New York Times'ın film eleştirmeni A.O. Scott’ın sözlerini ödünç almam gerekirse bu şehri eşsiz kılan şey “farklı kültürlerden gelen ve farklı değerlere sahip insanları benimseyip yontulmamış ve sofistike bir ahenge dönüştürme kabiliyetidir.” Yakın zamanda Scott ve bir meslektaşına tüm New York sakinlerini bir araya getiren tek bir film bulma görevi verildi; en kibar ifadesiyle bu bir delilik. New York’u, ABD’deki birçok kente direkt uçuşlar gerçekleştiren ve 25 Mayıs’ta bu rotalara Newark’ı da ekleyecek olan Türk Hava Yolları ile keşfedin…
#New YorkTatilinizde lüks ve şaşa arıyorsanız Tayland sizi tatmin etmez ama farklı ve kendine özgü bir kültürü yakından tanımak, tarih ile iç içe olmak, moderni ve eskiyi tüm eşitliğiyle bir arada görmek, dağarcığınıza çok yeni bilgiler eklemek ilginizi çekiyorsa Bangkok hayatınızda bir kere de olsa mutlaka görmeniz gereken bir şehir.
#BangkokİZMİR - Economic conditions and examples of foreigners renting out villas in Turkey are having a strong positive affect on Turkish villa owners, experts say. The villas once bought for investment purposes in Turkey are now ready for rent. Turkish villa owners are very quick to follow the trend with more and more Turkish people investing in rental villas.
ISTANBUL - Kemalpaşa, a small town of Artvin, which has been a rising star with its commercial activity during the global crisis, now faces significant stagnation. Georgia’s decision to remove the tax exemption it provided for border trade distresses the town’s residents.
ISTANBUL - Due to declining demand, many fairs have been canceled this year. The number of fairs organized by the end of the year is expected to decline to 360. The current crisis will create the difference between the fair firms with infrastucture and those without visible, according to sector representatives.
ISTANBUL - On the hill down to the water is Gümüşsuyu and then Ayaspaşa, a community of very expensive apartment buildings that command a magnificent view of the Bosphorus and the Marmara. The boulevard passes Istanbul Technical University and then, there on the slope down to Dolmabahçe, is İnönü Stadium.
ISTANBUL - Istanbul’s Kurtköy and Akfırat suburbs are likely to be residential centers of the future, with a notable increase in property value as connections to the area develop, İnal Aydınoğlu, chairman of construction firm Yuvataş İnşaat, said earlier this week.
SOCHI, Russia - Turkey’s Hazinedaroğlu Construction Group is building the new Winter Olympics facilities in Sochi, Russia. Despite the negative effects of the global crisis on Russia, the Turkish firm continues its business as usual, Chairman Turan Hazinedaroğlu says
SHANGHAI - Troubled U.S. auto giants will square off against Chinese newcomers in Shanghai this week as they try to pull ahead in what has suddenly become the world's number one car market.Despite seeking government life support at home, Ford and General Motors had banner months in China, which has overtaken the United States to be the world's largest auto market for three months running.
ISTANBUL - Housing projects based on one-bedroom apartments have brought life to the real estate sector. Prices of small apartments have dropped to as low as to 35,000 Turkish Liras and they are all selling as soon as they are put on market. The successful sales have prompted many builders to develop similar projects one after another
ISTANBUL - Government’s stimulus package includes lowering of the value added tax from 18 to 8 percent for three months for homes over 150 square meters. The tax cut has led to an average of 10 percent decreases in prices. Villa and luxury homes now have prices that are about equal to a modest three-bedroom apartment
CHICAGO - This favored builder is the top-rated stock in the industry not for the double ovens it puts in its gourmet kitchens or the Spanish tile roofs but for the $1.4 billion in cash and investments it holds. Six of eight analysts advise buying M.D.C., giving it a positive rating.
ISTANBUL-Major construction companies are building economic housing units in the face of the global crisis. This trend also reveals the profile of new projects. Many firms are targeting middle- and upper-middle-income customers in their new construction projects.
TELAVIV - Israeli pension funds and individual investors lose more than $5 billion, a quarter of what they had invested in corporate bonds, due to the property meltdown in the United States and Britain. Now, labor federation Histadrut is threatening a general strike, demanding compensation.