Color Quote by Orhan Pamuk

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

“There are some cities in the world, they would have looked much more beautiful had they never been a city and İstanbul is such…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

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

— Alphonse de Lamartine

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

“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

I think perhaps it is a generational thing. I talk to younger people and they say, Where is this melancholy city you talk about…

— Orhan Pamuk

Istanbul is an unbelievable city, just really beautiful and the people are really, really nice.

— Jordan Larson

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…

— Burhan Sonmez

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

When you go from one part of the Turkish community to another, it's like you're moving from one century to another. People look at…

— Burhan Sonmez

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

— Christian Louboutin