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	<title>Istanbul 2010 Capital of Culture</title>
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	<description>Istanbul is the European Capital of Culture in 2010</description>
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		<title>Istanbul Photography Contest</title>
		<link>http://istanbul2010culture.com/2011/08/istanbul-photography-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Istanbul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Istanbul Photo Contest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Les Arts Turcs gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nurdogan Senguler]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 2009, Nurdogan Senguler, the owner of Les Arts Turcs gallery has held an Istanbul Photography contest, inviting foreigners who have visited the city of Istanbul to submit their photographs.  The prime purpose of this contest is to present Istanbul as seen through the eyes of foreigners. In March of last year, participants&#8217; photographs formed an exhibition of photographs in the Taksim Metro station gallery.
This year&#8217;s photo contest&#8217;s subject is Istanbul in the eyes of Foreigners &#8211; Yabanci Seyyahlar Gozuyle istanbul 2011. Foreign photographers will have the opportunity to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Istanbul Jazz Festival</title>
		<link>http://istanbul2010culture.com/2011/07/the-istanbul-jazz-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Istanbul</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Istanbul Jazz Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Sample]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natalie Cole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Okay Temiz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Simon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Randy Crawford]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Istanbul Jazz Festival began Thursday night, launching the opening night of this well known jazz festival at the Marmara Esma Sultan in Ortaköy.  This is the 18th year of the jazz festival sponsored by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV).  The Istanbul Jazz Festival is a favorite among European fans.  
Jazz musicians such Natalie Cole, Grammy award winning chanteuse, Randy Crawford, Joe Sample and American icon Paul Simon will be featured on the programme of the Festival. A Lifetime Achievement award was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Istanbul Biennale 2011 Artists:  Marzouk</title>
		<link>http://istanbul2010culture.com/2011/07/istanbul-biennale-2011-artists-marzouk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Istanbul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Marzouk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The artist Ben Marzouk currently living in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is one of the featured international artists at the Untitled (12th Istanbul Biennial), which is to take place between September 13th to November 17th of this year.
Originally from Mahares, a city along the coast of Tunisia, Marzouk graduated as an engineer from the State Technical School and the School of Fine Arts in Brussels.  His art went through various schools of techniques and influences but has always been colorful combined with a figurative tone.  He moved to Brazil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Untitled (12th Istanbul Biennial), 2011</title>
		<link>http://istanbul2010culture.com/2011/07/untitled-12th-istanbul-biennial-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Istanbul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Marzouk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Felix Gonzalez-Torres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Istanbul Biennale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics and art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Untitled 12th Istanbul Biennial 2011]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This October, the Istanbul Biennale will take again place again.  In its 12th year, the official name of this biennale is Untitled (12th Istanbul Biennial), 2011.  It will take place between September 13th to November 17th.
Every two years since 1987, the Istanbul Biennale, a contemporary art exhibition has occurred.  Like the other international biennals held in Sydney, Venice and Sao Paulo, the purpose of the Istanbul Biennale is to establish a meeting place between artists, both local and international, art critics and curators to bring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Istanbul Film Festival</title>
		<link>http://istanbul2010culture.com/2011/04/the-istanbul-film-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Istanbul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film & Documentary & Animation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claire Denis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Prix Golden Tulip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Istanbul Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tindersticks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since 1982, the Istanbul Film Festival has played to audiences as a venue of filmmakers, film producers, directors, actors and other celebrities as a market place for both Turkish and international films.  The Istanbul Film Festival opened yesterday with high expectations.
Although there are too many movies to mention here, for a complete list of films to be screened, please visit the official website of the Istanbul Film Festival at www.ilm.iksv.org/en/filmlist. There are over 230 films which will be featured at the festival which began on April 2nd.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where is the Museum of Innocence?</title>
		<link>http://istanbul2010culture.com/2011/01/where-is-the-museum-of-innocence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Istanbul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museum of Innocence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orhan Pamuk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many people have asked where is the Museum of Innocence in Istanbul?  Many people have searched for the Museum of Innocence, the museum Orhan Pamuk speaks of in his novel of the same name.  Such a great body of literature must have a home &#8211; a museum where that which is collected can be placed for the future collective memory of people.
In my search for the Museum, I found only one thing.  A Facebook page for fans who love and are obsessed with the novel by Pamuk.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>December Events in Istanbul 2010</title>
		<link>http://istanbul2010culture.com/2010/12/december-events-in-istanbul-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Istanbul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts in Istanbul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[events in Istanbul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Istanbul December]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theatre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following events are scheduled for December, the last month of the Istanbul 2010 Capital of Culture year.  When this year is over, this site will continue on as a venue for the arts and culture of Istanbul, one of the greatest cities in the world.  We will be reporting on future cultural events, exhibitions, dance, theater, music, film and the arts for art lovers around the world.
 
If you haven’t been to Istanbul yet, now’s the time to visit the one of the most fascinating cities in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kutlug Ataman Interview</title>
		<link>http://istanbul2010culture.com/2010/11/kutlug-ataman-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Istanbul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interview of Istanbul&#8217;s most well known contemporary artist Kutlug Ataman by Maurizio Bortolotti.

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		<title>Contemporary Artist Kutlug Ataman</title>
		<link>http://istanbul2010culture.com/2010/11/contemporary-artist-kutlug-ataman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Istanbul</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Film & Documentary & Animation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fff]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kutlug Ataman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Enemy Inside Me]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This art review by Richard Dorment was posted on the telegraph.co.uk of Istanbul&#8217;s most famous contemporary artist Kutlug Ataman&#8217;s first big exhibition in Turkey.  Kutlug Ataman is the Turner Prize-nominated artist whose recent film installation is called “fff” (family found footage), composed of 6mm and Super 8mm hand-held camera films from the 1950s and 1960s, borrowed from two English families, accompanied by two separate music scores which play at the same time creating a kind of chaos.
Kutlug Ataman, although from Turkey, describes himself as a global artist. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Istanbul 1001 Documentary Film Festival Opens</title>
		<link>http://istanbul2010culture.com/2010/11/istanbul-1001-documentary-film-festival-opens/</link>
		<comments>http://istanbul2010culture.com/2010/11/istanbul-1001-documentary-film-festival-opens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lady Istanbul</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Film & Documentary & Animation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art and Passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Away from Home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[documentary film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[İstanbul International 1001 Documentary Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Modern Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Of Hard Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Of Men and Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Work and Labor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A week long fiesta of documentary film from 24 countries around the world has begun in Istanbul.  Documentary film buffs have a unique opportunity to satisfy their quest for valuable documentary film at the 13th  İstanbul International 1001 Documentary Film Festival.  This update on cultural events of Istanbul 2010 comes from World Bulletin.net.
The festival, organized by the Association of Documentary Filmmakers in Turkey (BSB), is presenting a total of 68 films in admission free showings at the Muammer Karaca Theater, the Tarık Zafer Tunaya Cultural Center and the [...]]]></description>
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