Karaköy is the hipster heaven of Istanbul. There are times when I pray for the hipster  culture to phase out. If that's your thing, fine! That's the place to be! People watching is here, lemonade in jam jars and  food on chopping boards...
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   It was one of those cold, overcasted spring days when we met up at the kahve of Yedikule train station. Kahve is the place where local men of the neighborhood gather to spend the day in idle chat or playing cards. You wouldn't miss...
Friends living in Yeşilköy take me out for a lovely walk in the neighborhood. A mellow sunday well-spent spotting wooden art-nouveau houses, visiting a number of churches, discovering the tomb of maltese painter Amedeo Preziosi, famous for his watercolor...
  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,...
The city is under construction/ maintenance 24/7.
  A rare photo of Ayasofya Mosque depicting the last prayer of muslims held. A gem from the archive of Othmar Pferschy, who  hopped on the  Orient Express to come to Constantinople and witnessed the drastic  transformation of the new Republic...