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İstanbul Comedy Festival

İstanbul Comedy Festival
15-20 November 2016 After 20 years, a first time event in Turkey from BKM! Setting the trends for comedy in Turkey, establishing the ground works for alternative and avant-garde projects, BKM is getting ready to host an international comedy festival for the first time in Turkey. Following the global trends within framework of culture, BKM…
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Vodafone 38th Istanbul Marathon

Vodafone 38th Istanbul Marathon
Istanbul It was third time lucky for Kenyan-born Azerbaijani runner Evans Kiplagat who finished first in Sunday’s Vodafone Istanbul Marathon’s men’s race. Crossing the line with a time of two hours, 13 minutes and 28 seconds, Kiplagat finally took first place after finishing second last year and third in 2012. Ethiopian athlete Shura Kitata Tola…
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International Day of the Girl Child Conference

International Day of the Girl Child Conference
International Day of the Girl Child Conference brings together supporters of “Empowered Girls, Empowered Futures... The second International Day of the Girl Child Conference with the theme “Empowered Girls, Empowered Futures” was held in Istanbul hosted by the Aydın Doğan Foundation in cooperation with the United Nations system in Turkey. The conference which took place…
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Contemporary İstanbul 2016

Contemporary İstanbul 2016
  Contemporary Istanbul will take place between 3-6 November at Istanbul Congress Center (ICC) and Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centre (ICEC). The 11th edition of the fair includes artworks from both established and emerging galleries, bringing a regional and international focus to the dynamic contemporary art scene that has developed in Istanbul in recent decades.…
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INFLOW Travel Summit

INFLOW Travel Summit
Tourism industry’s leading content creators, bloggers, social media phenomenon’s influencers, professionals and leading brands will come together at the INFLOW Travel Summit 2016. This widespread networking function will be held at the Istanbul Swissotel Bosphorus, in Istanbul on November 24th – 25th. INFLOW Travel Summit, will bring together global travel authors and social media content…
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Cold Front from the Balkans

Cold Front from the Balkans
Pera Museum’s Cold Front from the Balkans exhibition curated by Alenka Gregoriè and Ali Akay brings together contemporary artists from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. The exhibition focuses on different generations of artists and art groups from the Balkan region. The exhibition avoids the usual unflattering political…
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Startup İstanbul 2016

Startup İstanbul 2016
OBB Startup İstanbul is bringing the prominent investors and entrepreneurs of the world together in İstanbul. A thousand guests from among global entrepreneurs have been invited to the event. TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, drawing attention to the fact that many companies direct their operations in hundreds of countries from İstanbul, said, “İstanbul can act…
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26th edition of Akbank Jazz Festival

26th edition of Akbank Jazz Festival
This year witnesses the 26th edition of Akbank Jazz Festival. The festival will offer a wide palette of music colors for Istanbul-based music enthusiasts betweenOctober 12 and 23, 2016 while Jazz on Campus concerts will be held in a wide range of Anatolian cities between October 24 and November 4, 2016 as part of the…
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Nigel Kennedy

Nigel Kennedy
Worldwide famous violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy who has sold millions of albums will perform on 4th of November. The artist will offer an immortal Show to his İstanbul audience with the legendary Jimi Hendrix’s classics. Once his album “Vivaldi The Four Seasons” has been sold over 2.000.000 copy in 1989, Guinness World Record was the…
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Filmekimi

Filmekimi
Filmekimi will once again spectacular films which premiered at prestigious international film festivals and received numerous awards. Filmekimi’s 15th edition will feature the latest works of master directors such as Ken Loach, Asghar Farhadi, Jim Jarmusch, Park Chan-wook, Paul Verhoeven, Todd Solondz, and Pedro Almodovar, as well as young auteurs, and first-time directors. Taking place…
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