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i haven t seen him, i can t tell you. is there a bail application? so the judge remanded him without bail, which is understandable under the circumstances. but i don t have information in terms of risk of flight and the strength and weaknesses of the prosecutor case to rebut that and remanded and have opportunity at later time. one of the victim families and contacted and [inaudible] justice and emotional about it given that and still do you believe that client is innocent? everybody is presumed i don t formulate a belief in my mind as attorney, if someone did or doesn t do it. one is presumption of innocence, that everyone has to afford him. and two, which the government can prove the case. those are important and not in a position to comment. two more. do you intend to remain on this case? i don t know the judge asked and happy to take it and i don t know his intentions are and find out at later date. do you know how has his family is doing? i ha ....
of cultural exchange between east and west. i m starting at the pera museum, once an exclusive hotel in the heart of istanbul s diplomatic district. i can t think of anywhere else quite like it, a unique, privately run museum, with a collection exploring the relationship between east and west a centuries long exchange that culminated in a controversial art movement known as orientalism. i m here, though, to find out how people in turkey feel about orientalism today. for art historians, orientalism is quite a specific concept that draws upon the argument of this very famous book published in 1978 by the intellectual edward said. and it refers to a period, principally during the 19th century, when western artists relished depicting subjects from the near east, including turkey. to make their compositions convincing, these artists, who sometimes didn t even travel outside europe, stuffed them full of supposedly authentic details. yet often, they ended up painting these o ....
Museums, i believe, are really having a moment, and thats what i want to explore. This is amazing. So this is his studio. I can walk around, can i . He was painting the orient within the orient. When you see my work, you can easily link the concepts, lets say, or the technique, anything from them, as inspiring. I think thats rather wonderful. Im in istanbul, that great, entrancing, ancient megalopolis, once the capital of the byzantine and ottoman empires. Lying on either side of the bosporus strait, its a city that straddles two continents, europe and asia, so it feels like the Perfect Place to discover for myself the long, still evolving story of Cultural Exchange between east and west. Im starting at the pera museum, once an exclusive hotel in the heart of istanbuls diplomatic district. I cant think of anywhere else quite like it, a unique, privately run museum, with a c ....