In Galata I saw a man who sat alone while the city of Istanbul hurried madly on around him. The ships sailed, the traffic roared, the pigeons rose up in quick escape and the millions of humanity of the city of Istanbul on their errands of self-importance had left this man alone. I [...]
I thought I would post another photograph of the beautiful Ortaköy Mosque so you might see also how lovely the architectural detail is.
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The Ortaköy Mosque in the district of Ortaköy stands gracefully at the edge of the Bosphorus. It is my favorite mosque in Istanbul perhaps because I find it to be the most prettiest and with its white ornate structure, it possesses a kind of feminine loveliness. I always loved walking around Ortaköy, browsing through [...]
And lastly, I present to you this photograph of a sunset in Istanbul with the Süleymaniye Mosque in the foreground. It was close to the end of the day when I had dashed madly about the city photographing everything I saw. I was standing on the Galata Bridge and I was losing the [...]
This is the English translation of the interview I gave for the newspaper Yeni Hayat in their April 15, 2006 issue. The Turkish translation of the interview is located in a posting on my blog dated April 25.
Culture and Art section of Yeni Hayat:
“I saw fear and beauty in his eyes”
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In my last posting, I wrote about the light in the sky, the sunsets and the sunrises in Istanbul. But I could not do that blog posting justice if I just published two photographs. So I have made it my duty to present to you more of these un-retouched photographs of the sunrise [...]
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