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18/Sep/2002 - 15:47
The Turkish Face of Vienna (available in German language only)

Kerstin Tomenendal
The Turkish Face of Vienna. On Turkish Traces in Vienna. Vienna 2000 (Böhlau publishing house)

Imagine the Wiener Naschmarkt without Turkish market stands. Coffee, Kipferl and Strudel, tulip and lilac, Kara Mustafa and Atatürk - the Turkish part in Viennese life: lively, enriching and colorful.
This cultural historical guide gives an overall history of the Turkish-Austrian relations in the course of centuries. It is your companion on the manifold Turkish traces and shows the change of the Turkish image: controversies in the past are forgotten, previously dividing factors have changed into joining ones.

 
The reinforcement of Austrian-Turkish scientific, cultural and educational cooperation on bilateral and EU level is the primary task of the OTW. A Turkish proverb says that 'knowledge will grow as long as you share it'