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...
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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 ...
Another arty day around Galata... Graffiti works get disappeared so quickly here so don't expect to see these works of art if you walk around Galata today.
It is true that we Istanbullites complain about lack of green spaces but see how nature takes over?
Graffiti is no longer considered a kind of vandalism, at least in the art world, and the shift from typography to other forms of symbolic expression is clear in Istanbul, too. I came across these ones in a district, which is going through gentrification...
"When Istanbullus grow a bit older and feel their fates intertwining with that of the city, they come to welcome the cloak of melancholy that brings their lives a contentment, an emotional depth, that almost look like happiness. Until then they rage against...
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