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...
 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...
 The organic market in Feriköy is a saturday ritual.  A day to have the morning tea with neighbors. A day to run into friends i haven't seen for a while. A day to meet new people over a tangerine. A day to catch up with yogi friends and remind...
YELDEĞIRMENI GRAFFITI FESTIVAL Mural Ist, organized by Kadıköy Municipality and the Foundation for Protection and Promotion of Environmental and Cultural Values, ÇEKÜL, left Yeldeğirmeni neighborhood in colors this fall. Together...
A  mish mash of street art in Cihangir... "Love of men kills 3 women every day." Statistics say so. The unofficial number is probably much higher.      Â
   THE CREEPY VISION I HAD...Three weeks ago; I had a nightmare. We are in a post-apocalyptic city... Abandoned buildings, dead silence in deserted streets, no soul around. We find shelter in an old, empty plant... More people pour in. A friend...
Clothes swapping is fast becoming a global movement promoting sustainable living over the last few years. Clothes swapping or "swishing" is an event, where people bring in their clothes and accessories they do not use any longer and exchange them for the new ones....
Cihangir has become a hip and vibrant neighborhood with quite a mix of expats, students, artists and writers in the past decade. It did have its share of the facelift operations raging in the city, which gave way to alfresco dining scene, haute-couture...
 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 ...