Excursion Suggestion to İstanbul and Cyprus

Hi everybody,
After the meeting on Friday, we had a discussion and we were thinking that the already suggested destinations are very interesting but not fulfilling the needs and expectations of every student. Paris is a city that everybody can reach easily from here, while Iceland is a tempting destination that however might not help everybody. So, we came up with the idea of Istanbul and Cyprus (Nicosia).
Istanbul and Nicosia are two cities that can combine the urban and architectural demands of almost every student's project. Istanbul manages to combine eastern and western influences, providing a diversity of cultures, living habits and images, etc. On the other hand it is a metropole having the manifestations of a capital in many different ways.
In order to be more specific, we will provide links related to the fascinations, creating a map of "interests" for everybody in the city.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levent

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gecekondu_Istanbul.jpg

http://www.mimdap.org/w/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/gecekondu39.jpg

http://www.mekder.org/

http://www.santralistanbul.org/

These are some indicative links of what someone can see and experience there. In Nicosia, however someone can see the division of a city, the difference of two cultures and the way they influenced the urban structure and experience the memory of the city dramatically.

http://www.prio.no/upload/Anita%20Bakshi.pdf

We calculated the cost of the flights and it is less than 200 euros from Amsterdam -Istanbul - Cyprus (return).
We can discuss it on Tuesday at the meeting. Until then, you can have a look and find what everybody finds interesting there.

See you tomorrow then at the meeting,

Orcun and Eri