Quotes About Istanbul

Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music.

of the great cities of the world, only Rome, Istanbul and Cairo can even begin to rival Delhi for the sheer volume and density of historic remains.

Tipu even asked his ambassadors to Ottoman Istanbul to secure for him the ijara – farm – of Basra so that, like the Europeans, he could establish an overseas settlement which would be a base for his vessels.

On the meeting point of two worlds, the ornament of Turkish homeland, the treasure of Turkish history, the city cherished by the Turkish nation, Ä°stanbul, has its place in the hearts of all citizens.

I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual.

Its Vermeer" Kat turned to the boy who lingered in the doorway. "It's stolen" "What can I say?" Hale eased behind her and studied the painting over her shoulder. "I met a very nice man who bet me he had the best security system in Istanbul." His breath was warm on the back of her neck. "He was mistaken.

The cats of Istanbul," explained the Gaviero, "possess absolute wisdom. They exercise complete control over the life of the city, but they are so prudent and secretive that the inhabitants are still not aware of the fact.

Almost everything I have read about Istanbul talks about it as the gateway to the east. We're so programmed to think of it like that but for much of the world, it's the gateway to the west, or even where north meets south.

Anadolu Hotel has an excellent location in Istanbul city center of Sultanahmet. Anadolu Hotel is a boutique hotel where you can reach the Sultanahmet area, the Grand Bazaar, Aya Sofya and the Hippodrome area, just a few minutes walk away.

Culture is mix. Culture means a mix of things from other sources. And my town, Istanbul, was this kind of mix. Istanbul, in fact, and my work, is a testimony to the fact that East and West combine cultural gracefully, or sometimes in an anarchic way, came together, and that is what we should search for.

I had the feeling that focusing on objects and telling a story through them would make my protagonists different from those in Western novels - more real, more quintessentially of Istanbul.

Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.

I ate fantastic Italian food in Croatia, which you wouldn't expect. The food in Istanbul was amazing. I never would've expected that and the food, I guess you're learning something about me, the food in Prague, they're very, very heavy meat eaters, like, a lot of meat, which is great.

The kind of power mothers have is enormous. Take the skyline of Istanbul -- enormous breasts, pathetic little willies, a final revenge on Islam. I was so scared I had to crouch in the bottom of the boat when I saw it.

The top of its dome still rises fifty-five metres above the pavements of modern Istanbul.

We are not in prison so we are free and happy? No. We're in a different kind of prison in this life. We have to confront it, and we have to liberate Istanbul and ourselves, as well.

Hepimizi ?stanbul'a ba?layan sadece bu...Burada insan, kafas?n? zerre kadar i?letmeden, mütefekkir bir kimse oldu?una inanmak ve buna ba?kalar?n? da inand?rmak imkan?na malik...Bu ?ehrin ve buradaki muhitlerin dayan?lmaz cazibesi i?te bundan ibaret.

Bir fikir adam?, kafas? adamak?ll? te?ekkül etmeden, ?stanbul'dan ayr?lamaz... Kültür merkezimiz, maalesef, ?imdilik bir tane... Ve o da ?stanbul... D??arda dima?lar?n inki?af?n?n nas?l yava?lay?p durdu?unu görüyoruz... Tatillerde gelen arkada?lara bir bakmak kâfi..

Constantinople, the largest city in the world and capital of the Byzantine Roman Empire (Rum to Arabs and Turks), had fallen. Europe's last surviving link to the age of the Caesars would be remade as a Muslim city and renamed Istanbul. It would remain the headquarters of the sultan's descendants for the next 460 years.

There's different shopping in Paris than there is at a bazaar in Istanbul, but they're all wonderful.

The local men who cruise with other men told me that everyone understood they were free to do whatever they liked, and without hassle from the authorities, if under-eighteens were not involved, to the extent that those who preferred adolescent rent boys are known to travel to Beirut or Istanbul, where word on the street is that they are available in abundance (for the right price).

I see more people taking on the cloak of accountability, more people tiring of the blame game. If we are all connected and our actions in Australia affect us in Istanbul, then we are all to blame and all to be healers. We can't blame lawyers anymore for the 'liability' vs. common sense imbalance.

The only thing I regret is not winning the Premier League with Liverpool. I'll never know how that feels and experience the reaction of the city, as I did after Istanbul. It hurts because I know the people want the league title more than anything.

Within Istanbul, there's a ton of people who are totally hip - like, the hippest people you could ever meet.