The Bosporus is 3x busier than the Suez Canal, and getting worse. To resolve marine congestion, Turkey wants to build a ‘second Bosporus‘. The controversial project would alter local geography – and may have unintended consequences.
Tag: istanbul
Byzantium
Istanbul as it never was: If all the palaces had been properly maintained instead of the sorry village the turks conquered in 1453.
French illustrator Antoine Helbert is a great fan of the architecture of Byzantium and has created more than 24 intricate drawings of buildings and monuments in the capitol city of Constantinople spanning a period of almost 1000 years from the 4th century to the 13th century.
Dervish House
The Dervish House is set in 2027 Istanbul, in a future in which Turkey and the Queen of Cities have moved into the EU, where “the sick man of Europe” has boomed again, the center of a new practical nanotech revolution that has high-achieving school-kids and high-flying commodities traders snorting vials of tailored nano to help them cope with their days. Meanwhile, snappily dressed power-brokers sport nanofiber suit that shifts and shimmers in a luxuriant display of wealth and might.
istanbul is fun. will read
Part-time Istanbullu
henri teleworks from istanbul on a regular basis. awesome!
Byzantine Rulers
awesomely produced audio lectures
Gregor J. Rothfuss 