Istanbul City Guide
Sevil Delin / March 16, 2011
Istanbul, the Eternal Mystery
Like Salome in her dance of the seven veils, Istanbul reveals herself slowly, layer by shimmering layer. Clever but coy, she weaves a spell of music, movement and mystery around her mesmerized audience. Over the centuries, she has been courted by many Read More »
Elif Şafak / March 16, 2011
Dawn in Istanbul
“Dawn is nothing but an eerie threshold between day and night,” my grandmother would say. Thresholds, in turn, are utterly unreliable and uncanny. Thresholds belong to the djinni, not to human beings who are in need of less ambiguity and Read More »
Sandro Tucci / March 15, 2011
Istanbul: A Magic City
Very early in the morning of a cool summer day, not so long ago, I was driving on the bridge across the Bosphorus on my way to the airport. The sun was just coming up over the hills flooding the sky with a gentle pink light. The air was crisp, the city Read More »
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