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  • Discover a whole new kind of “Rock Music”!

    The “rock”s and valleys of the fairytale landscape in Cappadocia will be filled with music this summer, as Klasik Keyifler presents a rich variety of chamber music programs from July to September!

  • 1st International İstanbul Opera Festival, 2010

    The 1st International İstanbul Opera Festival, organized by the Directorate General of State Opera and Ballet from 2 to 23 July 2010, as an İstanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture project

  • ISTANCOOL Festival 2010

    The global British cultural diplomacy brand Liberatum is hosting a high profile and significant international arts, fashion, design, literature and film diplomacy festival called Istancool to be held in Istanbul from 2- 4 July 2010.

  • 2010 Turkish Formula 1 Grand Prix

    The Turkish Grand Prix is an annual Formula One race held at Istanbul Park Circuit in Istanbul, Turkey

  • FIBA World Championship 2010, TURKEY

    Turkey will be the host for the most important basketball event on the planet. It is the first time that this youthful and dynamic nation hosts a championship of such magnitude.

  • The 14th International Congress of Turkish Art

    The 14th International Congress of Turkish Art will take place in Paris, at the Collège de France, from September 19th to 21st 2011.

  • 46th Presidential Cycling Tour

    Organized this year for the 46th time, the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey will be held 11-18 April 2010 by the Turkish Cycling Federation under the auspices of President of Turkey.

  • Swim Hellespont 2010, Swim Across Europe to Asia

    Situated in Turkey, The Hellespont is undoubtedly one of the most significant open water swims in the world. In 1810, Lord Byron the English Poet became the first known person to swim across the Hellespont from Europe to Asia.

  • “His/tanbul” Photographs by Vehbi Koca Exhibited in London

    31 March-16 April 2010. The city’s soul takes a hold of you. Istanbul is the city of diversity and contrast. For an artist, the city of Istanbul offers endless creative possibilities and surprises .

  • Invitation to Kate Clow's talk on Trekking in Turkey - New Long Distance Trails

    Saturday 6 February, Theatre 1 @ 11:00 Destinations London Holiday & Travel Show: 4-7 February 2010, stand E1

  • 2010 has been proclaimed Osman Hamdi Bey Year

    The 35th General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in Paris has proclaimed 2010 as Osman Hamdi Bey Year, the 100th anniversary of his death.

  • 2010 FIBA World Championship

    The 2010 FIBA World Championship will be hosted by Turkey from August 28 to September 12, 2010.

  • Istanbul 2010 Event Calendar

    Follow the link to check out the amazing events taking place in Istanbul throughout 2010

  • Creative Escapes announces photography &writing holidays in Istanbul

    After winning top honours for its learning holidays from the Guardian and the Telegraph

  • Turkey at Mayor's Thames Festival

    12 & 13 September 2009 - Turkey will be featuring at the Thames Festival in London this year on 12th and 13th September on the South Bank

  • The 15th London Turkish Film Festival

    Between 5-19 November this year, over 8,000 people are expected to attend sixty screenings of up to 20 different feature films

  • Pureblood Reflections, Istanbul Modern Museum

    4 February 2009 – 26 April 2009. In “Pureblood Reflections”, Peter Müller Peter presents a brand new interpretation of the Yeguada de la Cartuja horses, present at the courts of Europe since the 12th century

  • Sanatorium, Istanbul

    7 January – 7 February 2009. The opening exhibition of this new gallery in Istanbul will feature artists Baris Ilkhan

  • Mevlana Commemoration Ceremony

    1 – 17 December 2009. An astounding event held annually in December in Konya, Turkey, the Mevlana festival commemorates Jelaleddin Rumi (Mevlana

  • Contemporary Istanbul

    3-6 December 2009. Contemporary Istanbul has established itself as one of the most dynamic and promising contemporary art events in the region

  • IKSV Biennial

    12 September – 8 November 2009. The 11th International Istanbul Biennial’s conceptual framework has been announced by the Biennial curators as WHW (What, How & for Whom)

  • Aspendos International Ballet and Opera Festival

    10 June – 3 July 2009. Held in the ancient theatre of Aspendos near Antalya, the most complete Greco-Roman amphitheatre in the world

  • Istanbul Music Festivals

    5 June - 16 July 2009. These annual festivals bring a sophisticated, international lineup of talented musicians to Turkey’s cultural capital,

  • Travel to the West: 70 Years of Turkish Painting

    16 April – 30 June 2009. This exhibition at the Sakip Sabanci Museum, one of Turkey’s top private art museums which has hosted exhibitions of Picasso and Rodin

  • Formula One Races into Istanbul

    June 5-7 2009. The 3,317 mile circuit celebrated its official opening in August 2005 with the inaugural Turkish Grand Prix

  • International Bodrum Cup

    October 2009. The annual International Bodrum Cup celebrates the end of the cruising season in October , unique in that only traditional and classic wooden yachts, or ‘Gulets’ are used