To be from Istanbul, to love Istanbul, is to have a melancholic feeling always, to sense the past, to see the ruins and relics of history everywhere in the streets, and at the same time to feel the vast possibility of the future, the potential for the city's growth and change.

Pamuk, Orhan: Istanbul: Memories and the City (2003)

  • Agent
  • Semester
    Pathfinder/Istanbul
  • Media
  • Type
    Essay
  • past
  • history
  • melancholia
  • future
  • potential
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