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Category: Characters

The Mosque at Ortaköy

10 May, 2008 (11:36) | Characters, istanbul, Language, Photographs, The Turkish Benicio del Toro |

Tweet 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 [...]

The Photograph of the Little Boy of Istanbul

15 April, 2008 (00:51) | Photographs, Yilmaz |

Tweet This is one of the first photographs I took of the little boy of Istanbul. I added some words from the poem “In Search of the Little Boy of Istanbul“. Someone made it into a large poster for me with Photoshop. I love this photograph because it shows everything about the little boy and [...]

The History of Imagine Istanbul

12 April, 2008 (17:23) | Characters, istanbul, Language, Yilmaz, The Little Boy of Istanbul | 1 comment

Tweet With the launch of ImagineIstanbul.com as a blog in January, 2008, I think I should provide some technical, historical background the existence of ImagineIstanbul as a blog. ImagineIstanbul.com was originally launched in 2004 and ran for about one year. Then, due to circumstances beyond my control (or maybe they were in my control), I [...]

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