Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Istanbul: area by area


Street by street, it is a meeting with the history.
No corner of Istanbul is like any other. Despite appearances, the same applies to the city's 11 million inhabitants, as recorded by the latest census.
Even districts that stand right next to one another are very different, from their houses to their shops, and their streets to their traders.
You can find everything in the world that you might be looking for and more in Istanbul) especially if the shops are open), where people from all walks of life live together in a tremendous hustle and bustle:
The mystery of the East and the practicality of the West