Horses, like cars, are allowed in contemporary Istanbul. Photo “on the bosphorus bridge” by saragoldsmith on flickr.
Historically, Istanbul – once known as Constantinople – was a pedestrian city, a far cry from what it …

Ferry-boats in the Bosphorous (left) by Kıvanç and traffic on one of Istanbul’s freeways (right) by Roderick Maclean on flickr
Aziz Nesin was a wonderful and prolific Turkish writer, humorist and social/political commentator. I just read …