I think perhaps it is a generational thing. I talk to younger people and they say, Where is this melancholy city you… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I went to Istanbul. I spoke to blind people, most of whom had lost their sight suddenly. I asked them to describe… — Sophie Calle Copy Share Image
To savour Istanbul's back streets, to appreciate the vines and trees that endow its ruins with accidental grace, you must, first and… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
From a very young age, I suspected there was more to my world than I could see: somewhere in the streets of… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Istanbul is an unbelievable city, just really beautiful and the people are really, really nice. — Jordan Larson Copy Share Image
So far, I have not come to any of the positions that I have filled through wanting to be there. I was… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
So you set out to travel to Rome... and end up in Istanbul. You set off for Japan... and you end up… — Loreena McKennitt Copy Share Image
In Istanbul I met a man who said he knew beyond a doubt that God was a cat. I asked why he… — Lowell Thomas Copy Share Image
“I am speaking of the evenings when the sun sets early, of the fathers under the streetlamps in the back streets returning… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Istanbul is certainly in the process of transforming itself into an attractive cultural, tourist and financial center. But there are also millions… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Life can't be all that bad,' i'd think from time to time. 'Whatever happens, i can always take a long walk along… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The Taj, the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Cracao Basilica and Polish church are some monuments that hold a special place in my… — Shaan Copy Share Image
If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I ate fantastic Italian food in Croatia, which you wouldn't expect. The food in Istanbul was amazing. I never would've expected that… — Cliff Curtis Copy Share Image
National consciousness is truly a miraculous thing. When I am not in Turkey I feel even more Turkish than in Istanbul. But… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“There are some cities in the world, they would have looked much more beautiful had they never been a city and İstanbul… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Istanbul ... the constant beating of the wave of the East against the rock of the West. — Susan Moody Copy Share Image
I like to borrow a metaphor from the great poet and mystic Rumi who talks about living like a drawing compass. One… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Life is a journey, but it's not about the places along the way, it's about the people that give you a piece… — Stavro Nashi Copy Share Image
Turks have long admired the sultan, Mehmet II, for his military triumphs, especially his capture of Constantinople, now known as Istanbul, in 1453. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
