Libraries never fail to inspire me... SALT research library is definitely one of them. The amazing find of the week was Istanbul city  telephone directories. I remember amusing myself with  those bulky phone books when I was a kid.  Maybe...
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Vintage  Constantinople postcards are somehow still popular in Istanbul after more than a hundred years they were first printed. It was Max Fruchtermann, an Austria-Hungarian entrepreneur, who opened a shop in Pera and popularized the picture postcards...
Places we call home. Inside out. Outside in. As I watch many buildings in my neighborhood, as in many other neighborhoods across the city, being  pulled  down only to be  replaced by ugly wannabe modern buildings, the loss of building name...
 Brush up your bargaining skills before you head to the flea market in Feriköy on a sunday!! It is held at the same spot where the organic market is set up on saturdays. Gözleme, the Turkish pancake, stalls are there as well as the fresh...