Antiquity Quote by Ian Fleming

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

“From the first, Istanbul had given him the impression of a town where, with the night, horror creeps out of the stones. It seemed…

— Ian Fleming

Turkey was fantastic, Turkey was, like, mystical and such a special place. Just unique, something that's really hard to describe, such beauty, those mountains…

— Violante Placido

People feel that the beauty of the Istanbul is something we used to have in the past or something we will have in the…

— Burhan Sonmez

“A little of this caviar finds its way to the fish restaurants around Istanbul's Taksim Square, but the bulk is sent on to the…

— Misha Glenny

“Not that she had been to Cairo or Delhi. But, like many other Istanbulites, Peri held a firm belief that her city was more…

— Elif Shafak

“It was all because of the traffic, she would later reassure herself. Rumbling, roaring, metal clanking against metal like the cries of a thousand…

— Elif Shafak

“Had I been told Istanbul used to be a poorer, smaller and happier city, I might not have believed it, but that’s what my…

— Orhan Pamuk

“It had just hit her why and how people could fall in love with Istanbul, in spite of all the sorrow it might cause…

— Elif Shafak

Istanbul is certainly in the process of transforming itself into an attractive cultural, tourist and financial center. But there are also millions of sad…

— Orhan Pamuk

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

— Orhan Pamuk

“..These exhibitions, and the stories behind them, should also in due course have their own catalogs and novels. As visitors admire the objects and…

— Orhan Pamuk