Multiple ambulances were sent to the scene in the central district of Vezneciler, near Istanbul University and a popular tourist destination - Bayezit square.

多辆救护车被派到位于伊斯坦布尔大学和旅游景点巴耶赛特广场附近的爆炸现场。

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In Turkey, he claimed the US had no desire to act as overlords in the Middle East, telling university students in Istanbul that the occupation of Iraq did not contradict his anti-war stance.

在土耳其，他指出美国没有愿望在中东去扮演一个霸主，他告诉伊斯坦布尔的大学生：伊拉克的占领并没有和他反战的立场冲突。

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'it will show what Turkish people really think of the IMF,' said Batuhan Bal, a law student at Istanbul Commerce University.

伊斯坦布尔商业大学法律系学生Batuhan Bal说，这将表现出土耳其人对IMF的真正看法。

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But Professor Cengiz Aktar, head of European Union studies at Istanbul's Bachesehir University, says such reports from the commission are becoming just an academic exercise.

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Soli Ozel of Istanbul's Bilgi University said the alliance, one of the most significant in the Middle East, stemmed from a recognition of mutual security interests.

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Thousands of people have protested at Istanbul University against the ban on beards, prompting the education authorities to produce their trump card - a ban on student demonstrations as well.

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Prof Zehra Sayers of Sabanci University in Istanbul says Sesame is so valuable that it cannot be allowed to fail.

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According to sociologist Nukhet Sirman of the Bosphorous University in Istanbul, many Turks are only now beginning to discover their Balkan roots.

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