Showing posts with label Istanbul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Istanbul. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
City Scene: Deutsche Orientbank, Istanbul
The beautifully ornate Deutsche Orientbank is evidence of a different period of time in geopolitics, when Germany was a colonial power with aspirations for Middle East expansion. Today the once glorious building is on a back street in Istanbul, and no longer the presence it once was.
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