thursday when a trash bin exploded in the Pendik district of Istanbul, according to Turkey's state-run news agency Anatolia.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 22:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fans flock to European cup final</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/25/turkey.football/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/25/turkey.football/index.html</guid><description>Turkish police, assisted by British and Italian colleagues, are on high alert as fans flock to Istanbul for Wednesday night's Champions' League final between Liverpool and AC Milan.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2005 11:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rio race axed from MotoGP calendar</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/02/18/motogp.calendar/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/02/18/motogp.calendar/index.html</guid><description>The Rio Grand Prix has been dropped from the MotoGP calendar for the 2005 season and replaced by the first Turkish Grand Prix.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Putting a modern face on slaughter</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/20/turkey.bayram/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/20/turkey.bayram/index.html</guid><description>Turkish veterinarian Dr. Tashin Yesildere is stuck in holiday traffic. But it is not the cars that have him worked up -- it's the roadside tents of sheep and cows on sale for the Feast of the Sacrifice, known as "Bayram" in his country.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Airliners make emergency landings</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/15/airline.threats/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/15/airline.threats/index.html</guid><description>Security threats forced two passenger jets operated by Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines to make emergency landings in Budapest Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2004 02:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lufthansa jet in emergency landing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/15/lufthansa.threat/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/15/lufthansa.threat/index.html</guid><description>A Lufthansa jet en route from Istanbul to Frankfurt has made an emergency landing in Budapest after airline officials received a security threat, an airline spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>6 dead as Turkish trains collide</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/11/turkey.train.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/11/turkey.train.crash/index.html</guid><description>At least six people have been killed and as many as 40 injured as two passenger trains crashed in northwestern Turkey, according to media reports.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rival groups claim Turkey blasts</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/10/turkey.blasts.twoclaims/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/10/turkey.blasts.twoclaims/index.html</guid><description>Two separate terror groups have  claimed to have mounted the explosions in Istanbul which killed two people Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey blasts: Militants 'warning'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/10/turkey.blasts.claim/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/10/turkey.blasts.claim/index.html</guid><description>An Islamic group with links to al Qaeda has claimed to have mounted explosions in Istanbul which killed two people Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deadly blasts hit Turkey hotels</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/10/turkey.explosions/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/10/turkey.explosions/index.html</guid><description>Near-simultaneous explosions hit two Istanbul hotels early Tuesday, killing two people, and another attack unsuccessfully targeted gas tanks at a fuel storage depot.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2004 07:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey rail crash: 3 crew arrested</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/24/turkey.train.arrests/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/24/turkey.train.arrests/index.html</guid><description>Three crew members of a high speed train that derailed in Turkey killing 36 people and injuring 81 have been arrested, CNN Turk television reported.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2004 14:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey train crash: Speed blamed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/23/turkey.train.accident/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/23/turkey.train.accident/index.html</guid><description>The train that derailed Thursday night east of Istanbul was traveling faster than it should have been, the Turkish transportation minister says.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2004 07:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>36 dead in Turkey train wreck</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/22/turkey.train.accident/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/22/turkey.train.accident/index.html</guid><description>At least 36 people were killed and dozens injured Thursday when a high-speed train derailed in northwestern Turkey, according to a health ministry official.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bomb kills 5 in Turkey</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/02/turkey.blast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/02/turkey.blast/index.html</guid><description>Five people were killed Friday in a suspected bomb attack against the convoy of the governor of eastern Turkey's Van province.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2004 07:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Treasurys strengthen, dollar weakens</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/24/markets/bondcenter/bonds/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/24/markets/bondcenter/bonds/index.htm</guid><description>Treasurys rallied and the dollar fell Thursday as a report on durable goods proved to be weaker than expected, adding to speculation that the Federal Reserve would shy away from an aggressive interest rate hike.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey bus explosion kills four</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/24/turkey.blast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/24/turkey.blast/index.html</guid><description>Four people have been killed and at least a dozen injured after a bomb carried by a woman exploded on a bus near Istanbul University Hospital, authorities say.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bomb wounds Turkish officer</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/22/turkey.bomb/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/22/turkey.bomb/index.html</guid><description>A small bomb attached to an anti-NATO banner injured a policeman in Istanbul Tuesday, less than a week before a NATO summit meeting begins in the city.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey stops weapons container</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/02/turkey.weapons/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/02/turkey.weapons/index.html</guid><description>Turkish customs officials have discovered containers of weapons -- including a rocket-launching pad -- on a ship traveling from Ukraine to Egypt, CNNTurk.com has reported.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2004 00:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bomb goes off outside McDonald's in Istanbul</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/20/mcdonalds.bombs/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/20/mcdonalds.bombs/index.html</guid><description>A bomb exploded outside a McDonald's restaurant in Istanbul Thursday evening, and authorities defused two homemade bombs outside one of the company's restaurants in Rome, police in Turkey and Italy said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2004 18:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blasts ahead of Blair Turkey trip</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/17/turkey.blasts.blair1130/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/17/turkey.blasts.blair1130/index.html</guid><description>Four small explosions have targeted offices of a British-owned bank in Turkey just ahead of a visit by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 15:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Four blasts hit Turkish cities</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/16/turkey.blasts/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/16/turkey.blasts/index.html</guid><description>Four small explosions have hit the Turkish cities Ankara and Istanbul, targeting offices of a British-owned bank, HSBC.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 00:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey foils 'NATO bomb plot'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/03/turkey.terror/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/03/turkey.terror/index.html</guid><description>Turkish officials say police have foiled a bomb plot targeting a NATO summit in Istanbul that will be attended by world leaders including U.S. President George W. Bush.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2004 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Search for clues in Turkey bombing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/10/turkey.explosion/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/10/turkey.explosion/index.html</guid><description>Investigators were combing through debris in a search for clues to a bombing of an Istanbul Masonic lodge that left two people dead and seven others wounded.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2004 08:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bombers hit Istanbul lodge</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/09/turkey.explosion/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/09/turkey.explosion/index.html</guid><description>A bomb has torn through a Masonic lodge in Istanbul, killing at least two people and wounding at least seven others.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2004 22:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey hosts 2005 Champions final</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/02/05/european.venues/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/02/05/european.venues/index.html</guid><description>Newly-installed UEFA chief executive Lars-Christer Olsson swept aside all security fears when he confirmed that the 2005 Champions League final will be in Istanbul.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2004 16:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Best Of The New Travel WINGS AND WHEELS AND WANDERLUST MADE ALL THE LUSTIER BY THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. 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