Posts by author Robert Schuddeboom
Pera Palace – fin de siècle in 2015
Robert Schuddeboom, Turkey
4 Nov 2015
My wedding ring? I gave it to my wife in Pera Palace. Where else? Several of my blogs are about the rapid modernization of Istanbul’s infrastructure. Istanbul however is also […]
A Turkish Randstad, with a blue heart
Robert Schuddeboom, Turkey
31 Oct 2015
I travel a lot in Turkey, just as I did over 30 years ago, when I visited Turkey for the first time. The hospitality of its people, the historic sites […]
A Dutch Chapel in Istanbul
Robert Schuddeboom, Turkey
19 Sep 2015
Strolling down the busy Istikal Caddesi, as every day 1-2 million people do, you might not notice a small chapel hidden behind the walls of the Dutch Consulate General, part […]
Dutch women cycling for women’s rights
Robert Schuddeboom, Turkey
15 Sep 2015
Meeting inspiring and surprising people is perhaps the best part of my job as a diplomat. Take for example these four young Dutch women, cycling by and stopping over on […]
World Press Photo: a partner in Dutch human rights policy
Robert Schuddeboom, Turkey
7 Sep 2015
Who doesn’t know the picture of a man standing in front of a tank at the Tiananmen Square or the one showing a little girl running away after a napalm […]
Tourism in Turkey: more than meets the eye
Robert Schuddeboom, Turkey
2 Sep 2015
We ourselves are tourist. Discovering the world is in our DNA. Sometimes we just wish to be away from it all, leaving one’s home country and enjoy the country of […]
Warships sailing the Turkish straits: international law at work
Robert Schuddeboom, Turkey
11 Aug 2015
The Black Sea is of crucial economic and strategic importance for its littoral states and so are of course the Turkish straits (Bosporus and the Dardanelles). Day in day out, […]
Turkish Investments in the Netherlands: On The Move
Robert Schuddeboom, Turkey
3 Aug 2015
“Turkish take-overs of Dutch companies are rare.” That’s what the Dutch Financial Newspaper ‘Financieel Dagblad’ wrote on the 22th of July. I disagree with the title of that article, since […]
Renewed Istanbul infrastructure boom : Urban Development and Real Estate Projects
Robert Schuddeboom, Turkey
14 Jul 2015
Without much ado in greater Istanbul a series of multi-billion dollar infrastructural projects is being implemented putting Istanbul on the first spot when it comes to new infrastructure in Europe. […]
How Dutch investments, polarization, Turkish politics and toilets meet
Robert Schuddeboom, Turkey
16 Jun 2015
The days that we diplomats “did not speak about cheese” are of course long behind us. Economic diplomacy has been a key pillar of our Dutch diplomatic work for many […]
Surprising Istanbul: a timeless city
Robert Schuddeboom, Turkey
1 Jun 2015
‘Either I conquer Constantinople or Constantinople conquers me,’ Fatih Sultan Mehmet II, the seventh Ottoman Sultan, once said. He was a key figure in the expansion of the Ottoman Empire, […]
Amsterdam is wearing the trousers: sustainable Denim and Turkish investments
Robert Schuddeboom, Turkey
3 Apr 2015
The Netherlands, Turkey, Amsterdam, jeans, sustainability and making money: on 16 April 2015, part of the international denim industry will start its ‘Denim City Project’ in Amsterdam. We at the […]
