Istanbul!

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Gil Kalai

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6 Responses to Istanbul!

  1. Yiftach says:
    June 19, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    Constantinople!

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  2. Anonymous says:
    June 19, 2009 at 6:22 pm

    What takes you to Istanbul, Gil?

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  3. Gil Kalai says:
    June 19, 2009 at 8:13 pm

    We spent four days in this wonderful city on the way back from the Mittag-Leffler Institute.

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  4. Schwanzerberg says:
    June 25, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    Whoa! Istanbul… My hometown… I was surprised, when i saw my hometown’s photos. Here is really a wonderful city. You should come again here. I’m studying here – at Yıldız Technichal University (YTÜ) – physics. And i visited this blog ”Gina Says: Adventures in the Blogsphere String War” in order to read, then i saw this entry. I really like your blog. Anyway, if you’ll visit Istanbul again, i want to entertain you a guest 🙂

    PS: Before 1453, this city’s name was ”Constantinopolis”. But since 1453, here is ‘Istanbul’ 😉

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  5. Gil Kalai says:
    June 25, 2009 at 10:27 pm

    Many thanks Schwanzerberg. Indeed Istanbul is great and I hope to visit it again. One thing I like about my city, Jerusalem, is that it is full with contradictions. In mathematics one contradiction suffices (to destroy everything). But in life, contradictions and maintaining them is fascinating. Beside being impressed with the sights and the people I also felt that perhaps Istanbul is also a city of some contradictions.

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  6. Esra Aksu says:
    June 29, 2009 at 7:42 am

    Ageless city 🙂

    ‘Napoleon once said, “If the whole world was a single country, Istanbul would be the capital,”

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