“Today’s Turkey is a place where about half of the population is utterly dismayed by the state of affairs, while the other half couldn’t be more thrilled.”
An inverse relationship between the price of a drink and Turkey’s stability.
“Turkey remains a country too complex and rich to split into tired binaries of east/west, secular/religious, and Old/New.”
The state and the private sector foist unsightliness on an otherwise gorgeous Istanbul.
Istanbul is a labyrinth of apartment blocks with limited green space for millions of its residents.
“Gentrification and excessive development are major realities in major global cities, but in Istanbul, they’re on steroids.”