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Syria bleeds…

  The Syrian consulate is here in Nişantaşı. For a while I worked in a beautiful art-nouveau building, the Ralli, where the consulate is located. I was fresh out of the university daydreaming of travelling abroad; taking long trips around the world....

Oh, Istanbul, what have you turned me into?

    Click on the arrows to view more photos.   A couple of years ago, I was having a late lunch in a tradesmen restaurant in Mecidiyeköy.  I am all ears  in such restaurants; this is one way to  get a feel of the times. A retired army officer...




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