Thursday, May 28, 2009

İstanbul: The Ever-Changing City that Still Remembers

"İstanbul: The Ever-Changing City that Still Remembers

Text by Melih Uslu | Photographs by Şemsi Güner

This is no time to sigh with regret about old Istanbul. Because it is still there, if you remember to pay attention to the places you’ve looked at but have not seen over the years. It is time to revisit the old, familiar sights as well. Pay no attention to the crowds that have penetrated everywhere. For it is a solitary city at heart. A city that lives and breathes around the clock. At the same time, a city that is trying to remember and remind us of its authentic values, more of which are being lost by the day. A city that craves the interest of those who stroll through it, a city dying to talk about its disappearing treasures. And now is the time to lend an ear."

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