The joke has worn out but we usually say what remained today of the city's green spaces is the cemeteries in istanbul:) Though still sounds a bit exaggerated, it will come true in a decade thanks to the new urban transformation projects. So, no wonder,...
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It is a man's world here.. When it gets sticky and sweaty in summer, sadly it is only the boys who plunge into the cold, refreshing waters of the Bosphorus. Though surrounded by the water, the city unfortunately suffers from a lack of public (and private)...
The end of the Ramadan. A month of fasting in the Muslim calendar is over. I made it to the Sultanahmet square to photograph the mahyas of the blue mosque on its last day! Mahya, the message written in lights and strung between 2 minarets or between...
http://youtu.be/f7X2rxTPmyc MÜŞFİK KENTER RECITING AN ORHAN VELI POEMMüşfik Kenter, one of the greatest actors of Turkish theater, died of lung cancer today. As a gifted voice actor, he would fill our living rooms when the black and white TV with...
An unexpectedly laid-back saturday afternoon. I am invited to the potluck at a college, where a friend works. We are in the hectic city of Istanbul, but time seems to have slowed down here. A picnic with kids on the hills of charming Arnavutköy. I remember...
In 2000, the 5-stop metro line started operating, considering the population of way over 10 million back then, it was pathetic! Before the opening of Istanbul metro, I would be amazed by the musicians cheering up metro passengers at the metro stations...
JUST MEMORIES...More than a decade ago, when the words "Galata" and "gentrification" were used in the same sentence, it did not mean much to me; I did not see it coming. There was not a single soul in the back streets, and it would give me a chill ...
THE PIAZZA GALATAIt is a late summer we are having in Istanbul. We used to have clear-cut seasons when I was a kid here, I remember. I could distinguish the spring breeze from the fall breeze, or I believed I could do so, hahahah! For this kind of breeze,...
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