Jan 23, 2012

The new Mini Roadster, MINI’s first ever two-seater convertible has finally hit the global market, and to create hype, the BMW sub-brand is returning to Istanbul for its new thirty-second promo film as part of the “Another Day. Another Adventure” campaign that kicked off last fall. Following on from the first episode that saw two men taking the new...

Jan 23, 2012

Cihangir a bohemian neighborhood in istanbul ranked among the best places to live alongside Portland, Oregon, U.S.; St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany; Maui, Hawaii, U.S.; and Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Spain. According to the Guardian’s article that rated the “The five best places to live in the world, and why”. On account of Turkey’s wooing of both the EU and...

Jan 23, 2012

Hollywood’s hottest star Megan Fox was in Istanbul to shoot a TV commercial for Doritos chips, but her visit is becoming somewhat sidetracked with slips of the tongue about Istanbul and Turkey. The American actress visited Hagia Sophia, drunk Turkish coffee and taken a Bosphorus cruise, she regretted not being able to see much of the city’s historical...

Jan 20, 2012

Istanbul ranks in the top ten of the world’s fastest growing metro areas, according to a report by the Brookings Institution. The Global MetroMonitor tracks economic growth in the world’s 200 largest metro areas, both in terms of employment and per capita income. For 2011, Istanbul came in at number 7. Turkey’s three largest cities claim a spot on...