Imagine Istanbul – travel, photography, news, films, book, ideas from Istanbul, Turkey
Tweet Once upon a time in Istanbul… There once was a musician in Turkey named Ahmet Kaya and his music was loved by everyone in the country. Now what I mean by everyone, was everyone. Be they left or right, conservative or modern, young and old, Turkish or Kurdish, he was loved by all. He [...]
Tweet In my previous posting I described my disappointment at not being able to obtain tickets to see Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s film “Three Monkeys” so instead, I bought tickets for another Turkish film of which I knew absolutely nothing called Pandora’s Box. Sometimes, we find a little treasure unexpectedly and what a jewel of a [...]
Tweet Sometimes you hear the strangest things…. coming out of Istanbul Turkey’s well-loved chanteuse, Bulent Ersoy of Istanbul is stirring up waves…. Sometimes you hear the strangest things in the news on Turkey. Sometimes I hear tragic stories and I want to cry or scream. Sometimes I hear really weird stories from Turkey and I [...]
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