08 June 2010

Body Worlds exhibition

Body Worlds, a strange exhibition of "dead real human bodies", will be on display in Istanbul between June 11th - December 17th, 2010. The site for this exhibition will be Antrepo 3, near Istanbul Modern museum at Salipazari pier.

The bodies are preserved using a tecnique called Plastination and the show goes on since many years especially in North America.

Sultanahmet Square closed to traffic

Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, the old city center, is closed to all vehicle traffic as of 7th of June 2010. Now, the old center is a pedestrian-only area.