Near the edge of the water where the Golden Horn meets the Bosphorus, in Eminönü, Istanbul stands the New Mosque or the Yeni Camii. If you stand on the Galata Bridge, you can see this lovely mosque - it is not the big one to the right of the skyline behind which the [...]
If life is a search for meaning and perfection, what is identity, how connected is Identity to the search of truly knowing oneself?
Identity is a quest to know who you are, where you come from. It is the definition of the Self. You are defined by history and land of origin, genetics, family, [...]
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 [...]
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”
If you like this [...]
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 lost [...]
Great News I wanted to share with my readers! The poem In Search of the Little Boy of Istanbul” has been published.
The poem was published in the latest edition of Yeni Hayat a local community newspaper in the city of Toronto, March edition, page 11. The newspaper Yeni Hayat has published both the [...]
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