A day out in Tophane... Tophane is one those neighborhoods that cannot resist change and gentrification. Yet, it is much more residential compared to Karaköy, thus still low key... and it is just a step away from the trendy Karaköy teeming...
Whenever I set my foot outside in the past 2 weeks, I felt i got swept away by the wild waves of people, especially in my neighborhood, Nişantaşı, a byword for urban chic. I ran out of all of the shortcuts to my house. For the fear of being labeled...
In the last decade, the street parties have become common in Istanbul, with Taksim and Nişantaşı being hot spots for art, music and design festivals. For the new year's celebrations, Nişantaşı, lavishly decorated with red lead soldiers...