Istanbul
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Tuekey: A ‘mad project’ for Istanbul
28 April 2011PresseuropHürriyet -
Europe / Turkey: Lure of the Bosphorus
17 November 2010154 Le Monde Paris -
Heritage: Istanbul, all a facade
27 July 2010951 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Hungary: A kvetch about Pécs
22 January 201020 Hírszerzö Budapest -
Culture: Cities on the edge stand tall
7 January 2010172 Le Monde Paris
They were born and raised in Germany, France and Belgium. But now, faced with the difficulty of finding work and a career in those countries, more and more European Turks are choosing to move to Istanbul. 
For years the Turkish government has been deliberately gutting Istanbul’s old town rather than restoring it, writes the Süddeutsche Zeitung. UNESCO now intends to strike Istanbul off the World Cultural Heritage list, seeing as politicians have done nothing but stymie efforts to preserve its historic monuments. 
The Hungarian city of Pécs, this year’s European Capital of Culture along with Istanbul and Essen, is having a hard time getting out from under Budapest’s long shadow. Is the country incapable of staging an event worthy of Europe’s interest? wonders the Hungarian news portal Hírszerzö. 
Unloved and unrepentant: Europe's rebellious port cities have always been marked by a strong sense of their own identity. In 2006 six of them grouped together to form "Cities on the edge," a cultural network that celebrates pride in local differences.