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Pavillions by the water

Küçüksu Pavilion is surrounded by these elegant wrought-iron fences. The Küçüksu Pavilion? I will leave it to your imagination:)

A detail from the Istanbul Design Week held annually on the old Galata bridge. Precisely, a hundred years ago it was referred as the new Galata bridge by Owen William in his photo, Ode to the new bridge. The old bridge connecting two sides of Halic, the Golden...

Anthony Bourdain’s “No Reservations: Istanbul”

The American chef, and author, Anthony Bourdain uncovers the delicacies of Turkish cuisine meandering in the streets of Istanbul. Meeting locals, exploring markets, mingling in the crowd and tasting Turkish cuisine... Can you think of another...

From Konstantiniyye to Istanbul

The photo exhibition at the Pera Museum, "From Konstantiniyye to Istanbul" gave me moments of awe and inspiration to keep on working on the city. The selection of photos from various collections reveals the beauty of the Anatolian shore of the Bosphorus...

The dome of Heaven

The dome of Hagia Sophia. During the extensive restoration carried out by Fossatti Brothers in the mid 1800s, the calligrapher Kazasker Izzet Efendi decorated the dome with the verse from Qur'an "In the name of Allah, the beneficient, the merciful,...

Modern

Urban Transformation Projects #1

There is this continuous noise wherever you are in the city, which I call the third world noise -not a politically correct way of putting it, but unfortunately you cannot help. Shopping malls not enough. Hotels not enough. Luxury condos not enough. Bridges...

Hum of the City

The city is under construction/ maintenance 24/7.

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