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Topu topu üç kavramla anlatılabilir büyümek: gözbebeği, elma şekeri ve şehir

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I have gazed over you from a hill dear İstanbul,
I have not seen any place that I have not been and not liked.
Come and sit on the throne of my hearth so long as I live,
To love only a piece of you is worth a life time.
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı

“If the world was a single nation, its capital would have been İstanbul.” These are the words of Napoleon Bonaparte. Interestingly, most of the land once ruled by Napoleon is now under a single flag, European Union. But İstanbul is waiting at the doorstep of it. On the other hand, one of the fundamental missions of the EU, namely integration of the peoples, exists and has been applied in İstanbul for centuries. Think, for example, while the people of Europe were fighting, one could hear Armenian, Greek, Latino among Turkish at the Balat and Cifit Bazaar. An ambience where the Greek tavern keeper, Albanian deli, Bosnian hardware dealer, Armenian jeweler, Arab kebab seller, Laz fish manger and Jewish textiles merchant all supporting each other in their life struggle. I believe that the high level of warmth in everyday relationship flow out from this well rooted tradition of tolerance.

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