Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music. — Christian Louboutin Copy Share Image
Istanbul ... the constant beating of the wave of the East against the rock of the West. — Susan Moody 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
Istanbul owes its extraordinary situation to Golden Horn, Marmara Sea and The Bosphorus. — Edmondo De Amicis Copy Share Image
The first time I was teargassed, in Istanbul, Turkey, I thought I was going to die. Overwhelming pain flooded my eyes, nose,… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“And the fog. The purple fog, blue fog and white fog. Film noir fog. How I love the sheer romance of it;… — Caroline Eden 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
The terrorists who committed the 2003 Istanbul attacks were locals, that is, Turks. And when filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in… — Otto Schily 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
“Sampai di Kadıköy, matahari dah hampir terbenam. Langit oren-oren sephia. Dengan latar belakang muzik Turki yang dimainkan oleh seniman jalanan di tepi… — Azzah A.R Copy Share Image
Marseilles, Barcelona, Trieste, Istanbul - each romances the Mediterranean in its own fashion, mostly by embracing the sea in sweeping C-shaped bays… — Andre Aciman Copy Share Image
“In the great court, surrounded by broken-down droshkies and the skeletons of German motor-buses, we spread our sleeping-bags on the oily ground… — Eric Newby Copy Share Image
It was in Cihangir that i first learned Istanbul was not an anonymous multitude of walled-in lives - a jungle of apartments… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“From the first, Istanbul had given him the impression of a town where, with the night, horror creeps out of the stones.… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
I read, read enormously on all different fields of Islamic thought, from philosophy to Islamic literature, poetry, exegeses, knowledge of the Hadith,… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
“Just after the 11 September 2001 attacks, the Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk (who later won the Nobel Prize) observed, in Istanbul, the… — Tzvetan Todorov 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
“It was all because of the traffic, she would later reassure herself. Rumbling, roaring, metal clanking against metal like the cries of… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“It should have been the Arabian Nights, but to Bond, seeing it first above the tops of trams and above the great… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Istanbul is divided by time, not space. The first Istanbul is the Istanbul of the past. A long time ago, during the… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
We had no desire to live in Istanbul, nor in Paris or New York. Let them have their discos and dollars, their… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
When people are not in a prison cell they believe they are free and happy. That's not true. Because in Istanbul, the… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
Istanbul and the western and southern seaboards are very Europeanized. But then you have the Kurdish areas, in the southeast. That's Turkey's… — Andrew Mango 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
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
There are such beautiful locations outside India, and the experience of shooting in Istanbul was awesome. — Sanjeeda Sheikh Copy Share Image
We're going to be the underdogs again in Istanbul on the 25th, but that suits us. (on the Champions league Final) — Steven Gerrard Copy Share Image
The Lumiere brothers first exhibited moving pictures in Paris in 1896. A year later, there was a private showing at the Yildiz… — Tariq Ali 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
İstanbul is a magical seal which unites Europe and Asia since the ancient times. Without a doubt, Istanbul is certainly the most… — Gerard De Nerval Copy Share Image
If they say "you have your last chance to look at the world", I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul. — Alphonse de Lamartine 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 first time I held an African drum in my hands was at Koc University in a forest in the northern suburbs… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
We've proved a lot of people wrong so far but the job is not finished yet and if we come home from… — Steven Gerrard Copy Share Image
“Had I been told Istanbul used to be a poorer, smaller and happier city, I might not have believed it, but that’s… — 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
We spent a month in Japan last year, a week in Istanbul for the United Nations, and nearly three months in my… — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
Istanbul in the snow is a wonder. The extravagant pleasures on show in the Topkapi Palace Museum - the sultan's robes thickly… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
A man went to Istanbul, his first visit there. On his way to a business meeting, this man lost his way. He… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
