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In our household doubts more troubling than these were suffered in silence. The spiritual void I have seen in so many of Istanbul's rich, Westernised, secularist families is evident in these silences. Everyone talks openly about mathematics, success at school, football and having fun, but they grapple with the most basic questions of existence - love,compassion, religion, the meaning of life, jealousy, hatred - in trembling confusion and painful solitude. They light a cigarette, give their attention to the music on the radio, return wordlessly to their inner worlds.

~ Orhan Pamuk

Orhan Pamuk Istanbul Religion Solitude Westernalization

From the first, Istanbul had given him the impression of a town where, with the night, horror creeps out of the stones. It seemed to him a town the centuries had so drenched in blood and violence that, when daylight went out, the ghosts of its dead were its only population.

~ Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming Dead Death Horror Istanbul Night Turkey

Wars have been waged over millions of square miles, significantly larger than the British Empire at its peak. Historically, Islamic conquests stretched from southern France to the Philippines, from Austria to Nigeria, and from central Asia to New Guinea. The Muslim goal was to have a central government, first at Damascus, and then at Baghdad, later at Cairo, Istanbul, and other imperial centres. The local governors, judges, and other rulers were appointed by the central imperial authorities for far off colonies. Islamic law was introduced as the senior law, whether or not wanted by the local people. Arabic was introduced as the rulers’ language, while the local languages frequently disappeared. Then, two classes of residents were established. The native residents paid a tax that their rulers did not have to pay. In each case, these laws allowed the local conquered people less freedom than was given to Muslims.

~ Anita B. Sulser Phd

Anita B. Sulser Phd Arabic Austria Bhagdad British Empire Egypt Imperial Conquest Islam Istanbul Language Nigeria Ruling Class Tax

This Captain had been brought up in Istanbul. His mind was made of minarets and domes. He capped himself with spacious ease. He was his own call to prayer.

~ Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson Culture Istanbul Turkey Upbringing

To the one in the skies, this city must look like a scintillating pattern of speckled glows in all directions, like a firecracker going off amid thick darkness. Right now the urban pattern glowing here is in hues of orange, ginger, and ochre. It is a configuration of sparkles, each dot a light lit by someone awake at this hour. From where the Celestial Gaze is situated, from that high above, all these sporadically lit bulbs must seem in perfect harmony, constantly flickering, as if coding a cryptic message to God.

~ Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak Beautiful City City Life City Living Istanbul Life

There are some cities in the world, they would have looked much more beautiful had they never been a city and İstanbul is such a city!

~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

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I have been on dialysis in Istanbul, Milan, Indonesia, Manila, London. It's - it's amazing.

~ Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole London Milan Istanbul
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