"Istanbul festival employs cultural diplomacy
By Delphine Strauss in Istanbul
Published: January 18 2010 00:54 | Last updated: January 18 2010 00:54
Cultural diplomacy is becoming an important tool for Turkey as its bid for European Union membership falters. A season of events running in France is intended to win round a public deeply sceptical about Turkish accession; and the organisers of Istanbul 2010 hope the year will make outsiders more familiar with a city shaped as much by its Christian and Jewish communities as by Muslim or secular traditions."
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