Facebook. Diren Gezi Parkı. Tear-gas-reuters.jpg (960×712) Twitter. Don't Call It 'Turkish' Coffee, Unless, Of Course, It Is : The Salt. Hide captionThroughout the region that was once the Ottoman empire, people make coffee pretty much the same way: using coffee beans ground into a fine powder, then boiled in a little brass pot that the Turks call a cezve. maxpax/via Flickr Throughout the region that was once the Ottoman empire, people make coffee pretty much the same way: using coffee beans ground into a fine powder, then boiled in a little brass pot that the Turks call a cezve.
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Blog comments powered by Disqus Continue to Businessweek. Lost Photographs - Istanbul August 1999, An Earthquake - Zooadventurer. In a bag, behind another one tucked away in the shadows of forgotten purchases and old memories, were a dozen of canisters of black & white film, properly exposed but still undeveloped since their initial shoot more then a decade ago.
Last month I finally decided to dip them in chemicals and have a look. On August 17, 1999, at about 3:02am local time, a major earthquake struck northwestern Turkey, the epicenter at Gölcük, a 50 miles from Istanbul. That exact moment Jean, some Canadian pro-RTW (12 months on the road) backpacker, and I (a 17 days fresh) gave each other a heroic look of understanding and hurried quickly to the middle of the street, holding our late night beers firmly to our chest, standing there for the total 35 secs it took before the rocking Sultanahmet earth settled down.
“Wow, my very first earthquake, ja, ja,” Jean said, finishing his beer in one gulp. “Now, let’s have a look if there is a tsunami.” It was time to get my camera. Why we love/hate Istanbul. Dramatic, historic, lively and brimming with potential, Istanbul has a way of seducing Turks and foreigners, expats and visitors alike.
But as much as it dazzles, the city can also deeply disappoint. We’ve identified 10 of the best and 10 of the worst things about the place that at least 13.5 million people call home. Have a read and ask yourself, do you still take Istanbul, for better or for worse? 10 reasons to love Istanbul... 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Engin Gercek - EnginGercek_TheGentlemenOfGentrification_001.jpg. Istanbul for Loners: Constantinople's Silk Road Remnants. 20 Flares Facebook 10 Twitter 9 Email -- Email to a friend Buffer 1 Pin It Share 0 5 20 Flares × Seen the Blue Mosque and the Aya Sophia?
Took a boat on the Bosporus and had a ramble on Istiklal Cadessi? Wait, do not leave Istanbul yet! Instead, try visiting some historic remnants of Istanbul’s golden age, when Rome had fallen and Constantinople became known as the final stop of the Silk Road. For many centuries, the Roman empire lived on here, until the eventual conquests of the Crusaders and the Ottomans. Many treasures were taken away by the Crusaders, most famously the four horses of Venice who used to adorn Constantinople’s hippodrome. Great for everyone who likes historical sights but shudders at the sight of a boatload of people (in Istanbul you can take that quite literally), these sights still offer visitors the space to quietly wander around. 1. 2. Istanbul’s archaeological museum is located in the gardens of the Topkapi Palace, but sees only a fraction of the tourists. 3. 4.
Hamsi Quest for the New York Times - SkyBlueSky. (Above : Turkish beach goers on a pebbled shore near Inebolu) A guy is entitled to a few obsessions and for me it's anchovies (hamsi inTurkish). But not just any old anchovies mind you, for me it's got to be Black Sea anchovies cooked at the source. So shooting this piece for The New York Times was a natural fit. Despite the vagaries of the Black Sea weather and a spotty hamsi catch I can't think of a better way to spend a week or two then tooling up and down the coast. Probably my favorite part of the country (and I've got a few other favs!).
For a glimpse of what it's like check out this slide show accompanied by song "Hamsi' performed by classic Turkish band Moğollar. Archive views of Constantinople. Berggren, Guillaume (1835-1920), Swedish photographer who started work as an apprentice carpenter in 1850.
