Imagine Istanbul

It’s the Toronto Film Festival time (September 4 – 13, 2008) here in the city of Toronto and yes, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s new film “Three Monkeys” (Üç maymun) is playing at the festival. Who is Nuri Bilge Ceylan? He is one of my favorite film directors and photographers from Istanbul. He won “Best Director” award [...]

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If one were to turn one’s head standing at the same position on the stairs while at the Dolmabahçe Palace, one would see this view of the Bosphorus. How lucky the Sultans were to own such property! How lucky the people in Turkey are to have such beauty, history, architecture and waters surrounding them. No [...]

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