Comments on: Images from Istanbul http://matadornetwork.com/trips/photo-essay-images-from-istanbul/ travel culture worldwide Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Whiterose http://matadornetwork.com/trips/photo-essay-images-from-istanbul/#comment-72602 Whiterose Thu, 05 May 2011 04:35:33 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5228#comment-72602 I liked donts and dos list in Istanbul. The Topkapi is one of a kind despite crowd like doner is great in bereket and all should taste it. The pictures lacks modern Istanbul and architecture wonders that was challenge of 15th century. I liked donts and dos list in Istanbul. The Topkapi is one of a kind despite crowd like doner is great in bereket and all should taste it. The pictures lacks modern Istanbul and architecture wonders that was challenge of 15th century.

]]> By: Oyku http://matadornetwork.com/trips/photo-essay-images-from-istanbul/#comment-8677 Oyku Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:21:20 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5228#comment-8677 Great photos. I love the one with the stuffed grape leaves. I have to correct a couple of things, though. Both men and women have to take "abdest," meaning washing face, arms, and feet before praying either at a mosque or somewhere else. So it is not just men or just washing the feet. The columns in Basilica Cistern were built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. I don't agree with the comments about showing only the religious aspect of the city. That's the photographer's choice to make. Anybody can find out more about Istanbul by using internet, reading books/news or just visiting. And Turkey has been losing its secular character for the past 7 or 8 years and you see both pious crowd and the secular together only in a few places/neighbourhoods. They are not living in harmony, that's why some sees only the pious and some the secular. I am from Turkey and love the palimpsest city, Istanbul. I can't wait to go back and have "balik-ekmek" in Eminonu and "cay-simit" in Ortakoy. Great photos. I love the one with the stuffed grape leaves. I have to correct a couple of things, though. Both men and women have to take “abdest,” meaning washing face, arms, and feet before praying either at a mosque or somewhere else. So it is not just men or just washing the feet. The columns in Basilica Cistern were built in the 6th century during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.

I don’t agree with the comments about showing only the religious aspect of the city. That’s the photographer’s choice to make. Anybody can find out more about Istanbul by using internet, reading books/news or just visiting. And Turkey has been losing its secular character for the past 7 or 8 years and you see both pious crowd and the secular together only in a few places/neighbourhoods. They are not living in harmony, that’s why some sees only the pious and some the secular.

I am from Turkey and love the palimpsest city, Istanbul. I can’t wait to go back and have “balik-ekmek” in Eminonu and “cay-simit” in Ortakoy.

]]> By: rebecca http://matadornetwork.com/trips/photo-essay-images-from-istanbul/#comment-5458 rebecca Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:08:40 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5228#comment-5458 everything you captured looks so beautiful and colorful ! i want to visit Istanbul too.. particularly, #11 the turkish woman is a very nice pic... #12 the fisheye his shot is so cute! everything you captured looks so beautiful and colorful ! i want to visit Istanbul too..

particularly, #11 the turkish woman is a very nice pic… #12 the fisheye his shot is so cute!

]]> By: gary lehman http://matadornetwork.com/trips/photo-essay-images-from-istanbul/#comment-4761 gary lehman Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:09:50 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5228#comment-4761 Istanbul (and all of Turkey) is just brimming with interwoven history and modernity all together, there at the crossroads of the world. It is not possible to broadly portray the spirit of the city in a few photos. But these photos are visual delights and a compelling invitation to visit and experience for yourself ! We saw the Dervish dancers by candlelight in the subterranean basilica cistern and this visual combined with the acoustics to create an unforgettable experience. I visited Selimiye Kushlisa in Uskudar where Florence Nightingale (the lady of the lamp) had her hospital and where she and her nurses and doctors treated the British survivors of the Charge Of The Light Brigade across the Black Sea in the Crimean War. The cemetery (where those for whom her ministrations were in vain are at eternal 'parade rest' ) behind the fortress is most moving. and don't forget dining at Ciragon Palace on the Bosporus and having salt-baked seabass at Korfez ! i am going to go buy my ticket ! NEXT TRIP ! Istanbul (and all of Turkey) is just brimming with interwoven history and modernity all together, there at the crossroads of the world. It is not possible to broadly portray the spirit of the city in a few photos. But these photos are visual delights and a compelling invitation to visit and experience for yourself ! We saw the Dervish dancers by candlelight in the subterranean basilica cistern and this visual combined with the acoustics to create an unforgettable experience. I visited Selimiye Kushlisa in Uskudar where Florence Nightingale (the lady of the lamp) had her hospital and where she and her nurses and doctors treated the British survivors of the Charge Of The Light Brigade across the Black Sea in the Crimean War. The cemetery (where those for whom her ministrations were in vain are at eternal ‘parade rest’ ) behind the fortress is most moving. and don’t forget dining at Ciragon Palace on the Bosporus and having salt-baked seabass at Korfez ! i am going to go buy my ticket ! NEXT TRIP !

]]> By: Sejal http://matadornetwork.com/trips/photo-essay-images-from-istanbul/#comment-4193 Sejal Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:16:27 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5228#comment-4193 Gorgeous photos! So colorful and vivid. Can't wait to visit Istanbul! Gorgeous photos! So colorful and vivid. Can’t wait to visit Istanbul!

]]> By: maryanne http://matadornetwork.com/trips/photo-essay-images-from-istanbul/#comment-3872 maryanne Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:41:35 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5228#comment-3872 The photos are amazing. I lived in Turkey for six years (4 in Istanbul) and those images beautifully show that one side of life (Turkey has a million aspects and you'd need ages to begin to show it). One thing though: in number 2, those aren't the rice stuffed vine leaves covered in salt- they are just the raw ones soaked in brine for preservation, bundled up together and rolled for sale. I don't want anyone to accidentally pick up a salt-encrusted roll and bite into it, thinking it's a yaprak sarmasi! The photos are amazing. I lived in Turkey for six years (4 in Istanbul) and those images beautifully show that one side of life (Turkey has a million aspects and you’d need ages to begin to show it). One thing though: in number 2, those aren’t the rice stuffed vine leaves covered in salt- they are just the raw ones soaked in brine for preservation, bundled up together and rolled for sale. I don’t want anyone to accidentally pick up a salt-encrusted roll and bite into it, thinking it’s a yaprak sarmasi!

]]> By: Mary D'Ambrosio http://matadornetwork.com/trips/photo-essay-images-from-istanbul/#comment-3844 Mary D'Ambrosio Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:26:12 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5228#comment-3844 Bravo to Allison, an especially gifted photographer we're delighted to have featured in Big World Magazine, too. To those who complain about her focus: one photographer's essay is her a point of view, not a comprehensive portrait of a city or country. That's the art of it (the novelist Orhan Pamuk receives similar flak http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/books/review/Hansen-t.html?scp=2&sq=orhan%20pamuk&st=cse). Bravo to Allison, an especially gifted photographer we’re delighted to have featured in Big World Magazine, too. To those who complain about her focus: one photographer’s essay is her a point of view, not a comprehensive portrait of a city or country. That’s the art of it (the novelist Orhan Pamuk receives similar flak http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/books/review/Hansen-t.html?scp=2&sq=orhan%20pamuk&st=cse).

]]> By: Sarah http://matadornetwork.com/trips/photo-essay-images-from-istanbul/#comment-3756 Sarah Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:51:22 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5228#comment-3756 I have to agree with Zeynep and Philippe... your pictures are beautiful, but I'm not sure they necessary paint an accurate picture of Turkey. Turkey is by nature a secular country and in the five weeks that I spent there I saw lots of women, but very few in the full, black burqas. Istanbul, in particular the district of Taksim, is highly influenced by western culture and much more indicative of Turkey's modernity. I have to agree with Zeynep and Philippe… your pictures are beautiful, but I’m not sure they necessary paint an accurate picture of Turkey. Turkey is by nature a secular country and in the five weeks that I spent there I saw lots of women, but very few in the full, black burqas. Istanbul, in particular the district of Taksim, is highly influenced by western culture and much more indicative of Turkey’s modernity.

]]> By: Nancy http://matadornetwork.com/trips/photo-essay-images-from-istanbul/#comment-3754 Nancy Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:23:23 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5228#comment-3754 Beautiful photos. Can't wait to visit. Beautiful photos. Can’t wait to visit.

]]> By: Sally http://matadornetwork.com/trips/photo-essay-images-from-istanbul/#comment-3738 Sally Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:32:38 +0000 http://matadortrips.com/?p=5228#comment-3738 "As usual you capure a moment of beauty in each picture! “As usual you capure a moment of beauty in each picture!

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