From the print and online editions of the nation's premier urban-policy magazine http://www.city-journal.org/cj-comments.xml?story=7032 Manhattan Institute Thank you for the information. We visited Istanbul the spring of 2009 and fell in love with the city and people. Has anyone set a date for the completion of the rail line? http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#45761 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#45761 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:12 EST We offer Chauffeured Executive car, taxi and limo and tour services in Istanbul, Turkey including airport transfers for Ataturk Airport Istanbul, Sabiha Gokcen Airport Istanbul, Cruise Port Istanbul, Train Station Istanbul, Bus Station Istanbul plus private daily car rental with or without drivers. 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Despite it's recent Islamification,Turks still care enough about their country's Christian past that they are willing to halt a huge engineering project in order to save a Christian archaeological site. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7706 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7706 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:43:01 EDT Dear Claire: I am a New York based ethnomusicologist and anthropologist who very much enjoys your articles. I have published a piece on Turkish music that I thought may interest you. Here it is: http://www.newenglishreview.org/Geoffrey_Clarfield/Turkey%27s_Great_Musical_Gamble/ http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7682 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7682 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:28:19 EDT Живи дешевле - http://bit.ly/iOg0Z3 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7209 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7209 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:48:57 EDT well said! http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7088 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7088 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:42:12 EDT Claire, your words brought me back to the days when I was periodically stationed at Incirlik. The history of this special place has always tugged at my heart. Thank you for doing it justice and identifying the real problems Turkey faces. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7086 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7086 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:38:34 EDT Clearly, the barbarians should be evicted from European soil. Constantinople should be reclaimed by civilization. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7085 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7085 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:28:15 EDT Thanks for the beautiful article Claire. It made me to visit Istambul. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7078 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7078 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:33:11 EDT I really enjoyed your article. It made me smile and chuckle in some parts while providing me with interesting facts about the project and insights into Istanbul itself. Keep it up! Good job! =D http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7076 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7076 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:58:30 EDT Hey! How about letting the oprobium chuckers (on destroying endless history)bid big $ on saving all of those ruins. Then the ppl of the city can build above ground superhighways with all of the cash. What! no money from the noisy oprobiators? Get out the dozers and dig. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7075 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7075 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:08:46 EDT I re-read the article and what jumps out at me now is the biased editing. The scary sub-headline reads "Istanbul’s history deserves preservation, but at what cost to development?" And while the article does raise some fears that preservation will stop much-needed development, the author's put-away advice is to "Visit Constantinople Now" so the upshot is clearly that development will win and that is the prime story, not the slanted sub-head. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7074 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7074 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:39:05 EDT This article seems fairly stated; and there don't seem to be any easy answers. But obviously development has NOT been stopped by preservation, and I wonder the balance? I would bet that development is rarely stopped or even modified -- but then again, that is a somewhat objective question and possible to answer in hard money. The article would be more valuable if some real economic numbers could be applied. One other factor and might be mitigated when the development is inevitable: make sure the job is well-done and worthy of visit by generations hence. The loss is multiplied when a valuable historic structure is lost and what's built in its place is junk, which is often. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7072 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=7032#7072 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:25:35 EDT