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    • SkyLife - December 2005

    Caftans of the Sultans

    When Nasreddin Hoja went to a wedding feast dressed in his ordinary clothes, nobody paid him at leas ...

    WELCOME ABOARD   

    WELCOME ABOARD

    We would like to share some of them with you. Turkish Airlines, which forms an important air bridge ...

    Geneva   

    Geneva

    In his cult work Utopia, Thomas More conjures up an imaginary ideal city, rather reminiscent of Gene...

    Attilâ İlhan   

    Attilâ İlhan

    He was one of those born with a wounded heart, chronically consumed by loneliness. Indeed, this is w...

    When the first snowflake falls on Erzurum...   

    When the first snowflake falls on Erzurum...

    Winter wastes no time when autumn packs up its fallen leaves in yellow bags and takes leave of Erzur...

    Repose at Eyüp   

    Repose at Eyüp

    It is rare in this world to come across an entire quarter of a city that has grown up around a singl...

    Cibyra   

    Cibyra

    As the sun rose, the ancient steps where I was sitting were gradually bathed in light. Below, the pl...

    Leonardo de Mango   

    Leonardo de Mango

    An Orientalist painter who lived almost half a century in Istanbul up to his death, Leonardo de Mang...

    The Anatolian Wild Sheep   

    The Anatolian Wild Sheep

    Nothing certain is known as to which was the first animal domesticated by man. But zooarchaeological...

    Mevlâna’s Feast   

    Mevlâna’s Feast

    When expounding his philosophy of life, the great Islamic thinker Mevlâna chose most of his symbols ...

    Air Travel Means Development   

    Air Travel Means Development

    Not only did I never lay eyes on a tourist in Yozgat, the central Anatolian town where I spent my ch...