Talismanic shirt

After the closed sections of Topkapı Palace have been opened to visitors, 60,000 people have visited the palace in three days.

The Museum of Islamic Civilizations, which opened last week in the Büyük Çamlıca Mosque Complex, draws great interest from visitors with its exceptional artworks that shed light on the development of Islamic art.

As expected from a city founded by Amazons, the women of ?zmir are fighting violence against women through art, theater and a strong determination to take offenders to court.The tradition of talismanic shirts ? known as the Ottoman magic shirts- dates from Turkey?s shamanist past.