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    • SkyLife - October 2008

    Aizanoi

    Situated on the threshold of West Central Anatolia amidst the mountain masses that divide the Aegean ...

    WELCOME ABOARD   

    WELCOME ABOARD

    And in return for the interest you have shown by choosing Turkish Airlines, we are striving to intro...

    Hamburg   

    Hamburg

    As the sun keeps sneaking in and out of the clouds, I watch the frenzied construction activity going...

    Turkish writers meet the world   

    Turkish writers meet the world

    “I am here, dear reader, where are you?” This closing sentence of “Demiryolu Hikayecileri” (Railroad...

    The Kaçkars   

    The Kaçkars

    We woke up that day like kids on Christmas morning. Our hearts were in the Kumbet Highlands, but as ...

    The lost railroad   

    The lost railroad

    At a conference he attended in 1999, researcher and collector Mert Sandalcı happened to overhear a c...

    Istanbul   

    Istanbul's fishermen

    There are still a few more hours until daylight. Anchoring on the shore at Büyükdere, the Poyraz has...

    Karacakılavuz   

    Karacakılavuz

    Hey, Uncle Behlül, can you tell us about the Rumelian village of Karacakılavuz? Nestled in the shado...

    Bridges   

    Bridges

    Do you remember the film, 'Les Amants du Pont-Neuf' (Lovers on the Bridge)? A passionate love story ...

    Clotted cream   

    Clotted cream

    Milk has a broad role in human life in the history and culture of food. Programmed to be nourished b...

    Flying like Icarus   

    Flying like Icarus

    But all this is history now, a matter of ancient myth and narratives of debatable truth value, becau...