DAY NINE in Istanbul 9-23-08: Audio of Rober Koptas on Armenians and university students on culture, politics and youth, plus a family; photo gallery

Photo Gallery: Istanbul cityscapes, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Anatolia side, family, students, Rober Koptas (for cutlines, click the text icon).


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Students and faculty round table at Sabanci University discussing their country's past and future and their place in it. (Too many people to list).

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Mert Ozsoz, Sabanci graduate, running family business, talks about Internet, youth culture and generational shifts.

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Undergraduate from Sabanci University talks about Internet, culture and being a young woman in Turkey.

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Tuba Kobas (right), now works for the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, Department of European Union and International Cooperation. And, Melih Ozsoz (center), researcher with the Economic Development Foundation. They are graduates from Sabanci University and they spoke with me on the bus ride back into the center of Istanbul about the Internet, youth culture and business.

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Robert Koptas (left), author and columnist who spoke about Turkey’s Armenian community and rights, burdens on Turkey’s minorities, and very interesting detail on the impact of Internet on the community (at 1:13:34).

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Discussion with middle-class family – Father is Celebri Ticaret – in Anatolian Neighborhood of Istanbul. Life, politics, neighborhood living, hopes, fears and dreams.