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Hand-Cut Fonts of Fener
“For a new font to be successful it has to be so good that only very few recognize its novelty.”Continue Reading
Street Art: Taksim & Galata
Exploring Street Art in Taksim and Galata
Exploring Fener’s Antique Shops
My mother loves to poke around in antique markets and shops, looking for things that she can upcycle, refinish andContinue Reading
Mapping the Old City Walls
The only way home is along the Golden Horn and sometimes when the weather is nice, I walk it insteadContinue Reading
A New Set of Keys: Finding Home
I have always said that my life is magic. A few weeks ago I had asked Istanbul for a home, notContinue Reading
Joyful Wisdom
Sometimes I feel like I am living two lives – an inner and an outer life and both equally strong.Continue Reading
Eminönü
I slip in and out of the chaos of this city dressed in black. Always dressed in black. The cats, theyContinue Reading
Climbing Up the Steps to Galata
When faced with the choice of either using Tünel (the old fashioned subterranean funicular) or climbing the steps up theContinue Reading
September Notes
Where has all the time gone? The Highs September was a month of orientation. I needed to find my bearingsContinue Reading
Tomb & Cemetery of Mahmud II
When Abdulmecid inherited the throne following the death of his father Mahmud II in 1839, he ordered the architects Ohannes andContinue Reading
