The Bastard Of Istanbul is, at heart, a story about coming to terms with one's identity. Almost all of the characters in this book face an identity crisis of some sort. This can be specifically followed by exploring the connection between the idea of the character's identity and their actual, concrete name. Some characters hide behind pseudonyms, while others have multiple names. The theme of names as a reflection of a character's identity is prevalent throughout the book. Characters in both the
Istanbul: Its History and Culture Istanbul is both an ancient and modern city that is full of culture dating back to the beginning of time. It’s a city that is unique, in that, it connects both Europe and Asia. Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey and the most crowded one too. There are approximately more than fourteen million people living in Istanbul alone. That is more than its capital city of Ankara. Istanbul is not just a metropolitan, or one of the most crowded cities, and it’s also an
Hagia Sophia and the great mosques of Istanbul As a city that has played host to not one but two great empires, Istanbul has inherited a number of historical gems. The most apparent of these gems are the sultanic mosques spread across the city. While numerous in number, each mosque tells a different story through its art and architectural elements. They all share, however, triumphs in construction and architectural planning. Through their minarets, pointed arches, and abundance of luxurious building
Ortakoy Mosque (ISTANBUL) Muhammad Khan Soomro Ortakoy mosque is one of the iconic mosques in Tukey. It is located at the waterside of the Ortakoy pier square which is a famous spot for tourists as it is on the Bosphorus. It is almost in the water on the Bosphorus European Shore. This beautiful work of art is officially called Buyuk Mecidiye Camii (Grand Imperial Mosque of Sultan Abdulmecid) in Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey. Ottoman Sultan Abdulmecid ordered the construction of the mosque. The mosque
Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul: Memories and the City represents the first twenty-two years of his life using various approaches from autobiographical details of his own childhood memories, photographs from his family album, newspaper articles, paintings and writings on Istanbul by luminaries from different walks of life. Pamuk, appears intermittently as both the narrator and author who narrates his experiences of the city. The four famous Turkish stalwarts, Yahya Kemal, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, Abdulhak Sinasi
Byzantium, a city built by Greek colonists to Constantinople, the capital of an empire and then Istanbul, Istanbul has seen almost everything. The zenith of civilization to the ruinous city ravaged by war and political chaos; Each time an empire fell; a new one was born from its ruins giving the people another chance at life, and this cycle continued and still continues. This constant struggle brings with it sorrow; sorrow of the loss of loved ones, sorrow of the loss of culture and sorrow of the
Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul: Memories and the City is an iridescent evocation of Istanbul’s fate, history, and cultural diversity recollected in the form of memories, allowing the readers to connect with Pamuk’s life experiences. The above is made possible through the use of both, past as well as present, which co-exist as a centerpiece in this memoir. To begin with, memories add a flavour of perceived thought about what the past holds dear to us and are therefore synonymous to history, helping to retell
Istanbul memories and the city is an autobiographic memoir written by a Turkish novelist ferit orhan pamuk and translated by Maureen freely. The memoir tells us about Istanbul, culture and melancholy of pamuk. And this memoir is mostly about Bosphorus and the past of Istanbul and also the home place of orhan pamuk. From the childhood orhan pamuk was attracted towards literature that is why he mentioned many writers and poets names like Yahya Kemal, Ekrem Moçu etc. in his book. He also included his
time there is no need to experience the whole culture of a place, but by experiencing one part of it, we can learn enough of a culture, as we can perceive in the essays “Vietnam’s Bowl of Secrets” by David Farley with a dish and “The Wild Dogs of Istanbul” by Bernd Brunner on how they treat the wild dogs. The essay “Vietnam’s Bowl of Secrets” focuses mainly on the tradition for generation of a dish called “cao lau”. Through the discovering of this mystical dish, we can see how Farley shows a fuller
9. CONCLUSION 9.1. Camera Reality As Ozturk (2008: 21) mentions, film art creates a window, which opens onto the world, for the sake of modern individuals who struggle with social problems. Film is an art that is able to reproduce facts by expanding the sense of time and place. For this reason, films that focus on the city expose not the city itself, but its representation and interpretation. Accordingly, the camera, just like a concave or a convex mirror, may form and deform the urban area,
the fall of Constantinople, bringing along all of the byzantine Empire with it. This was the ottoman empires first step toward becoming the new world power. Now free of Constantinople's influence and rule the Ottoman Empire began its rebuilding of Istanbul, formerly Constantine. Even with all the destruction left behind by the conquering of Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire flourished as a t...
readers can get a better view of Istanbul and to make them feel as though they themselves are surfing through Istanbul, he gives the readers an historical insight about Istanbul, and he shares his childhood with the readers. By, using his memories as a medium to share his childhood, he shows his love for the city, the narrator tries to make this book as original as possible. The idea of merging a writer’s life with the city of his childhood dreams seems very clever. “Istanbul memories and the city” written
Fatih Sultan Mehmet it is the seventh of the rulers of the Ottoman Empire, who opened a new era in history by taking Istanbul and made the Ottoman state an empire. With the conquest of Istanbul, Middle Age was closed and New Age started. The two most important developments of history in Europe led to the Renaissance and Geographical discovery. Because of the conquest of Istanbul and the collapse of Byzantium, Greek scientists fleeing here settled in
Istanbul, world’s 4th most crowded city, has enormous traffic issues with an excessive amount of passengers travelling between the Asia and the Europe sides of the city every day (“Istanbul”). Before the project; citizens were disgruntled by the crowd in the two bridges between Asia and Europe, the time lost in the traffic and the troubled trip between sides. The government then planned an enormous project in detail and the idea of undersea rail travel in Istanbul became real in 2013 with the Marmaray
about feeling. It happened that I had found inspiration far away from my home, in the place that for me became “the city of soul”. Istanbul. It seems to be an usual choice but I have discovered in Istanbul an authentic Turkey that has much richer cultural heritage than in the common perception of Turkey as a Mediterranean resort with the all-inclusive system. Istanbul represents an eclectic mix of tradition and modernity, combining ancient relics from the Ottoman and Roman empires with numerous luxurious
There are few things that actually do last. Legends, arts, beliefs, and architecture are among the few that actually do last. Architecture can be defined as a practice of constructing and designing a building project. However, the Islamic architecture has a distinctive range of both religious and secular styles that have been influenced by the Islamic culture. Furthermore, The structure of Islamic architecture that is used in mosques, tombs, palaces and fountains is unavoidable in sight. The relationship
Introduction: In the following essay, I will be comparing the Hagia Sophia in the City of Istanbul, and the Suleymaniye Mosque of Istanbul. Both of these pieces of art are very significant to the in modern-day Turkey. The art pieces will be covered in more detail further on in this comparative essay, and finally, I will be judging the pieces at the end of this essay Description: When Emperor Constantine found the city of Constantinople, it was soon to become the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, Georgia, Bulgaria and Greece. It is a member of the United Nations (UN), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the G-20 Summit. Twenty percent of Turkey’s population lives in Istanbul. Development in infrastructure exists along the Aegean Sea coast in the west as well as the Tigris and Euphrates River systems in the southeast (Middle East: Turkey). Turkey is unquestionably one of the most culturally diverse nations in the world
The Hagia Sophia is a cathedral in modern day Istanbul, Turkey. In Turkey it is known as the Ayasofya. Hagia Sophia stands for the church of divine wisdom and was built in the 6th century under emperor Justinian the first. The building was built like a roman church with a huge 105 foot dome with great marble piers supporting it. The Hagia Sophia is also currently a component of UNESCO and is known as a national treasure in Turkey. History of the Hagia Sophia The Hagia Sophia built in the
As the textbook defines the Just World Hypothesis or Believe in Just world (BJW) is a belief that people get what they deserve in the life and deserve what they get. For example, people who believe in Just World, would argue that poor people are poor because of the choices and decisions they made in life. The BJW has both negative and positive side. The negative side of strong BJW is that it forces people to ignore the facts of injustice and change themselves(or their outlook on the facts), rather