Photo of the week
Supermodel Kate Moss creates a stir by showing up at an art gallery in a see-through dress which left little to the imagination (at least she was wearing a thong). People are upset because - gasp - her daughter could see her breasts!
I don't see why this is a big deal. They were in an art gallery for heaven's sake - if the gallery included any paintings or sculpture there must have been plenty of bare breasts on display already. The odd thing is, that this was in Istanbul. While it is a fairly modern city, it's still in a country that's overwhelmingly Muslim and not too wild about displays of the human body.
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Turkey is one of those nations that plays on both sides of the fence. On the one hand they commmit Armenian genocide, and on the other they allow Europeans to openly mock that which they know will piss thier natives off.
They want into the EU so bad they are willing to allow things like this to happen, but the reason the EU eludes them is not the tolerance they display from these events.
Manwhore
Istanbul is not examplary for the rest of Turkey. It is a very cosmopolitical open town and eg a lot of woman wear very european clothing that shows alot of skin on the open street - at least in the city centre. Of course, Istanbul has over 10 million inhabitants so there are also areas that are very traditional, but the location on the coast of the mediterranian and black sea, guarding the Bosporus, its history as a trading hub in the middle ages, as the regional power during the Byzantine empire until they lost out to Venice, as east Roman capital Constantinopel - that all shaped Istanbul. It is a really great place to go to, very beautiful, exotic and interesting.
And there is a difference between seeing your mommas breast as a child at home and seeing them in a seethrough sexy outfit during a public high profile event, even though I don't think it is that scandalous.
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