#VO stands for Volunteer Organizer and is a mobile application which connects volunteers and organizers of activities from all over the world. Remember the early days of the mass movement of refugees towards Europe? When there was a huge need for international aid organizations on Greek Islands and on the Balkan route? Remember when governments and well-known international organizations were incapable of providing even the basic services to them? Remember how all of us felt […]
The pictures in the recent news show the increasing movement of refugees towards the central and northern European states. One of the questions coming to mind when seeing the pictures of people is why now and not before? What causes these increasing movements of people? What does this mean? One of the main reasons for this migration is the devastating situation in Syria, Iraq and other states. Also, many refugees have found their forced journey […]
Kapali Çarsi, the Grand Bazaar, is Istanbul’s famous shopping destination for tourists from around the world, the ultimate Oriental shopping experience. Located adjacent to Sultan Ahmet, around the corner from The famed Blue Mosque, Haggia Sophia and Topkapi Palace, the Grand Bazaar employs around 26,000 people and hosts between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. A grand cacophony of sounds, scents and colors populated by gaily dressed visitors from all corners of the earth gaily flock […]
