"One Night in Istanbul
In the early hours of dawn, the areas of Taksim and SultanAhmet in Istanbul are remarkable contrasts. In one, the party is really getting started; while in the other life has slowly ended for the day. This is no different than many other cities in the world. But, few cities seem to be marked by a willful effort of one side to disengage from the other. Taksim, is the present, willfully escaping the past. The fury of its clubs, shopping, party goers, food and the seemingly effervescent belief that the future is now. SultanAhmet is the past, exploiting the present. From minarets and mosques, from mullahs and maulavi — there arises the constant reminder, almost a Faulkenerian vigil, that the past is not even the past."
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