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
every day (“İstanbul`da Toplu Taşıma”). The fact that the city is divided into two different sides by the Marmara Sea makes the traffic even worse. The 1.4 km long undersea tunnel is now operating in order to reduce the amount of traffic at the two Bosphorus bridges along with the underground tunnel. The total length of the rail line will be 76.3 km with 40 stations, but n... ... middle of paper ... ...with 36%. 88% of the participants think that Marmaray usage will increase which shows that the
seems very clever. “Istanbul memories and the city” written by Orhan Pamuk portrays this in a very mesmerizing way. The different ideas, characteristics and debates, such as the various writers that visit Istanbul, or the walk through the river Bosphorus; throughout this novel the reader gets an insight about the author’s melancholic memorial love to the city of Istanbul. The purpose of mentioning the writers who visit Istanbul and bosphorous is because those writers fascinated him and the author
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 school life adventure and how he found interest in painting. And most of all he tells readers about Bosphorus and how the culture was changing. Bosphorus was fishing village for Greek for centuries
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
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
It was researched the information about some of famous bridges which are known most by people. When you ask people around the world “Which bridge is the most famous?” most of their answers will certainly be “Golden Gate Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge or Bosphorus Bridge”. It can be explained why these are famous as the following sentences. These bridges are known most by people because of TV and cinema. Directors have noticed the beauties of these bridges and they wanted to use them in their movies and TV
capital of the empire in terms of geographical position, religious and economical factors. Numerous were the reasons that gradually led to the movement of the empire to the East. Initially, Rome was very far from the regions of the shores of the Bosphorus and the river Euphrates and thus unable to confront effectively the empire’s most significant enemies (the Goths and the Persians) that had made their appearance from the 3rd century. Additionally, Rome, a centre of paganism, with its memories of
Baldwin Crusader Leader Count Baldwin of Boulogne played a pivotal role in the early Crusades. After splitting from the main army of the First Crusade in 1098, he ventured east and founded a principality at Edessa. Within two years, he ascended to the throne of Jerusalem, succeeding his brother. Edessa, under his rule, remained a semi-independent Christian state until its fall to an Arab army in 1144, marking a significant setback for the Crusaders in the region. The fall of Edessa sent shockwaves
What is our everyday life? Studying, working, cooking food, caring babies, caring parents, meeting friends…Someone might decide that there is no place for heritage in it and cultural enrichment only has to do with our 2-weeks vacation once a year. But heritage is not static. It is not something available only during travelling. Heritage is all around us: in the receipt of our grandmother’s traditional cookies; in our grandfather’s unusual words, which are disappearing in the modern language; in the
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,
On May 29, 1453, after 49 days of consecutive cannon fire, the proud walls of the city of Constantinople were breached (Nardo 43; Corrick 98). Lead by Mehmed II, the Ottoman Turks of the Ottoman Empire poured into the city and claimed it as theirs (Corrick 98). The siege of Constantinople not only drastically affected the city itself, but also the group that took over the city. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 lead to political, religious, social, and economical changes within the city that would
November, the Rainy season is from June to September and the dry period is from January to April, November, and December. Whereas the Byzantine Empire was located in Italy with a center of Constantinople and spanned across Africa, Europe, and Asia. The Bosphorus river and black sea surround the Byzantine Empire. Just as the
A significant cause of European tension prior to World War I was continued instability and conflict in the Balkans. The name itself referred to a large peninsula sandwiched between four seas: the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, the Adriatic and the Aegean. On this land mass was a cluster of nations and provinces, including Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Bosnia. At the turn of the century the Balkan region was less populated and under-developed, in comparison to western Europe; it had few natural
trained, with keen consideration given to detail and presentation and there are currently ten branches all through the city that all feature the same menu and polished stylistic layout. This branch in Ortaköy has a vast sunny terrace overlooking the Bosphorus and beautiful views of the bridge and local mosque. There is also a fully stocked bar with a unique cocktail menu and list of wine including both local and imported
The Fall of Constantinople had an economic impact on Europe as well. Constantinople is placed strategically at the Bosphorus Strait, a crossroads not only between Europe and the Middle East, and by extension Asia, but also the only sea route in and out of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. For centuries, the Byzantines used their own capital as their main trading hub, with near universal access to all of the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East, and Europe. European traders used Constantinople
There are Romans and there are Greeks but who was better in ancient times? Neither were, the Byzantines outlasted both the Greeks and the Romans. Two of the greatest empires come together to make an empire that lasted from ancient times to the beginning of modern times. The Byzantine’s were an empire that lasted for a long time, however its start took a great deal of time. The Byzantine Empire started from a colony in Greece but it didn’t become an empire for a while after becoming a colony. It
Main policing procedures in Germany are divided into three different categories. The Federal Police which is called Bundespolizei, the State Police called Laenderpolizei and the Federal Criminal Police Office called Bundeskriminalamt. The Federal Police is secondary to the Ministry of the Interior. The Federal Police join forces within the existing security systems on the foundation of security, the police joins partnerships with the police services of the federal states, other security system of
A century of Change: Modernisation/ Westernisation The nineteenth century marks an important period of Ottoman history. It encapsulates influences and impacts of outside cultures on the Ottoman culture. Prominent art historian Wendy Shaw states: Cultures around the world have amalgamated Western and modern practices with local ones. In doing so, they have given birth to a multitude of sibling modernities which might be considered, after Louise Althusser, as differential: a displacement which
The First Crusade Research Paper. The first crusade was held only in order to fulfill desire of the Christians of the recapturing the center of the Christian faith-Jerusalem, which has been controlled by the Muslim nation for more than 400 years. This military campaign was followed with severe cruelty and harsh actions against Muslims which cannot be justified with anything but religious and material interest. On the 18 of May 1906 the army of the crusaders under the rule of the Emicho of Flonheim