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Category: Language

What is Identity?

22 May, 2008 (10:17) | Language, human rights, istanbul | No comments

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, language, [...]

The Mosque at Ortaköy

10 May, 2008 (11:36) | Characters, Language, Photographs, The Turkish Benicio del Toro, istanbul | No comments

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 [...]

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