Today I made my way to Taksim Square and Gezi Park. It’s been a couple days since the protests have flared up, and I figured it was safe to venture to the place where it all began. I met up with my friend Meg for lunch, and then we wandered around the sites for a … Continue reading
Istanbul is currently in the throes of what many are calling the city’s version of an Occupy movement. I’d heard a couple days ago that demonstrators were conducting sit-ins at Taksim Square and the neighboring Gezi Park in response to new construction in the area that includes plans for yet another shopping mall, which is … Continue reading
The Basilica Cistern is in the Sultanahmet area of Istanbul, very near to Hagia Sophia. You enter through a small yellow building, completely nondescript save the long line of tourists wrapping around it a few times. After descending a few flights of stairs, you enter the cool, dark rooms supported by forests of columns. Fish … Continue reading
It feels like a good day for some photos, so I’m just posting up a storm! This gallery details my visits to The Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, which rest just a couple hundred meters from each other in the area of Sultanahmet in Istanbul. This is the area I posted a few photos of … Continue reading
Cevahir Mall, until 2011, was the largest mall in Europe, and I wanted you all to see it. Now, who’s gonna take me shopping? Continue reading
My posts are falling a couple days behind, and I’m going to go ahead and blame WordPress’ new uploading system. To say it functions at a snail’s pace would be generous. But I shall overcome. Yagmur and I spent an afternoon down by the Bosphorus, walking, chatting, and enjoying the sunshine and sea air. We … Continue reading
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