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Shop rent rift heats up
ISTANBUL - Shopping centers and shopkeepers are at odds with each other as the global economic crisis and market slowdowns, coupled with high foreign currency exchange rates and the yearly six percent rent increases, have started straining shopkeepers already tightening budgets
Summerhouses for rent offer an alternative stay
İZMİR - 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.
A designer makes a comeback with a ’Tombac’ exhibit
ISTANBUL - Merve Gürsel is one of the most creative and thoughtful designers in Istanbul and started one of the outstanding design centers in the city. She took a break from her interior design career but now she’s back. Tombak, tombac, tambac Ğ whatever the spelling, it is an alloy of copper and zinc and on occasion arsenic. It can be used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry items.
Old venue now serves in a new atmosphere
ANKARA - Ankara’s Coconot Cafe, well known for its steaks, is now cozier and more elegant after a renovation process. Its newly opened bar Georgette is home to those who like having a drink in a unique atmosphere after a busy day. The restaurant also launched a new presentation style inspired by Brazilian cuisine.
One of Beyoğlu’s earliest foreign embassies - Palais de Hollande
ISTANBUL - The first Dutch envoy, Cornelius Haga, reached Istanbul in 1612 to negotiate the terms of trade, fiscal and legal provisions between Holland and the Ottoman Empire. The Palais de Hollande is a charming example of the elegant buildings designed in Istanbul’s Pera by foreign architects.
