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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 [...]

A Conversation with Tanya Robb

7 May, 2008 (07:05) | istanbul, Language |

Tweet 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 [...]

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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