List Of Istanbul Quotes

İstanbul Is A Magical Seal Which Unites Europe And Asia Since The Ancient Times. Without A Doubt, Istanbul Is Certainly The Most Beautiful Place Of The World.

Istanbul Is Certainly In The Process Of Transforming Itself Into An Attractive Cultural, Tourist And Financial Center. But There Are Also Millions Of Sad Stories In This Giant Sea Of Immigration, Poverty, Misery And Contradictions. So Much Anger, Frustration And Fury.

I Think Perhaps It Is A Generational Thing. I Talk To Younger People And They Say, Where Is This Melancholy City You Talk About My Istanbul Is A Sunny Place.

To Savour Istanbul's Back Streets, To Appreciate The Vines And Trees That Endow Its Ruins With Accidental Grace, You Must, First And Foremost, Be A Stranger To Them.

Istanbul Is A Vast Place. There Are Very Conservative Neighbourhoods, There Are Places That Are Upper Class, Westernised, Consuming Western Culture.

National Consciousness Is Truly A Miraculous Thing. When I Am Not In Turkey I Feel Even More Turkish Than In Istanbul. But When I'm Home My European Side Becomes More Apparent.

It Was In Cihangir That I First Learned Istanbul Was Not An Anonymous Multitude Of Walled-in Lives - A Jungle Of Apartments Where No One Knew Who Was Dead Or Who Was Celebrating What - But An Archipelago Of Neighbourhoods In Which Everyone Knew Each Other.

Life Can't Be All That Bad,' I'd Think From Time To Time. 'whatever Happens, I Can Always Take A Long Walk Along The Bosphorus.

The First Thing I Learned At School Was That Some People Are Idiots; The Second Thing I Learned Was That Some Are Even Worse.

The Terrorists Who Committed The 2003 Istanbul Attacks Were Locals, That Is, Turks. And When Filmmaker Theo Van Gogh Was Murdered In The Netherlands Last Year, The Murderer And His Supporters Were Also Part Of The Muslim Community.

When It Comes To Emotions, We All Feel Pain In The Same Way, Everyone, Whether You're From Istanbul Or Beijing.

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.